Chiefs From NBCU, Graham, Sinclair And Hearst To Talk State Of The Industry At TV2025

Top executives at four major station groups will take the stage to talk about their outlook for 2023, their biggest challenges and their forecasts of the most significant opportunities for developing and nurturing new revenue streams by 2025 in Station Group Leaders on the State of the Industry, the centerpiece panel of TVNewsCheck’s TV2025: Monetizing the Future event at the NAB New York Show.

Valari Staab, chairman, NBCUniversal Local; Catherine Badalamente, president and CEO of Graham Media Group; Jordan Wertlieb, president of Hearst Television; and Chris Ripley, president and CEO of Sinclair Broadcast Group will join TVNewsCheck Editor Michael Depp, the panel’s moderator, on Oct. 19 at 11 a.m. at the Javits Center.

The chief executives will discuss, among numerous issues, how they are tackling the recruitment crisis, vMVPD subscriber fees, the need for more content and the ebbing of network exclusivity.

“The station group leaders panel is an annual highlight of our TV2025 event, and I’m extremely excited to be sitting down with Valari, Catherine, Jordan and Chris this year as so many changes are rocking the industry,” Depp said. “We’ll dive into their outlook on regulation, M&A, streaming’s pressure and opportunities for the industry, ongoing and meaningful efforts at diversity and inclusivity and how they’re managing the need to create more local content, among many other topics.”

Additional TV2025 panels will cover Creating More Content for a Multimedia Audience; NextGen, Streaming And The Future Of Local Media; Cybersecurity: Strategies for Mitigating Risk in a High Visibility Industry; How Data Will Redefine the TV/Audience Relationship; Technology, Data and the Future of Local TV Advertising; and Technology, the Cloud and the Station Group of the Future. E.W. Scripps’ President and CEO Adam Symson will also accept TVNewsCheck’s Station Group of the Year Award on behalf of his company.

Register for TV2025 here.