MultiDyne Video & Fiber Optic Systems will return to the IBC conference and expo in Amsterdam this September with fresh updates to its VersaBrix (VB) Series — described as a rugged, modular fiber-optic transport platform used by broadcasters and live production professionals.
In an announcement made just after 4:30pm Eastern on Thursday, Gray Media confirmed that it has reached an agreement to acquire two stations that it has been operating via shared services agreements with the licensee.
After a brutal morning that saw Paramount Global shares fall to $11.55, the company's stock recovered somewhat to dampen a dip that preceded the release of its Q2 2025 earnings report. The activity ahead of the second quarter earnings release also saw Paramount's Chief Content Licensing Officer resign.
Until now, he's served as General Manager of two TV stations serving Idaho's Magic Valley. Starting September 1, he'll be relocating to Monroe, La., to take on a similar role for a pair of Gray Media-owned siblings.
With the majority of the broadcast media industry's Q2 earnings reports due to arrive over the next two weeks, could the widely diverse fiscal health results seen from a variety of companies today be a harbinger of what to expect? If so, beware: Sirius XM's earnings per share missed expectations by more than 26%.
Hartley Adkins, the iHeartMedia Markets Group President and one of the company’s key senior executives, is retiring. That news was first shared Wednesday. One day later, it became known through a second staff memo that his successor has been named, and she's taking the role as of September 1.
The recent rescission bill that "clawed back" previously approved federal funds for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting appears to be only the beginning of a long-term trend for NPR and PBS Member stations, given the actions seen by the Senate Appropriations Committee.
Delta Media Corporation, which owns radio and television stations in Lafayette and Lake Charles, La., has moved forward with the purchase of an AM radio station with an FM translator licensed to New Iberia, La. At the same time, it is donating an Opelousas, La., and its FM translator to a religious broadcast entity run by a Mouton family member.
He's a prolific buyer and seller of low-power TV stations through his Lowcountry 34 Media operation. Now, Jeff Winemiller has signed off on an asset purchase agreement that, pending FCC approval, will deliver his company four LPTV properties in the Peach State.
The 2026 Gracie Awards will once again unite trailblazers, emerging talent, and storytellers shaping the future of media at two signature events. A May 2026 event is in Beverly Hills, Calif. A June 2026 event is in the City of New York.
U.S.-based employers announced 62,075 job cuts in July 2025, rising 29% from June’s 47,999. Worse yet, the total is up by 140% from 25,885 announced in July 2025 and comes amid widespread industry chatter that Paramount Global's merger with Skydance Media will soon claim thousands of jobs.
The station that serves as TEGNA's NBC affiliate serving Northeast Ohio has appointed a News Director who will assume the role on August 4. She'll be responsible for overseeing the station's news content across all platforms, including streaming, broadcast, and digital.
It is an ABC affiliate that has historically played an outsized role in U.S. presidential politics, as it has brought the New Hampshire primary debates between candidates to voters across the nation for generations. Now, this Hearst Television property has a new News Director.
State Broadcasters Associations representing television station owners across all 50 states, D.C., and Puerto Rico have united to pass a resolution that seeks the FCC to adopt "a clear, industry-wide date-certain transition plan for the full deployment" of the digital broadcast standard that powers NEXTGEN TV.
The E.W. Scripps Co. says it is "enhancing its consumer insights strategy" with the appointment of a media industry executive to the role of post of VP of Head of Enterprise Research and Consumer Insights. Its a woman who frequently lectures on the power of storytelling with data at several universities.
The July 7 announcement that Gray Media and The E.W. Scripps Co. have entered into agreements to swap television stations across five mid-sized and small markets, resulting in the creation of new duopolies for each group, has led the FCC to establish a pleading cycle for the purpose of seeking public comment on the proposed change in control.
The SAG-AFTRA labor union that represents more than 160,000 professionals in the media and entertainment industries has renewed its agreement with Nielsen, again selecting the firm as its third-party provider of streaming content measurement.
He would become an honorary Cincinnati "Commissioner of Fun," years after his father sold WEBN to the Randy Michaels-led Jacor. Now, many across Southern Ohio are pausing to pay respects to Frank "Bo" Wood, who went from hosting "The Jelly Pudding Show" to becoming a nationally respected Rock and Roll Radio renegade.
It bills itself as "the world’s first fully interactive TV music channel," and it is powered by FastStream Interactive and ATSC 3.0 head cheerleader Sinclair. Thanks to a newly signed strategic partnership, ROXi’s music channel is being brought to 31 DMAs — with additional US markets launching later this year.
He's most recently served as President of MAX Returns alongside Jon Lammers, who holds the Vice President role of the MVPD-focused broadcast television station consultancy. But, from 1997 through 2008, he served as Chief Operating Officer for Nexstar Broadcasting. Now, the industry is pausing to mourn the death of Duane Lammers.
