Veritone Inc. is heading to Las Vegas next week for the NAB Show and will set up shop in the West Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center (at booth W1455), where it plans to put a spotlight on its array of AI products and services used by both radio and television stations.
Now, with the 2025 NAB Show approaching, AI-powered machine translation company XL8 has confirmed that it has successfully commercialized a real-time product that translates English-language captions to Spanish.
The FCC under Republican Chairman Brendan Carr has received much criticism since he acted to reinstate complaints against ABC, NBC and CBS that were dismissed under delegated authority by acting Bureau Chiefs in the waning days of the Rosenworcel Commission. Now, five former Commissioners — including the FCC Chairman prior to Jessica Rosenworcel — are asking Carr to end its probe of CBS.
The Media Financial Management Annual Conference will kick off its first full day of sessions with a welcome address from the head of the NAB. It's immediately followed by a keynote Chief Financial Officer panel presentation moderated by the Publisher/President of Streamline Publishing's RBR + TVBR and Radio Ink.
First it was MAGNA. Now, WARC has decreased its global ad market growth forecast. And, it models three scenarios based on "differing severities of deterioration in underlying market conditions."
“I messed up a speech once in front of my bosses, and I never want to go through that again,” a prominent client recently confessed to veteran public relations executive Rosemary Ravinal. "Public speaking just isn’t in my DNA." Here are some tips on how to weave public speaking into your comfort zone, and your soul.
The second-largest institutional investor in Saga Communications has formally withdrawn its nominees for election as directors to the company's board. "The continued pursuit of our nominees would not be in the best interest of Gate City or the company’s shareholders at this time," Gate City says.
In December 2024, RBR+TVBR first shared the news that Forever Media, the Lynn Deppen-led radio station owner, was spinning a Lancaster, Pa., FM translator to the operator behind Word FM, a Christian-themed noncommercial entity. Now, a second deal has been struck between the two parties.
The Commission, as previously hinted by Chairman Brendan Carr, has launched an inquiry to explore commercial technologies that would complement the Global Positioning System (GPS).
The return of regular season Major League Baseball games to over-the-air television has captured many headlines in recent months. Now, TEGNA is cheering no less than three freshly minted deals bringing play-by-play action to fans through their broadcast properties.
RBR+TVBR, the publication focused on the business of broadcast media, is accepting nominations for the Broadcast Best Finance Leaders of 2025, but only until Friday at 5pm Eastern. These honorees are distinguished and are being honored for their leadership and accomplishments.
Western North Carolina has made progress from the devastating destruction caused by Hurricane Helene at the end of September. Still, there's a long road ahead, and a new 90-minute documentary produced by the news team of a Sinclair Inc. TV station in Asheville chronicles "the journey back."
As RBR+TVBR first shared on Wednesday, Kyle Grimes will take an EVP position alongside Ashley Gold, Eric Meyrowitz and Nick Radziul at Hearst Television, shedding his role as President/GM of the company's flagship station in Boston. Who will now lead WCVB-5 has become known.
Despite strong political advertising revenues in the radio division of the publicly traded company, African American consumer-focused Urban One experienced a decline in net revenue as its total operating expenses rose. The result: the company led by Alfred Liggins III swung to a net operating loss in Q4 2024, widening the net loss attributable to common stockholders during the quarter.
A flurry of announcements have been released from the PR team at TEGNA Inc. over the last 24 hours, and among the biggest ones were announcements as to when the NYSE-traded TV station owner will report its Q1 2025 results and who will be taking two key leadership roles under its Chief Experience Officer.
A recently announced multi-year partnership between the Atlanta Braves and Gray Media has resulted in Gray and its Raycom Sports arm agreeing to produce original content surrounding the 15 regular season games its stations in the Major League Baseball team's territory will simulcast on its over-the-air broadcast properties.
The subject of 5G Broadcast is one that has largely involved European broadcasters. Yet there are some in the U.S. that see it as a smart option, rather than ATSC 3.0. At the 2025 NAB Show, XGen Network “XGN” will unveil its 5G Broadcast Exciter.
His fate at Audacy Inc. has been the subject of chatter and speculation for weeks. Now, it is official: Doug Abernethy is leaving the audio content creation and distribution company with majority ownership held today by Soros Fund Management.
According to a new report by Coleman Insights and Amplifi Media, 90% of Gen Z podcast consumers engage with video in some form. This contrasts with a recent report on the podcast enjoyment habits of younger audiences as the medium hits record growth.
He's held the dual roles of President/GM of the company's flagship ABC affiliate serving New England's largest market and as a regional VP overseeing the company's stations across the region. Soon, he'll be relocating from Boston to New York and rising to the role of Executive Vice President at Hearst Television.
