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FCC Commissioner Olivia Trusty used her keynote address at the Media Institute’s Free Speech America Gala to outline how the agency can balance First Amendment protections with its oversight of modern communications, and why innovation is key to both free expression and public service.
Cameron Coats
3 weeks 3 days ago
The House Energy & Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Communications and Technology — the Congressional body that has direct oversight of the FCC — has a new Chief Counsel. And, it is someone who has strong ties to Dish Network, Sling TV and Boost Mobile.
RBR-TVBR
3 weeks 3 days ago
There was a clear leader when it comes to Spot Cable activity for the week ending November 2, according to the latest Media Monitors Spot Ten report. That said, NBCUniversal stepped up its spot plays in a significant way for its OTT platform.
Adam Jacobson
3 weeks 3 days ago
He made an indelible mark on Michigan broadcasting. But, for some longtime Detroit media observers, it was for the wrong reasons. Warren Pierce, known for his time at WJR-AM and as a morning news anchor at WJBK, has died at the age of 82. Despite a car loan controversy, Pierce remains a market icon.
Adam Jacobson
3 weeks 3 days ago
Fubo is no longer an independently owned entity under FuboTV Inc., but that didn't stop its co-founder and chief executive from releasing the company's third quarter earnings report — its last.
Adam Jacobson
3 weeks 3 days ago
Negotiations between The Walt Disney Co. and Google's YouTube TV could stretch well into November, as a retransmission consent impasse took all of Disney's broadcast network O&Os and ABC affiliated properties off the virtual MVPD — as well as every Disney-owned cable channel.
Adam Jacobson
3 weeks 3 days ago
Nick Langan
3 weeks 3 days ago
FNPRM proposes to eliminate certain broadband label requirements and seeks comment on other ways to streamline the broadband label rules to reduce compliance burdens while preserving their consumer benefit.
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As RBR+TVBR first hinted on Friday, there will be a new General Manager of Lotus Communications' media properties in Arizona's second-largest market at the start of 2026. We now know who will be succeeding Debbie Wagner, as the company also announced an operational move in Southern Nevada.
Adam Jacobson
3 weeks 3 days ago
A new program designed to support the preservation, digitization, and public accessibility of America’s broadcast history has been launched by the Library of American Broadcasting Foundation.
RBR-TVBR
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Nick Langan
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Paul McLane
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John Bisset
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RW Staff
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Nick Langan
3 weeks 6 days ago
Audacy's assets in Music City USA do not include broadcast stations. Rather, it has a recently opened studio at the Hard Rock Cafe on Broadway. Overseeing this, while continuing to support national Country radio initiatives for Audacy, is a woman who began her career at WKKO in Toledo.
RBR-TVBR
3 weeks 6 days ago
The increasingly bitter dispute between NPR and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting has its trial date. On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Randolph D. Moss ordered an expedited bench trial to determine whether CPB unlawfully retaliated against the network.
Cameron Coats
3 weeks 6 days ago
The FCC has set its comment date and reply comment date for GN Docket No. 16-142, the matter authorizing permissive use of the "next generation" broadcast television standard. Along with a 73-page document came statements from FCC Chairman Brendan Carr and Commissioners Olivia Trusty and Anna Gómez.
Adam Jacobson
3 weeks 6 days ago
Audience expansion in both ad-supported (AVOD) and FAST channels shows no signs of slowing with big gains across the board. That's the key finding from a new study from Comscore that examines the "state of streaming" in the U.S., providing new insights to broadcast TV companies eager to monetize its digital content.
Adam Jacobson
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Ian Kranitz