B&C Today: National TV Ad Spending Up in November; TiVo Inks New Deal With Altice USA

Broadcasting & Cable Newsletter   December 21, 2017     The best of BroadcastingCable.com delivered to your inbox daily     Top Stories       National TV Ad Spending Rose 2% in November: SMI But still down 3% overall; NFL revenue steady READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: Sports programming was strong in November, with spending up 5%. Despite lower ratings, revenue from NFL broadcasts was up 2% in November, thanks mainly to one more game being aired in the month, compared with a year ago.   TiVo Locks in New Deal With Altice USA Expanded six-year deal includes TiVo's personalized content discovery platform READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: The expanded deal with Altice USA solidifies TiVo's position with another major MVPD.   Public Knowledge to Copyright Office: Free 'World of Warcraft' Multiplayer games should get DMCA circumvention exemption READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: Every three years the office has to hold hearings on exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). The first round of comments for 2018 exemptions were due this week.   More Top Stories       Wave Broadband Files FCC Complaint Over Comcast RSNs New Tax Law Should Boost Media Earnings, Analyst Says Univision Stations to Carry New Quest Diginet ESPN Gets Right to Stream 'MNF' to Mobile Phones 'Project Thor' Analytics Firm Makes Smart TV Deal With Inscape NBCU's 'Dateline' Renewed for Season 2 on Fox Stations Discovery, Wasserman Forge Social Media Partnership for 2018 Olympic Games Discovery Digital Moves 'Cash Cab' Game Show to Elevator Baker Re-Ups at CTIA Consumer Groups Ask 'NY Times' to Stable 'Trojan Horse' for Google Ads more headlines »   Blog Of Note     Tegna Redesigns Local On-Air Product Groupwide By Michael Malone Growing Tegna is redesigning its stations' on-air content. KUSA Denver and KARE in the Twin Cities launched their redesigned product Dec. 19, and many more stations are to follow. Tegna refers to it as a "digital first" approach, with a focus on how consumers take in content on a range of different screens, including televisions. READ MORE » more blogs »   Departments       Fates and Fortunes: Nadler Named Ranking Member on Judiciary Washington: Media Groups, Companies Applaud Tax Reform Bill Passage Programming: Season Four of 'Strange Inheritance' Starts on Fox Business Network Jan. 15   Events     Technology Leadership Summit February 28 – March 1, 2018 | Raleigh, NC Learn More 20th Annual Multichannel News Wonder Women Luncheon March 22, 2018 | New York, NY Learn More Advanced Advertising Summit – Spring Edition March 26, 2018 | New York, NY Learn More Multicultural Television Summit April 3, 2018 | New York, NY Details To Come Technology Leadership Awards at NAB April 9, 2018 | Las Vegas, NV Learn More The Programmatic Summit June 2018 | New York Learn More Digital Media Tech Leadership Summit June 2018 | Location TBD Learn More more events »   Jobs     Chief Engineer WROC-TV, Rochester, NY   Satellite Maintenance Engineer NET - Nebraska's PBS and NPR Stations, NE   Demonstration Artist and Trainer - XPression Specialist, USA Ross Video, Home Based, Any US Location   Director of Engineering, Network Operation and Distribution NET - Nebraska's PBS and NPR Stations, NE   more jobs » News Blogs Events People TV Careers   Advertise Contact Us Send this to a friend       ©2017 NewBay Media, LLC

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