B&C Today: Super Bowl Draws 47.7 Overnight Rating; FCC Commissioners to Testify in House Feb. 16

Broadcasting & Cable Newsletter   February 6, 2018     The best of BroadcastingCable.com delivered to your inbox daily     Top Stories       Eagles Upset in Super Bowl Draws 47.7 Overnight Rating Viewership down 3% from last year's game READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: Though down, the ratings were better than the double-digit declines NFL games experienced during the regular season and playoffs, and the Super Bowl remains by a wide margin the most watched event on television.   FCC Commissioners to Testify in House Feb. 16 Communications Subcommittee to hold budget hearing READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: While the hearing will be on the FCC budget in the Administration's federal budget request, there are a number of hot-button issues that could come up, including net neutrality, media ownership, the post-auction TV station repack, broadband infrastructure, broadband subsidies, and more.   Super Bowl Generated $414M in Ad Revenue Kantar says game had 49 minutes of ad time READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: Kantar expects that when pre-game and post-game programming is figured in NBC will have raked in more than $500 million in ad revenue.   More Top Stories       Super Bowl Draws Average Audience of 106M Viewers Clyburn, Blumenthal Call for Return of Comcast/NBCU Conditions Property Brothers Sign Multi-Year Deal With HGTV Prometheus: Court Should Deny Broadcaster Motions Alan Ball's 'Here and Now' Starts on HBO Feb. 11 Vodafone Confirms Liberty Global Talks FTC Settles With Website Over Kids Info Collection more headlines »   Departments       Currency: Bud Light Commercial Got Most Attention in Super Bowl Programming: 'The Four': A Deep Dive Into Viewer Emotions Washington: NAB, Sinclair Defend FCC Dereg to Court Local TV: WDIV Detroit Launches True-Crime Podcast 'Shattered: Black Friday'   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 - Transmissions NET - Nebraska's PBS and NPR Stations, NE   Chief Engineer WFSU Public Media, Tallahassee, FL   Director of Engineering - Network Operation and Distribution NET - Nebraska's PBS and NPR Stations, NE   Chief Engineer WOOD TV, Grand Rapids, MI   more jobs » News Blogs Events People TV Careers   Advertise Contact Us Send this to a friend       ©2018 NewBay Media, LLC

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