Tag: Broadcast TV
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NFL Football is Winning More Fans Thanks to Widening Broadcast TV and Streaming Reach
The combination of streaming and broadcast TV has resulted in more people watching NFL games. The football league’s viewership climbed 6% this season. The audience boost is likely due to Amazon Prime Video’s Thursday Night Football as well as ABC and ESPN networks, according to BNN. Amazon has exclusive rights to Thursday Night Football which…
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As Cord Cutting Grows Network Ratings Continue to Drop
As cord cutting opens Americans up to new content they can’t get with cable TV, it is no surprise that TV ratings are continuing to drop. BTIG, a research group focused on topics like TV, has reported that network ratings are down on average 18% in 2019 compared to 2018. The biggest drop is ABC,…
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Broadcast TV Companies Spent $4.11 Billion on Mergers in the Fourth Quarter of 2018
Cord cutting has been taking its toll on traditional TV, but broadcast TV has seen strong growth. Now, according to the research firm Kagan, the US broadcast industry spent $4.11 billion on mergers in the fourth quarter of 2018 to cash in on the growing over-the-air TV market with deals for mergers happening with Raycom,…
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A New Bill Would Make It Easier for DIRECTV NOW, Sling TV, Hulu, & Others to Stream Locals
This week, Steve Scalise introduced a bill in the United States House of Representatives that would make it easier for live TV streaming services to include local TV stations. According to the bill, it would remove any requirements to have retransmission consent from local broadcasters before streaming local TV online. This would allow companies like…