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As Q1 came to a close, so did The E.W. Scripps Co.'s ownership of WRTV-6 in Indianapolis. The sale of the ABC affiliate to Circle City Broadcasting saw some bemoan the loss of a local news voice, as the WRTV team was combined with that of WISH-8. Now, WRTV is making a statement with new local programs.

For some, its time has come and gone, with industry leaders convinced ATSC 3.0 transition for the nation's TV broadcast stations is the best move forward for a business under siege from "Big Tech." A legion of low-power TV station owners think otherwise, and have hedged their bets on 5G Broadcast operations.

For some, it's a real life boogie and a real life hoedown. Now, others will soon get to experience women literally grabbing the bull by its horns. Thank Brian Lawlor and his team at The E.W. Scripps Co. for that forthcoming new programming opportunity, on live and local broadcast TV.

The deal makes Locality the first broadcast sales organization to implement Nielsen’s MDE offering at scale, enabling demographic audience delivery across all U.S. local markets to within four days of airing. Previously, this process took weeks.

“Local Now is committed to bringing viewers the very best in free streaming content, and this partnership with Scripps takes that mission to an entirely new level,” said Byron Allen, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Local Now parent Allen Media Group. “These channels reflect the depth and diversity of content our audience craves.”

A new weather presentation system that shows the weather "with greater realism in 3D" has earned itself a 2026 NAB Show spotlight at the booth hosted by AccuWeather. It's another demonstration of how "AR" is shifting newscast weather reports into the AI era.

"Interactive sponsorships" specialist Megaphone TV has officially brought to market a product the company's "premier" broadcast partners have access to — one that targets stations seeking to increase ad revenue through "high margin" opportunities Megaphone TV can bring to the table.

Mass Consumer is a proprietary AI-powered product "that helps brands make mass reach feel personal." In an environment where reach has been completely devalued by CMOs and brand managers in favor of addressable solutions, the Marketing Architects offering could prove of interest to broadcast TV.

A Portugal-based broadcast technology company focused on real-time broadcast graphics and media workflow products is revving up for the 2026 NAB Show in Las Vegas by bringing to market a real-time on-air graphics endering engine running natively on macOS.

In June 2025, after 17 years at Univision, Roberto Ruiz exited to focus on what was next. This included a strategic advisory firm focused on the intersection of data, measurement, insights, and revenue growth. After six months on his own, Ruiz is joining the nation's dominant audience measurement and data analytics company.

Hub Entertainment Research’s annual “Connected Home” study has been released, and it offers a detailed look at how devices across the home impact how people consume media. To little surprise, perhaps, is that the latest findings indicate strong consumer interest in new AI-powered devices.

For decades until the mid-1980s, it was one of the most dominant brands in the world. Then, it lost its groove, and even changed its formula in an infamous marketing blunder. Today, it's in a 40-year battle with Pepsico that's still being waged. For last week, at least, Coca-Cola was a big winner — at Spot Cable.

The owner of the Global broadcast TV network and a variety of cable television channels including Canadian versions of History, Adult Swim, National Geographic and Disney Channel continued to experience a downturn in core advertising, with the loonies and twonies down sharply from last year.

"FOX 13" in West Tennessee's key DMA is owned by a licensee led by Todd Parkin. This could soon change, as RBR+TVBR reported in late March that multiple stations his group acquired are being transferred back from Rincon Broadcasting Group to Standard Media’s Community News Media LLC. That hasn't stopped Parkin from naming a VP/GM of the Memphis property once owned by Cox Media Group.

TelevisaUnivision's domestic Univision Communications Inc. subsidiary has moved forward with a Tender Offer that puts to potential debtholders the privately held Hispanic media entity's outstanding 8% senior secured notes due 2028 up to a maximum tender amount.