Headlines
Economic Pulse: BIA’s Monthly Quick Take for December 2023
Happy Holidays! The festive season is officially upon us as we all check our lists twice and scan our long to-do lists. Many have begun getting ready for the holidays by shopping – Black Friday online spending was projected to be up 5.7% over last year.
NAB: FCC Needs To Let Top TV Stations Combine
The National Association of Broadcasters continues to press for TV station ownership deregulation, saying a federal rule that bars the common ownership of some of the most successful TV stations in a market needs to go.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Disney's $8.5B check for Hulu stake has cleared, Comcast prez says
The value of Comcast's 33% stake in Hulu is expected to go well beyond that figure following an appraisal process for the popular streaming service.
Television
Nexstar Media Says CW Could Be Profitable In 2025
An uncertain advertising market, coupled with writers' and actors' strikes, have impacted The CW network on its road to projected profitability by 2025, Nexstar Media Group says.
Comcast's Cavanagh Touts Peacock Infrastructure, Says Linear TV Still Has Wide 'Reach'
All the elements of NBCUniversal’s major linear TV assets can continue to be considered as “infrastructure” for Peacock, the company’s growing streaming platform, according to Mike Cavanagh, president of Comcast Corp, speaking at a Wall Street conference on Monday.
Two Miami TV Stations Launch NextGen TV Broadcasts
Fox's WSVN and ABC's WPLG now transmitting ATSC 3.0
Radio
The Case For Handcrafted Radio
We've been sold a bill of goods. For years now, we've been told how algorithms can be deployed to anticipate what we'll like at any given moment in time.
Message From Congress To FCC: Support Efforts To Keep AM Radio In Cars
Efforts to pass legislation that would require carmakers to keep AM radio in their dashboards continue to build support in Washington, and several lawmakers are urging the Federal Commissions Commission that it should do what it can to help in that effort.
Nielsen: 38% Of Consumers Feel Radio Has ‘Appropriate’ Number Of Spots
While marketers are facing challenges from consumers who actively avoid ads, radio scored favorably for the number of commercials it plays as well as in ad avoidance.
Tech
New Platform Expands In-Car Cross-Platform Infotainment Experiences
Gracenote, Nielsen’s entertainment metadata unit, is launching a platform designed to give automakers easy access to its entertainment datasets to power customized in-car media experiences.
