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Nexstar Broadcasting Group is an American telecommunications company that is owned by the shareholders and headquartered in Irving, Texas. The company's portfolio consists of 91 television stations across the U.S., most of whom are affiliates with the four "major" U.S. television networks located in small to medium-sized markets. It also operates all of the stations owned by an affiliated company, Mission Broadcasting, under local marketing agreements.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/42842/virtual-duopolies-coming-under-fire )〕 ==History== Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc. was started in 1996. In 2003, Nexstar acquired Quorum Broadcasting (owner of 10 television stations).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Nexstar to acquire Quorum Broadcasting )〕〔(NEXSTAR BROADCASTING GROUP TO ACQUIRE QUORUM BROADCASTING )〕 In July 2012, Nexstar agreed to purchase 11 stations and Inergize Digital Media from Newport Television with two stations going to affiliate Mission Broadcasting. On April 24, 2013, Nexstar announced that it would acquire the entire group of Communications Corporation of America, KMSS-TV, KPEJ-TV and most of the ComCorp-managed stations that are owned by White Knight Broadcasting would be sold to Mission Broadcasting while WEVV-TV and White Knight Broadcasting's KSHV-TV would be sold to a female-controlled company called Rocky Creek Communications, with Nexstar assuming operational control of those stations. On September 16, 2013, Nexstar announced that it would acquire WOI-DT, KCAU-TV, and WHBF-TV from Citadel Communications for $88 million. Nexstar immediately took over the stations' operations through a time brokerage agreement. The deal followed Phil Lombardo's decision to "slow down," as well as a desire by Lynch Entertainment to divest its investments in WOI and WHBF; Citadel would continue to own KLKN, WLNE-TV, and its Sarasota properties. On March 5, 2014, the Federal Communications Commission approved the sale of these stations to Nexstar outright and the deal was completed on March 13. KCAU continues to use Citadel's standardized news sets, graphics and logos. On November 6, 2013, Nexstar Broadcasting Group announced that it would purchase the Grant stations for $87.5 million. Due to Federal Communications Commission ownership regulations, one of the stations, KLJB, was spun off to Marshall Broadcasting, but will be operated by Nexstar through a shared services agreement. The sale was completed on December 1, 2014.〔(Consummation Notice ),''CDBS Public Access'' Federal Communications Commission, Retrieved 3 December 2014.〕 On March 13, 2014, Nexstar Broadcasting Group announced that it would purchase Internet Broadcasting for $20 million. The company had also recently acquired competitor Inergize Digital through its purchase of assets from Newport Television. On February 2, 2015, Nexstar finalized its acquisition of Yashi, a location focused video advertising and programmatic technology company, for $33 million. On September 28, 2015, Nexstar announced that it presented an unsolicited offer to buy Media General for $ 4.1 billion (including debt). Per share, shareholders of Media General would receive $10.50 in cash and 0.0898 shares of Nexstar, a total equivalent of $ 14,50 per share. Nexstar's offer is seen by analysts as a maneuver to torpedo the merger of Media General with Meredith Corporation (announced on September 8). If Media General agrees to the counter-offer within a 20-day period, Nexstar would expand its portfolio to 114 television stations, pending spin-offs in markets where both own stations and federal approval.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Nexstar Offers $4.1 Billion For Media General )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=UPDATE 3-Broadcaster Nexstar offers to buy Media General in $4.1 bln deal )〕〔(Nexstar Broadcasting Proposes To Acquire Media General - Nexstar Broadcasting )〕〔(Nexstar Offers to Buy Media General for $1.85 Billion - The New York Times )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Business: Washington Post Business Page, Business News )〕 On November 16, Media General rejected the offer but agreed to negotiate after concluding its merge with Meredith.〔(Media General Rejects Nexstar’s $1.9B Offer, But Agrees To Talk - Deadline )〕 On November 17, 2015, Nexstar announced that it is buying the stations owned by West Virginia Media Holdings for $130 million. The company will take over the stations' non-license assets under a time brokerage agreement in December 2015 until the formal completion of the deal, expected in late-2016. The two companies viewed the acquisition as being a complement to Nexstar's WHAG-TV, whose coverage area includes the Eastern Panhandle region. Nexstar CEO Perry A. Sook is an alumnus of WVMH–owned WOWK-TV. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nexstar Broadcasting Group」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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