B&C Today: Spending on NFL Game Ads Dropped During Season; More Media Mergers in 2017

Broadcasting & Cable Newsletter   January 26, 2018     The best of BroadcastingCable.com delivered to your inbox daily     Top Stories       Spending on NFL Game Ads Dropped 1.2% During Season Network revenue fell to $2.42B READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: The totals include ads aired during games on NBC, CBS, Fox and ESPN.   More Media Mergers Made in 2017: PwC Total value of deals declined READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: Most of the value of those deals was wrapped up in a handful of what PwC terms megadeals, worth $5 billion or more.   Sinclair Yet to Submit New Tribune Deal Info FCC has said it won't restart deal-vetting until it can review it READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: Sinclair signaled Jan. 4 it would be filing new divestiture applications and amendments related to the deal and the Justice Department's antitrust review.   More Top Stories       Here's How Audiences Are Reacting to TNT's 'The Alienist' WWE Chief McMahon Plans to Bring Back the XFL CBS, Viacom Boards to Discuss Merger: Report E.W. Scripps Plans $30M Cost Cuts; Radio Stations Put Up for Sale Univision Names Valentino Executive VP, Revenue Innovation Trump Signals Third, Fourth FTC Nominees Emotional Responses to Actors Can Predict Higher Rated Episodes Showtime's Trump Parody 'Our Cartoon President' Debuts Feb. 11 FCC: Dish, DEs Get to Cure AWS-3 Issues Rogers Doyle Promoted to New Post at Disney Channels more headlines »   Blog of Note     Starz to Air #ThatsHarassment Videos in Half-Hour Special By Chelsea Anderson With the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements continuing to gain momentum, Starz has slated a half-hour prime time special highlighting a series of six short films depicting sexual harassment in the workplace. READ MORE » more blogs »   Departments       Currency: Dish, Lockwood Retrans Impasse Continues Programming: 'Sneaky Pete' Back on Amazon March 9 Watch: Who's Performing at the 2018 Grammys Washington: Pallone: FCC Not Addressing 'High-Cost' Waste, Fraud, Abuse Local TV: NBCU TV Stations Sending 31 Journalists to Olympics   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 Learn More Technology Leadership Awards at NAB April 9, 2018 | Las Vegas, NV Learn More Digital Media Tech Leadership Summit June 5-6, 2018 | Tampa, FL Learn More The Programmatic Summit June 7, 2018 | New York, NY Learn More more events »   Jobs     Director of Engineering - Network Operation and Distribution NET - Nebraska's PBS and NPR Stations, NE   Director of Studio and Production Operations Broadcasting Board of Governors, Washington, DC   Local Sales Manager KCCI, Des Moines, IA   Director of Engineering - Transmissions NET - Nebraska's PBS and NPR Stations, NE   more jobs » News Blogs Events People TV Careers   Advertise Contact Us Send this to a friend       ©2018 NewBay Media, LLC

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