FCC Releases NPRM On Main Studio Rule’s Rescission
In an unanimous 3-0 vote at today's FCC May Open meeting, the Commission released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that proposes to eliminate the rule, which requires each AM, FM, and television broadcast station to have a main studio located in or near its local community.
A Head of the Forthcoming Charter/Comcast OTT Platform Is Named
Charter Communications and Comcast Corp. are teaming up for a joint venture that will ultimately give birth to a streaming platform. Who will lead the future business? The President of Advertising for Comcast Cable since 2017 is getting the job.
Big Brands Step Up Their TV Spots
A Los Angeles-based skin care, hair care and cosmetics brand has bumped up its activity at broadcast TV, surging to No. 1 in the latest Media Monitors Spot Ten TV report for the week ending June 4. There's other big movement on this week's chart, with a gingivitis fighter and a disinfectant brand sizzling with a huge jump in spots.
Private Equity Firm Takes Control of SMI
With a dollar infusion from Dreamscape Inc., a portfolio company of GTCR, Standard Media Group will begin a new chapter — one that sees a change in the role of Chief Executive Officer.
TripAdvisor Votes For Cable Spots
The summer travel season is upon us, and Trip Advisor has opted to use cable TV spots to best communicate its brand message to consumers. In last week’s Media Monitors Cable Spot Ten report, TripAdvisor debuted to land in second place. What other companies were active users of local spot cable ads? Find out more now!
Warner Bros. Discovery’s Top Ad Sales Leader Joins Simulmedia Board
Cross-channel TV advertising firm Simulmedia has lured the Chief U.S. Advertising Sales Officer at Warner Bros. Discovery to its Board of Directors. He's been associated with Discovery since 2018 and for 18 years before that was a key Scripps Networks Interactive ad sales leader.
Five Dealer Associations Hold Steady In Top Ten
In last week’s Media Monitors TV Spot Ten report, the Nissan Dealer Association moved up a notch to No. 1 with 24,181 spots while the Chevrolet Dealer Association slipped to No. 2. The Ford Dealer Association and the Honda Dealer Association helped to round out the top 5.
Streaming Accounts For More Than One-Third of June’s ‘TV’ Viewing
What is "television" viewing these days? It very much includes streaming, Nielsen data show. In fact, streaming captured some 33.7% of total television consumption during the month of June.
Rumors Bring Univision, Discovery Possibilities To Light
Tongues are wagging across TV land, and the latest rumors to involve big television industry players have catapulted Univision Communications and Discovery Communications into the headlines.
A Key Wall Street Analyst’s Lone ‘Outperform’ Goes to FOX
It is the only company with an "Outperform" rating on its publicly traded stock among the companies included in the Media coverage provided by MoffettNathanson. Why is that the case? Senior Analyst Robert Fishman offers a simple explanation: "[B]ecause we know exactly what the company is and maybe more importantly, what it isn’t."
Univision Leader ‘Pleased’ As Net Income Jumps In Q2
On a day when TV industry stocks were getting pounded on Wall Street, Univision Communications President/CEO Randy Falco sounded a bit too cheerful. "I am very pleased with our quarterly results," he said in announcing that the company focused on Hispanic consumers and multicultural millennials saw its ad revenue shrink by 17% in Q2, and its total revenue slump by 4.4%. Why was Falco in such a good mood? Univision saw a healthy net income jump.
‘Cuomo’ Now In Production for NewsNation
It's been a much-discussed move for an individual who was dismissed from CNN at the end of 2021 for allegedly assisting in the defense of brother Andrew Cuomo against sexual harassment claims that ultimately led him to resign as Governor of New York. Chris Cuomo is coming to Nexstar Media Group-owned NewsNation. And, there's now a debut date as the show begins production in New York.
Nielsen Bulks Up Its Digital Content Ratings
Enabled publisher clients will now be able to receive credit for video distributed on Facebook and YouTube in Nielsen's Digital Content Ratings. Additionally, one growing OTT service will be providing select media partners with credit for current series content distributed on the platform, with data evaluation set to begin this month.
Mid-Term Election Ads Catching Viewers ‘Eyes’
People are paying more attention to midterm election advertising on television than non-political spots. That's according to new data from TVision.
Barroeta Takes Revised Role At Telemundo
A veteran marketing and creative executive at NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises' Telemundo has accepted the role of SVP/Marketing & Creative for the Telemundo Networks. She will continue to be based in Miami.