Special Reports
Business & Revenue Special Reports
Jan 13 — Broadcasters & Mobile Apps State of the Art
How well are broadcasters monetizing their news, weather and other mobile apps? Are most building their own or are they working with vendors? What are the most important features they want to add in 2021?
Jan 20 — M&A Outlook
Station trading has been a quiet market for some time but with the U.S. Supreme Court set to consider reverse lower court blockades of FCC updates its ownership rules, company owners can mull potential transactions that would see them owning more than one major network affiliate in a market. TVNewsCheck considers this and other prospects for trading in 2021.
Feb 10 — BBO Homes Update
After months of working with clients to prepare for the move, Nielsen will introduce broadband only homes to its local ratings audience sample in 2021. TV stations foresee an all but certain decline in linear TV ratings but a potential increase in their streaming services. TVNewsCheck assesses the change and how station groups are preparing for and coping with it.
Feb 17 — Digital Business 2021: CMS Special Report
TV stations have invested considerably in their websites in recent years. In a comprehensive report on the media company CMS, TVNewsCheck examines important new features emerging in 2021, vendors competing in the media space, how CMSs interoperate with news production and streaming platforms and broadcasters’ wish lists for future CMS enhancements.
Mar 3 — Q4 Earnings Season Wrap
TVNewsCheck financial writer Jack Messmer rounds up trends emerging from media company earnings reports.
May 11 — Q1 Earnings Season Wrap
TVNewsCheck financial writer Jack Messmer rounds up trends emerging from media company earnings reports.
Jun 9 — Top 30 TV Station Groups
TVNewsCheck once again partners with BIA Advisory Services to produce the industry’s only annual ranking of the 30 largest TV station groups based on annual revenue. An evergreen resource that lives on TVNewsCheck’s home page 12 months a year.
Jun 16 — Digital Business 2021: Monetizing Streaming
For station groups, streaming news and other programming offers a significant opportunity to expand overall audience and generate new advertising and potentially subscription revenue. What are leading edge companies accomplishing and learning in 2021? What are their plans for furthering their goals?
Jul 14 — Changing Audience Behaviors / Insights 2021
An in-depth look at where and when audiences are tuning in and engaging with entertainment, news and sports programming in the new normal emerging as the pandemic loses ground.
Aug 16 — Q2 Earnings Season Wrap
TVNewsCheck financial writer Jack Messmer rounds up trends emerging from media company earnings reports.
Oct 1 — 2022 Spot TV Forecast
The TV industry’s only annual forecast of the coming year’s spot TV revenue, TVNewsCheck’s forecast is compiled from in-depth interviews with financial analysts and station group revenue chiefs.
Oct. 18 – 19 — Station Group of the Year
TVNewsCheck’s annual Station Group of the Year Award honors superior management, innovation and / or industry leadership in the face of vast change in the media and entertainment industry.
Nov 15 — Q3 Earnings Season Wrap
TVNewsCheck financial writer Jack Messmer rounds up trends emerging from media company earnings reports.
Programming & Journalism Special Reports
Mar 2 — Data Journalism in 2021
How are broadcasters using data in reporting and storytelling and how are they using data journalism to maintain and build trust in their audiences?
Newsroom Innovators
A monthly profile of a TV station, streaming service or digital effort that is breaking ground in newsgathering or storytelling.
Newsroom Innovator Story Pub Dates: Feb 16, March 16, Apr 13, May 18, Jun 15, Jul 13, Aug 10, Sep 14, Oct 12, Nov 16
Technology Special Reports
Jan 5 — CES Preview
TVNewsCheck editors size up the implications of 2021 CES in new audience, programming and revenue strategies for broadcasters.
Jan 7 — What 5G Means for TV
As this important new technology expands its reach, how are broadcasters likely to use it for field operations, newsgathering, at-home productions and more traditional workflows?
Jan 21 — Compliance Monitoring in 2021
Two years after monitoring companies began competing for customers of the once dominant Volicon, the world of compliance monitoring has expanded significantly, adding new features, enhancing old ones and generally making their platforms more powerful and easier to use. What new developments emerged in 2020 and are likely to emerge in 2021?
