
The Future Of Television. Dissected Daily.
Broadcast Regulation Post-Chevron
A precedent-busting Supreme Court decision has the potential to upend the of future broadcast regulation.
Does Local Sports Media's Future Lie in the Stars?
A first-of-its-kind deal to bring live streaming games of a major professional sports team to fans at no cost could be the death knell for RSNs.
Weather Or Not?
Timely local TV weather forecasts are vital for safety during severe weather, but can be significantly delayed if accessed via streaming. Will ATSC 3.0/NextGen come to the rescue?
Mad About Local
A conversation with Madhive President Jim Wilson about the company’s acquisition of local media ad sales workflow software/services firm Frequence - and why the future of local marketing is omnichannel.
Diginet Discoveries
While the technical distinction between linear broadcast subchannels & digital streaming FAST channels may be blurring, there is no denying that the OTA diginet model has become an influential blueprint for the future of “TV” - and a new canvas for programming creativity.
Diginets: The Father of FASTs
Streaming FAST channels owe their existence to the TV model (eventually) refined by broadcasters' digital subchannel adventures over the last two decades.
How US Broadcasters Might Stream More "Freely"
Can US local broadcasters and their network programming patrons get out of their own way and glean some innovation inspiration from their brethren across the pond?
Why Can't US Audiences Stream Broadcast Channels More "Freely"?
The UK’s new Freely “streaming broadcast” service begs the question: why can't US viewers stream full, (ostensibly) free local broadcast signals?
Sports Broadcasting's Shifting Landscape Is No Slam Dunk For Local TV Stations
The unwinding of Regional Sports Networks may - or may not - be a windfall for local TV broadcasters.
A Tipping Point For NextGen TV?
It was hard not to feel that this year's NAB Show represented a bit of a turning point for the ATSC 3.0 “NextGen TV” standard.
Local Broadcasting's Over-the-Air Blind Spot
Over-the-air television viewing is more sizable and demographically attractive than most industry professionals realize - and is actually growing in popularity. The catch: nobody knows how to truly measure or account for it.
All Political Advertising Is Local
While linear local broadcast TV still commands the lion's share of political ad spend, its supremacy going forward is very much in question. We talk to the digital doyenne of one of the country’s largest station groups to find out what’s ahead for this cyclically lucrative ad category.
Caught In The Undertow
The newly proposed sports-centric vMVPD joint venture between Disney/ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery poses some very real existential issues for local broadcasters - especially those with network affiliations.
Where Local News Is Always "On"
Local TV news hubs strive to bring disparate station streams into a curated destination-worthy experience. We talk with the first (and largest) to do it.
Mind The Gap
There is a major opportunity to creatively reinvent what local station streaming can more broadly offer viewers, far beyond today's repurposed made-for-TV newscasts.
Houston (and Cleveland, and Wichita, and. . .), We Have A Problem
Local TV station FAST channels have an ad monetization problem; here are some possible ways to fix it.
Welcome To “Proximity” - Our Take On The Future Of Local TV
Tim Hanlon introduces a new TVREV category - exclusively devoted to the future of local television.