US TV market generates $4.11 billion M&A deal volume in Q4 2018 Details Editor | 04 January 2019 Research from Kagan has found that the US broadcast industry ended 2018 on a merger and acquisition high with M&A volume reaching $4.31 billion in the fourth quarter of 2018. In total, 2018 closed with an $8.87 billion deal volume for US broadcast station M&A representing an increase of 8% compared with 2017. The analyst noted that in the largest deal of the quarter and year, Nexstar Media Group announced on 3 December that it would acquire all of Tribune Media