Feb 4 — Superbowl Technology Preview
An in-depth look at the new technology and strategies CBS will employ to make Superbowl 2021 more engaging for audiences. How will technology assist in the goal of making the game compelling even with a greatly reduced audience in the stadium?
Feb 11 — Studio Design & the Rise of At Home Production
Has a year of remote production in news, sports and entertainment inspired studio designers to move in a different direction as the world – and television – considers returning to some semblance of normalcy late in 2021? What kinds of trends are emerging in sets, augmented reality, virtual production, lighting and LED displays? How are designers helping broadcasters with at-home studio design and how are vendors helping with remote production services?
Mar 4 — Audio Innovations: IP Transition, NextGen TV
Audio, “the hard part” in any video operation, promises new features for IP workflows and NextGen TV. What are the latest innovations in IP audio networking, immersive audio and other highlights? How will audio figure into monetization strategies for NextGen TV and other new services?
Mar 11 — UHD/HDR Production in 2021
Slowed but not deterred in 2020, UDH/HDR production should get a boost in 2021 and 2022 as sports and events broadcasting return to a new normal and as broadcasters continue their steady march to higher resolution video.
Apr 22 — Camera Robotics in 2021
What are the newest facilities adding in their robotics design to improve efficiencies and enhance presentation? What’s new in robotics for TV’s biggest sporting and awards events? What’s new in news studios?
Apr 15 — News Sharing & Collaboration in 2021
Widespread remote production has inspired a need for easier news sharing and collaboration among producers in one or many locations. How are providers of file transfer, field operations, NRCS, production automation and other technologies responding to this need?
April 29 — What’s New in Multiviewers?
With more channels to monitor, broadcasters are relying on multiviewers like never before to see what they are producing and playing out and measure the quality of their video. What are the most important updates to this important technology in 2021 and has the industry’s switch from hardware to software in this solution sped up or slowed due to widespread remote production in the past year?
May 6 — New Facilities Insider: Disney Television’s New Houston Network Operations Center
An in-depth profile of the new content distribution facility launched by Disney Television early this year.
May 27 — LPTV Spectrum Repack Status Report
Full-power commercial TV stations have completed their move to new positions on the spectrum but 2021 is the year for lower power stations to move. How is the repack progressing and are there particular challenges faced by LPTV operators?
Jun 3 — Storycentric Workflow in 2021
How have a year of remote production, advances in IP production and migration to the cloud affected the holy grail of news production — story-centric workflow? How are NRCS, news automation and other technology platforms advancing on this important workflow goal?
Jul 1 — Cloud Editing in 2021
Cloud editing platforms promise quicky easy workflows and the democratization of production. How has this technology evolved in 2021 and how well is it doing at gaining market share over more traditional approaches to editing?
July 15 — Content Delivery & Monetization for Streaming in 2021
What are the latest advances in video processing, edge technology and playout for streaming media? Where are the most important innovations in advertising management and insertion?
July 29 — New Facilities Insider: WTTG Washington, DC
An in-depth profile of Fox Television Stations’ newly built, major market facility. What technologies got the nod? What workflow strategies inspired the design?
Aug 5 — Advances in Closed Captioning
AI and voice recognition technology have made closed captioning platforms more accurate and cheaper to operate. What are the latest enhancements to this technology and how well are these platforms meeting broadcasters’ needs?
Aug 19 — QOS / QOE Monitoring & the Rise of Streaming Media
Financial success in streaming media requires a different level of monitoring – one focused in large part on consumer experience and engagement – than what broadcasters are used to. What are the latest enhancements to these technologies and are broadcasters learning to optimize their use of QOS/QOE monitoring?
Aug 26 — IBC Preview (?)
IBC 2021 will take place barely a month before a rescheduled NAB 2021. Will it supplant NAB’s role as home to the year’s most important technology announcements? What technology issues will be dominating the industry conversation at IBC?
Sep 2 — AI and Other Advances in Storage and MAM in 2021
What are the most important advances in the way artificial intelligence is enhancing the productivity of storage and asset management in 2021? What other advances are manufacturing adding to these important platforms?
Sep 9 — Electronic News Gathering in 2021
What’s new in ENG camera technology, connectivity and other platforms important to producing news in the field? How critical are connectivity and live streaming? What’s new in interoperability with other field technology?
