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The head of Gray Television’s CBS-Fox affiliate in Minnesota had been suffering from cancer.

Stocks ended mostly lower Friday even as tech drives the Nasdaq higher. The S&P 500 fell less than 0.1% a day after notching a record high. The benchmark index still managed its second straight weekly gain. Losses in financial, industrial and utilities companies outweighed gains in technology stocks and other sectors of the S&P 500.

The National Association of Broadcasters is launching a new NAB Show Diversity Symposium at the 2021 NAB Show. The two-part program will cover strategies for developing and fostering corporate diversity, equity and […]

The Broadcasters Foundation of America will honor outgoing NAB CEO Gordon Smith for his excellence in broadcasting at the Broadcasters Foundation Breakfast During the NAB Show in Las Vegas.

Stocks shook off an afternoon stumble to end Thursday modestly higher. Investors had a fresh batch of economic data to weigh as they gauge the economic recovery, but much of the focus will be on a key employment report from the Labor Department on Friday.

TV viewers can watch their favorite programs any way they want. If media executives aren’t careful, the industry will soon be counting those people in equally chaotic fashion. A suspension of Media Rating Council backing for Nielsen’s venerable national and local TV ratings service, announced Wednesday, offers the clearest signal yet of the breakdown of the industry’s ability to measure the audiences that watch comedies, dramas, news broadcasts and sports matches. The problem is not likely to be solved anytime soon.

In a hybrid in-person/virtual, two-day conference last week, ATSC celebrated 43 markets with NextGen TV on the air and dozens more soon to follow as well as successes in datacasting and auto data delivery trials. Among the panels was one on successful trials of 3.0 data delivery to automobiles in Phoenix and Santa Barbara, Calif., conducted by Sony in conjunction with Pearl TV and the News-Press Gazette group.

Apollo Global Management said Wednesday that it has completed its purchase of internet icon Yahoo — formerly Verizon Media — for about $5 billion, from Verizon Communications. As part of the deal, Verizon will retain a 10% ownership interest in the new company. Verizon and Apollo first announced the deal in May, and the sale includes ad tech assets.

Gaining a big draft from the overall strength of the national TV market, ViacomCBS — as well as other major TV network groups — inked stronger, high-priced NFL ad deals, helped by new connected TV (CTV) streaming services that will air the league games. “We have actually gone to double-digit [percentage price] increases for the NFL throughout the regular season and playoffs,” says John Bogusz, EVP of sports sales and marketing for CBS Sports. “We are very well sold going into the season.”

Stocks ended Wenesday with tiny gains, but enough to nudge the Nasdaq to a new record. The S&P 500 index rose 1.41 points, less than 0.1%, to close at 4,524.09. Technology and communications stocks made solid gains that helped lift an otherwise choppy market.

Nielsen’s decades-old track record of measuring the TV business was dealt a serious blow Wednesday after the MRC decided to suspend its backing of the company’s national ratings service and also cancel an agreed-upon hiatus for its support of Nielsen’s local TV efforts as well.

The new diginet from Nexstar begins airing classic TV programming from the 1980s and 1990s in markets covering 40% of the U.S., including New York, Los Angeles and Chicago.

Major sports booking operations have been boosting national TV marketing efforts — paid-advertising and promotional — in August, largely to promote sportsbook operations for the fall. In total, some $2.8 million in national TV advertising was spent from July 31 through Aug. 29 by the casino/gambling category, according to iSpot.tv. A year ago over the same month-long period, a total of $129,429 was spent on national TV by the gaming/casino industry. In August 2019, the total was $234,497.

The purchase of WRID-LD Richmond, Va., by Gray Television tops the latest list of TV station transactions submitted to the FCC for its approval, according to BIA Advisory Services.

The National Cable Television Cooperative and ACA Connects opt for online-only event in response to shifting COVID-19 situation.

The S&P 500 ended August higher, it’s seventh straight monthly gain. Investors are busy trying to figure out just how much of an impact rising COVID-19 cases will have on the still recovering economy. The market has been choppy amid a mix of economic data, some of which has signaled that consumers are becoming more cautious.

The veteran programmer who has helped guide numerous television shows and careers caps more than four decades in the industry including 32 years at Hearst Television.

FuboTV said its Fubo Gaming unit got approval to offer online sports wagering in Iowa. Fubo Gaming plans to launch its Fubo Sportsbook in the fourth quarter. The company has already gotten approvals to operate a betting service in Arizona, Pennsylvania, Indiana and New Jersey.