A series of new free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) linear content offerings from the NBCUniversal portfolio are being added to the DirecTV platform — sort of. As of today, every DirecTV satellite-free streaming customer can access the channels via the MyFree DIRECTV platform.
Sage Weil has gained a reputation across Wisconsin for his desire to establish a statewide hub of progressive-leaning spoken word content for radio listeners. Now, he's ready to ship in his programming and sales team to Ripon.
Who needs to follow a main transmitter rule when boosters can provide a better signal to a more significant population? That's the argument ZoneCasting and MaxxCasting provider GeoBroadcast Services is making to the FCC in a petition tied to its "Delete. Delete. Delete" rule review initiative.
New federal legislation, when coupled with actions by the Commission, highlight regulatory ironies involving both the political left and right. That's the viewpoint of Clay Calvert, writing on behalf of the Washington, D.C. think tank American Enterprise Institute.
Multiscreen TV encourages ailment sufferers to educate themselves for better health. That is a chief takeaway from the newly released Video Advertising Bureau (VAB) report, "Dedicated to Your Good Health: How TV Drives Discovery & Encourages Education in the Pharma DTC Category."
The individual who most recently served as SVP of Programming for CNN and was the network's primary programming executive for the U.S. has been chosen to lead the nation's most-watched newscasts in the nation, effective April 29.
The News Director for Gray Media-owned NBC affiliate WMC-5 in Memphis is being promoted to the role of GM for its NBC-affiliated sibling serving Davenport, Moline, Rock Island and Bettendorf.
In July 2021, the VP/GM of the Sinclair-owned FOX affiliate serving Omaha and The CW Network affiliate it runs via a LMA joined Nexstar Media Group to run a dual NBC/CBS affiliate serving the Rio Grande Valley. Now, he's been handed the VP/General Manager role for the company's Albuquerque stations.
Viewing trends have started to settle into more seasonal patterns. That's the main takeaway from the latest installment of "The Gauge," Nielsen's monthly snapshot of total broadcast, cable and streaming consumption that occurs through a television screen. But, there's a bigger statistic likely to get attention.
Roz Clark joined the SBE in 1990 and has held continuous membership since 2000. He served two terms on the SBE Board of Directors in 2018 and 2020 and has been the treasurer for SBE Chapter 39 since 2013.
Add a fourth and fifth broadcast media company — and the first radio station ownership groups — to the roster of publicly traded FCC licensees that will be reporting their Q1 2025 financial results on the second Thursday of May.
Take one quick glance at the latest Media Monitors Spot Ten TV report, and you'll clearly see that pharmaceutical brands are sending dollars to broadcast TV. Which ones are most prominent?
In September 2024, Tom Birch filed an interference complaint with the FCC against Don Curtis, claiming his Class C3 FM licensed to Clarksville, Va., was being harmed by a 150-watt FM translator designed to expressly serve the cities of Cary and Raleigh, N.C. Birch is now celebrating a victory for his "US 98.3."
“We are pleased with another quarter of strong audience performance, with Global and our largest specialty brands leading the way across platforms." That's the positive assessment from Corus Entertainment co-CEO Troy Reeb, whose company released fiscal Q2 2025 results that saw worsened fiscal results.
LPTV Broadcasters Association head Frank Copsidas, through his Intrigue TV LLC entity, is agreeing to acquire a television property serving "America's Finest City," in a deal filed with the FCC by his legal counsel, Smithwick & Belendiuk attorney Mark Denbo, and the seller's legal counsel: David O'Connor of Wilkinson Barker Knauer.
In September 1998, this Class B AM in the High Desert of Southern California was acquired by Randy Michaels' Jacor Broadcasting, and later ended up in the hands of iHeartMedia predecessor Clear Channel Communications. Since the end of 2011, it has been owned by Saul Rosenzweig. That's about to change.
An AM, its FM translator companion, and a full-power FM radio station serving communities due east of the Atlanta metropolitan area are being sold, with the buyer being assisted by Jon Yinger of Broadcast Properties LLC.
The NAB's legal team late Friday filed a 145-page manifesto with the FCC that repeats its request for the elimination of the national TV ownership rule. Of note is a new request from the association that says the Commission "should scale back rules that micromanage radio broadcasts."
She joined BIA Advisory Services as VP of Forecasting and Analysis. As of today, there's a new individual in that role at the media market intelligence firm based in Northern Virginia. What does this mean for Nicole Ovadia? She wants to buy a radio station.
A pair of AM radio stations and an FM translator serving towns straddling the border between North Dakota and South Dakota are poised to change hands, pending FCC regulatory approval of the deal.
