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Rob Bonta shared that the agreement with the company led by CEO David Ellison "includes court enforceable guardrails to resolve the antitrust issues at the center of our case, protect competition and consumer choice, and provide for the production of significantly more films and a minimum of $1.5 billion in additional investment in domestic film production."
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A Class A broadcast television station serving an area of Northwest Louisiana and portions of the Lone Star State is poised to become the latest property to be licensed to HC2 Broadcasting, a licensee of LPTV properties intent on getting voluntary adoption of 5G Broadcast services to the finish line at the FCC.
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The churn rate has gained a new eye with respect to ensuring subscribers don't say goodbye, and it is streaming television which is actively looking for ways to keep that rate low. Hub Entertainment Research has a solution, a newly released report offers. Still, the findings indicate free-to-air TV wins.
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The latest Media Monitors Spot Ten reports have been released, and when it comes to Spot Cable versus National Spot TV, there's regularly a deviation with respect to brands and their investment activity. Last week, a brand that dominates Spot Cable is inching closer to the top of the Spot TV report, as an accident attorney specialty law firm again rules the broadcast TV dial.
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The collegiate athletics league consists of nine member institutions in five states, including Eastern Illinois Univ., Lindenwood Univ., Morehead State Univ., Southeast Missouri State Univ., SIU-Edwardsville, Univ. of Southern Indiana, Tennessee State Univ., UT-Martin and Western Illinois Univ.
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The Media Bureau Dismisses 36 LPFM Applications Filed by Stephen Wade Rathke and Grants Applications in LPFM MX Groups 9, 41, and 50
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On July 22, the FCC adopted rules to auction another 160 MHz of upper C-band spectrum by July 2027. Incumbents will be required to vacate before new wireless service begins, in the top 75 markets by December 2030 and everywhere else by July 2031. Here is what that timeline actually asks of a radio network.
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