Sep 16 — IBC Wrap (?)
An in-depth review of the industry conversation – particularly about technology but also about business issues – at IBC 2021.
Sep 23 — NAB Show Preview
TVNewsCheck’s preview of the most important technology trends for broadcasters headed to the first NAB Show since 2019.
Oct 7 — World Series Technology Preview
A comprehensive look at new technologies Fox Sports will introduce to enhance coverage of the 2021 World Series, plus a look at advances in remote production being employed during coverage.
Oct 14 — NAB Show Wrap
TVNewsCheck’s analysis of the most important technology announcements and trends emerging from NAB Show 2021.
Oct 28 — Video Walls in 2021
Monitors used in news studios just keep getting bigger and in some cases, are the walls and floors. What’s new in this important technology and what are the most innovative ways large displays – and smaller ones – are being used in news, magazine and sports programming?
Nov 4 — Advances in IP Workflows
An in-depth look at innovation in media supply chain design, creation and management.
Nov 18 — Social Media & News Workflow
How are newsroom technology providers including newsroom computer and content management systems streamlining social media workflows for the entire newsroom?
TVNewsCheck Events
Virtual Conferences
June 9 — Streaming News 2021: Optimizing Audience & Revenue in a Changing Media Ecosystem
What are the newest and most effective strategies for building audience and monetizing on streaming services? What are the best content and promotional strategies? How is technology making it easier to target advertising, present content and insure an excellent viewer experience? Pioneers in the streaming world engage in a conversation during this two-hour event.
Sep 22-23 — TV2025: Creating the Station Group of the Future
This virtual conference will feature TVNewsCheck’s fifth annual station group CEO panel, assessing the state of the local TV industry, plus a sessions:, a C-Suiter’s Guide to Capitalizing in the Cloud; Ad Tech for a Multimedia, Outcomes-Based Market and more.
Webinars
Business & Revenue Webinars
Jan 27 — Webinar — Spot TV Forecast 2021
TVNewsCheck in early October forecast a 7.4% increase for core spot TV advertising in 2021, up from a pandemic-influenced 18% decline in 2020. How is spot TV spending shaping up in early 2021 overall and in key categories? How much are streaming and digital advertising supplementing linear? What do buying and selling chiefs anticipate in advances to automated transacting, performance campaigns, impression-based transactions and audience measurement, including the addition of BBO homes to the Nielsen sample?
Feb. 25 — Webinar — Marketing Local TV
Local TV stations have long promoting their news and other programming to audiences. But how well have they marketed their brands? How well are they positioning their programming in a media environment increasingly filled with targeted channels and streaming services? What do leading media industry marketers suggest TV stations do to enhance their marketing?
Mar 31 — Webinar — Performance Campaigns & Optimizing Spot TV
Media buying agencies and station groups have been refining the performance-based campaigns, designed to deliver better value to national advertisers investing in local. How are these important campaign strategies evolving in 2021? Are media buyers and sellers resolving issues, including in audience measurement, that have complicated execution? How well is technology keeping up with the trend and facilitating it?
May 19 — Webinar — Automation & Optimizing Spot TV
Broadcasters and their technology partners have been striving to automate key parts of the spot TV selling process. How are they doing at automating audience estimates, make goods, performance campaign reporting and other tasks?
July 28 — Webinar — Audience Segmentation & Optimizing Spot TV
How are leading media buying agencies targeting beyond the traditional age/income demographics? How are they targeting buying intent and potential and how are broadcasters helping them reach their prospects more effectively?
Oct. 20 — Webinar — Addressability & Local TV Advertising
TV station groups have been introducing addressability as an option for national, regional and local advertisers. How do these pioneering projects compare with those offered by broadcast and cable networks? What technologies are assisting broadcasters and how well are they performing?
Digital & Streaming Webinars
Jun 24 — Webinar — Digital Leaders on New Frontiers
Leading edge station group executives talk about their most innovative digital initiatives and their strategies for meeting key performance indicators. Where are they breaking new ground online, on streaming and on mobile?
