B&C Today: NBCU Finishes Upfront; Nexstar Takes Fox Affiliates OTT

Broadcasting & Cable Newsletter   July 13, 2017     The best of BroadcastingCable.com delivered to your inbox daily     Top Stories       NBCU Finishes Upfront With 8% Volume Increase Digital video sales increase 42% READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: The company, part of Comcast, said it was excluding the upcoming Super Bowl, Winter Olympics and World Cup from its calculations to provide an apples-to-apples comparison.   Nexstar, Fox Affiliate Deal Will Put Stations OTT The agreement extends Nexstar's Fox affiliations through 2019 READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: The deal is particularly notable as Fox and its industrywide affiliates board have yet to come to terms on OTT distribution, as the other Big Four networks have.   Nielsen: Live TV Viewing Fell in First Quarter Pay-TV subscribers down 1.4% READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: Usage of apps and the web on smartphones jumped by 20 minutes per day, Nielsen said in its Total Audience Report.   More Top Stories       Comcast: Hill Needs to End Net Neutrality Regulatory Ping-Pong Syndication Ratings: Viewers Go on Vacation Headed Into July 4 Tamron Hall Developing Daytime Talk Show A&E Orders 100 More 'Live PD' Episodes Fox News Celebrates Another Weekly Primetime Ratings Win Facebook Report Finds Viewers on Phones While Watching TV Verizon: Time for Net Neutrality Legislation BIA/Kelsey: Local Advertising to Hit $174B by 2021 Fox Renews Game Show 'Beat Shazam' Internet Day of Action's Title II Advocates Speak Out more headlines »   Blog Of Note     'Salvation' Showrunners Avoid Asteroid, Land Summer Series By Michael Malone Liz Kruger and Craig Shapiro, showrunners on CBS drama Salvation—which premieres Wednesday—got involved with the project when Glenn Geller, then president of entertainment at CBS, called last September and said he needed a summer 2017 series. The husband and wife team says Glenn had a script that had caught his attention, about an asteroid zooming toward Earth. READ MORE » more blogs »   Departments       Currency: Nat Geo Gives 'Earth Live' Promos a Quarter Billion Ad Impressions Programming: Pop, CollegeHumor Partner on Comedy 'Hot Date' Distribution: Jill Mullikin-Bates Named Co-Executive Producer at 'Harry' Local TV: WVIT Unleashing DroneRanger Fleet Over Connecticut Washington: FTC, DOJ Give Liberty-GCI Deal Antitrust OK   Events     News Technology Summit September 26-27, 2017 | Atlanta Airport Marriott, GA Learn More Streaming Technology Leadership Summit October 16-17, 2017 | The Stewart Hotel, NYC Learn More NYC Television Week October 16-19, 2017 | NYC Learn More B&C Hall Of Fame October 16 | Grand Hyatt Hotel, NYC Learn More VR 2020 Summit October 17 | The Stewart Hotel, NYC Learn More Advanced Advertising October 18 | Sheraton Times Square, NYC Learn More NextTV Summit New York City October 18 | Sheraton Times Square, NYC Learn More Hispanic Television Summit October 19 | Sheraton Times Square, NYC Learn More TV Data Summit October 19 | Sheraton Times Square, NYC Learn More more events »   Jobs     Network Technical Support Specialist / Equipment (HBITS 4644) Advanced Technology Solutions, Inc – Albany, NY, US   Jr. Media Planner Zimmerman Advertising – Fort Lauderdale, FL, US   Director of Development Tastemade – New York, NY, US   Project Manager (VOD/OTT - Television/CableTV) Ubique Systems Inc. – Plainview, NY, US   more jobs » News Blogs Events People TV Careers   Advertise Contact Us Send this to a friend       ©2017 NewBay Media, LLC

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