Leading edge chief digital officers talk about their most innovative initiatives and their strategies for meeting key performance indicators. Where are they breaking new ground online, on streaming and on mobile ? Where are they generating the most revenue? What new revenue streams do they anticipate in 2022? REGISTER NOW Speakers: Catherine Badalamente, VP and Chief Innovation Officer, Graham Media Group Lisa Bishop, Chief Digital Officer, Allen Media Broadcasting Ethan Dreilinger, Global Client Solutions Engineer, The Weather Company Derek Gebler,…

                REGISTER NOW 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?   Speakers: Pallavi Reddy, Senior Director of New Media, CNN Mike Chesterfield, Senior Director, Weather Presentation, The Weather Channel Ruben Ruiz, EVP Sales, US & Canada, Brainstorm Glen Dickson, Contributing Editor, TVNewsCheck (moderator)   REGISTER NOW

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? Speakers: Heather Gundry, SVP, Group Director, DentsuX Jon Camera, VP Northeast, Disney Ad Sales Local Missy Evenson, VP Sales, Local Media, The E.W. Scripps Company Will Offeman, Chief Product Officer, WideOrbit Janet Stilson, Contributing Editor, TVNewsCheck (moderator) REGISTER NOW

REGISTER NOW 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? Speakers: Stefan Hadl, VP Engineering, Hearst Television Dave Burke, SVP and CTO, Gray Television Kurt Rao, SVP…

TV leaders will frame out monetization strategies for a dramatically changed, post-pandemic market in this two-day virtual conference. Panels will examine data, technology and spot TV; NextGen TV’s pathways to monetization; the financial implications of broadcasters’ move to the cloud and TVNewsCheck’s annual conversation with four station group leaders on the state of the industry. The event also features the presentation of the Station Group of the Year award and an interview with its chief executive, along with a concluding…

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? What changes in news, sports and entertainment are influencing the future of production?   REGISTER NOW   Television Production in a Changed World Panel As TV production and technology executives and managers look forward to a post-pandemic new…

Leaders from WarnerMedia, Graham Media Group, Perspective Media and Dalet will offer predictions for the industry's most important technology trends for 2022 - as well as what they hope to see - in a TVNewsCheck Working Lunch Webinar, 2022 Technology Trends Forecast. Panelists will look ahead to developments they foresee in cloud operations, virtualization and IP, streaming technology and SaaS, along with the industry's continued move from Capex to Opex models and further shifts spurred by remote production. Speakers: Michael Koetter,…

  TVNewsCheck in early October forecast a 4.2% increase for core spot TV advertising and a 19.2% jump in total revenue including political in 2022. 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?   Speakers:…