Nov. 18 — Personalizing the Viewer Relationship: Membership, Custom News Production and Community Building on Streaming, Mobile and NextGen TV
Before streaming grew into a giant, broadcasters didn’t have to think about a one-on-one relationship with viewers, but streaming, ATSC 3.0 and subscription strategies for streaming and mobile force TV networks and stations to monitor and develop relationships like never before. How are they pursuing this challenge and how is technology – and marketing – helping?
Technology Webinars
Jan 21 — Webinar — Cloud & IP Playout in 2021
Networks and station groups are working on designing IP and cloud playout operations that include live programming. What challenges do they still face in 2021? How much of their cloud playout plans will use the public clouds and how much will take place in private data networks? What do leading technologists anticipate will be their timelines for moving playout to IP or the cloud?
Mar 11 — Webinar — Sports Production in a Changed World
As media looks forward to a post-pandemic new normal, sports will lead the way in advancing remote workflows. How are technologists and vendors progressing on eliminating latency from key parts of the distributed production process? What advances do they see coming in 2021 and 2022 to bring more efficiencies and viewer engagement to sports production?
May 6 — Webinar — AI, the Cloud & the Future of Content Management
Leaders in television production and engineering take stock of how artificial intelligence is adding efficiencies, creative options and revenue opportunities to news, sports and entertainment programming.
July 1 — Webinar — Building ROI Into Your Media Supply Chain
How are media companies learning to design and build supply chains ready to facilitate new revenue streams and flexible enough to adjust to unforeseen opportunities? What roles do different parts of the supply chain plan in this process?
Jul 15 — Webinar — AR/VR State of the Art
Leaders in augmented reality and virtual sets compare notes on storytelling, production and technology strategies. Are these platforms keeping up with producers’ needs? How is talent
doing at incorporating them into their work?
Aug 5 — Webinar — Hubbing, the Cloud & the Future of TV Station Operations
TV stations, particularly in smaller markets, could be operated for the most part from corporate technology centers where master control, playout and production technology will reside. Is this the optimal strategy for station groups? If so, what steps do groups need to take to bring this mode of operating about and how well is current technology able to meet groups’ needs?
Aug 12 — Remote Production & the Future of News Workflow
As news production looks forward to a post-pandemic new normal, what remote production best practices have emerged and what will be kept in place for the long haul? Has widespread remote production actually sped up IP and cloud adoption in news production?
Nov 4 — Driving Forward on NextGen TV
What will be the most important advances in building a business with ATSC 3.0 in 2022? How critical are car manufacturers in facilitating the mobile capabilities of NextGen TV? What have broadcasters learned as they have rolled out NextGen TV to a growing number of markets?
Dec 2 — Webinar — Technology Trends 2022
A TVNewsCheck’s annual look ahead at the coming year’s most important trends in television technology – conducted as a live interview of industry leaders.
Live Events
Oct. 12 — Annual Women in Technology Awards
TVNewsCheck’s Women in Technology Awards recognize women who have contributed substantially to the advancement of their industry, or show significant promise of doing so. Presented live at NAB Show in Las Vegas, the awards support the NAB Leadership Foundation’s Technology Apprenticeship Program.
Dec 14-15 — NewsTECHForum
TVNewsCheck’s 8th annual conference gathering news, technology and digital executives, managers and professionals from the networks, TV station groups and digital-only services to talk about storytelling innovations, workflow challenges, technology advances and new revenue opportunities.
Cybersecurity for Broadcasters
These private events are planned by the Cybersecurity for Broadcasters Retreat Advisory Board. TVNewsCheck organizes and presents them but does not record them and does not circulate notes following the event. For an invitation, please contact Kathy Haley at [email protected]
2021 CBR Virtual Private Information Exchanges
Technology, IT and security executives and managers from network groups, station groups and broadcast technology vendors gather to talk over issues and challenges they are facing in a highly private environment. Chatham House Rules required. Members are surveyed periodically to develop a list of topics to address.
Roundtable Dates:
May 20
June 17
July 15
Aug 19
Oct 21
Nov 18
Virtual Half Day Conference 2021
Sep 30 — Securing the Broadcast Environment
A pair of sessions, a fireside chat and a zoom happy hour gather engineering, IT and security executives and managers to talk about Creating a Secure Enclave for the IP Network and Securing the Content Management Technology & Workflow.
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