Television Consulting

TVCCS provides a broad range of consulting services for television based on decades of experience with a wide variety of clients. We also partner with other leading experts as required to bring a full range of services to any television-related issue.

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Services provided include:

Station Operations, Management & Development
Cable Relations & Cable Carriage Assistance
Custom Ratings Development & Analysis
Government Relations & Regulatory Issues

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Capabilities

Station Operations, Management & Development

TVCCS can handle almost any aspect of television station operations. Areas include overall station operations including personnel and staffing issues, ratings development, competitive market analysis, strategic planning, budgets, corporate board presentations and business plans. Consult and purchase broadcast station equipment including production, video, computer, engineering and transmission systems. Public relations and media relations development. HDTV research and evaluation including tower sites, engineering and airspace issues. Syndicated exclusivity studies and analysis, custom market analysis, station acquisition advisement, technical advisement including HDTV, contract review and advisement. Complete start-up plans including engineering, programming, sales, budget and staffing. Station acquisitions and due diligence inspections. Overall station troubleshooting and analysis. Satellite station development.


Cable Relations & Cable Carriage Analysis


Recognized nationwide broadcast/cable relations development. Comprehensive analysis of cable carriage, channel positioning, copyright issues, must-carry and retransmission consent. Competitive and historical market carriage studies through a variety of databases. Development of co-op and advertising plans for cable carriage improvement. Cable coverage denial analysis. Signal quality analysis. Cable negotiations and contract review. Nielsen cable verification & correction.


Government Relations & Regulatory Issues


Consultant/Adviser to networks, trade organizations, broadcast groups and others. Liaison with FCC, Congress, state/local government officials and others. FCC license renewal preparation. Contact for corporate and Washington attorneys. EEO report preparation. ADA implementation. FCC compliance issues including Children's Television, Public File and others. FCC Engineering compliance issues.