TV/Cable News

With the growth in its U.S. National TV panel, Nielsen says it now covers 101,000 directly measured viewers. This includes a subset of 21,000 households that are part of Nielsen's streaming meter panel, which the company "plans to continue to grow over time."

It was a punishing Q2 for the company formerly known as Radio One, and in mid-morning trading shares were off a steep 24% before ending the day unchanged. In a conference call with Wall Street analysts, company head Alfred Liggins III noted that the Houston cluster is "stabilizing" and that June was a great month for its radio stations. Unfortunately, Houston was down in Q2—as were four other key markets.

Bryan Noon is stepping down from the role after less than a year. While he remains onboard "for a transition period," a trio of DGE executives are expanding their roles.

In late July, a multimedia campaign launched by Procter & Gamble Co. attracted the attention of many. The effort, "The Talk," is tied to a campaign designed to start a dialogue about how Black parents should talk with their children about dealing with racial prejudice. It is airing on a significant number of NABOB member stations.

A newly forged partnership at one of the world's largest advertising companies has opened the doors to Comscore, allowing it to use the company's data for local TV buying. It's the first media agency network to partner with Comscore to advance beyond age and gender-based currencies in local TV, the Reston, Va.-based company claims.

Nielsen’s National Television Household Universe Estimates have just been updated, and we now know how many TV homes are in the U.S. for the 2017-18 TV season. As expected, increases in the number of multicultural households was seen.

Company executives, led by President/CEO Chris Ripley, have selected early November for a pre-market release of the Q3 2022 results, followed by a 9am conference call. This will transpire just two weeks after six executives representing Sinclair, ONE Media 3.0, and Bally Sports are slated to appear as NAB Show New York speakers.

An ION Media-commissioned Nielsen study shows younger, more diverse audiences are increasingly turning to broadcast television. Meanwhile, broadcast-only TV homes have grown by 41% in the past five years (15.8 million households). And Millennials have caught the broadcast bug.

Premion, the TEGNA-owned premium Connected TV/OTT advertising platform for regional and local advertisers, has achieved the TAG Brand Safety Certified Seal from the Trustworthy Accountability Group (TAG).

The very definition of "watching" a TV program, regardless of the delivery device, is taking on new meaning thanks to tech firm TVision, which has mastered the concept of attention metrics. What does this mean for CMOs, and for the TV industry's C-Suites? TVision Insights Chief Revenue Officer Dan Schiffman shares the details in this exclusive RBR+TVBR INFOCUS report.

TuneIn is heralding the addition of two new stations to the audio streaming platform with a global footprint. Only, they aren't broadcast radio stations or podcast-first purveyors. They are digital multicast TV stations owned by The E.W. Scripps Co.

U.S. financial markets once again ended on a high note, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 42.21, to 22,872.89. Nasdaq was up 16.30, to 6,603.55. Media stocks were once again mixed, with Fox falling following investor concerns that it will lose viewers to the 2018 FIFA World Cup now that the U.S. has crashed out of the qualifying stage for the tournament.

David and Penny Drucker reside in Evergreen, Colo., and have been active TV station owners for decades. Among the properties they've been associated with are free-to-air television channels in places as disparate as Key West and Alaska. Now, the Druckers are investing in a Mile High property to the south of their residence.

As the FCC moves toward a decision in "GN Docket No.16-142," which authorizes the permissive use of the much-heralded "Next Generation" broadcast television standard (ATSC 3.0), one big MVPD has asked the Commission to start applying its "light-touch regulation" Chairman Ajit Pai and Commissioner Michael O'Rielly have been advocating since January.

The FCC has outlined a series of low-power television stations that on October 3, 2022, failed to file license renewal applications. As such, their licenses will expire as of February 1, 2023, provided no renewal application is received by midnight on the date of expiration.