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In a reassuring internal e-mail distributed Monday afternoon to all Gray Television staffers, the company says it intends to do what it did during the Great Recession of 2008-09: avoid any staff reductions or pay cuts. The decision comes in stark contrast to what has been seen at several large radio broadcasting companies in the last three weeks.

Elliott Management Corp. has successfully secured an "information sharing and cooperation agreement" with Nielsen, a company it has a big stake in. It's a big step for Nielsen, which saw its Q1 earnings dip slightly as COVID-19 fueled headwinds began to ravage its global business halfway through the three-month period while naming a former News Corp. digital leader to its board.

On May 14, RBR+TVBR shared the news that Bill Fine will retire as President/GM of WCVB-5 in Boston, considered by Hearst Television to be its flagship property, at the end of June. Fine was only the fourth President and GM of WCVB since its 1972 sign-on. The fifth President/GM for WCVB will now start his duties July 1. And, he's coming from Pennsylvania.

Five of Nashville's over-the-air broadcast television stations on Tuesday flipped the switch on ATSC 3.0-powered signals, ushering in the "NEXTGEN TV" age in Music City USA. 

After five years at the helm of Public Broadcasting Atlanta, a former President/CEO of Urban One's TV One cable channel has accepted similar duties for the division of Hallmark that includes some of the most-watched MVPD-distributed linear offerings in America today.

Evoca, the Edge Networks-owned next-generation television service built on ATSC 3.0 technology, is bolstering its lineup of "high quality and family-friendly" HD/4K programming. In doing so, it is welcoming four networks namely associated with MVPDs.

Cox Media Group's provider of Over the Top (OTT) advertising to select national, regional and local advertisers has just selected two women to the roles of co-Chief Operating Officer -- enhancements it says will "drive enhanced innovation across the company."

A next-generation television service that is taking shape in Idaho's largest city has initiated the first over-the-air broadcast in the U.S. of a 24/7 4K UHD channel. It's being done thanks to ATSC 3.0, the new digital broadcast standard powering NEXTGEN TV and the data capabilities associated with it.

Connected TV ad units are effective. That's the key takeaway from a new study conducted by MediaScience and VDX. Dr. Amy Rask offers an abstract on the findings, which could provide additional intelligence for broadcast TV station owners concerned about "CTV," or ready to jump further into the fast-growing ad revenue generator.

A coalition of organizations and lobbying groups including the NAB have formally written to the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices with a plea that journalists providing "critical and essential functions in their communities" be included in early phases of COVID-19 vaccine deployment.

Not long ago, dissident TEGNA investor Soo Kim was thwarted in his attempt to gain a seat on the company's board, place his own members on the board, and essentially assume control of a company he had little faith in. Now, as 2021 unfolds, TEGNA's C-Suite is taking stock of its COVID-era accomplishments. And, it's CEO is pretty darn proud of them.

For two hours on Wednesday, the Coalition for Innovative Media Measurement (CIMM) took to Zoom and conducted the first of its two virtual sessions comprising the 10th annual Cross-Platform Video Measurement & Data Summit. What did CEO Jane Clarke have to share?

On Nov. 5, 2020, Meredith Corp. revealed that it had propelled strongly into Q1 2021. On February 4, the multimedia company with a local TV station group sat it enjoyed a strong fiscal Q2 2021 boost for those properties thanks to a political dollar windfall. Do investors believe the fiscal Q3 for Meredith will be even bigger, given the company's Tuesday stock performance?

It began life centered on sports. Now, a growing virtual MVPD has scored a carriage agreement with Sinclair Broadcast Group that secures a home for the company's newly created regional sports network -- the home of the beloved Chicago Cubs baseball club -- but not in time for Opening Day.

Local Now is available on nearly all platforms across OTT on connected TV, Mobile and Web. Now, Local Now is accessible via the newest set-top boxes associated with one MVPD.