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."
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.
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.
He devoted more than 35 years of his career to media research, becoming a pioneering thought leader in New Media, measurement standards and the Portable People Meter (PPM). Now, many are mourning the loss of Bill Harvey, the man who helped create radio industry ratings giant Arbitron.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Friday deferred a request from a quartet of Democrats running for elected office in the 2026 mid-term cycle that would have forced the FCC to issue a swift ruling on whether or not the "lowest unit rate" includes Political Action Committees or is limited to the candidates themselves.
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.
Picture this: It's November 4. The election-fueled ad dollar bump is over. What's next for broadcast radio and TV, given the core advertising challenges seen by some and the National ad-dollar impairment experienced by many? A Forecast 2027 session delivers the tools to build the bridge to take you past the proverbial politicial cliff.
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.
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.
The ongoing wind-down of Mary Quass-led NRG Media has continued, with the apparent sale of four radio brands serving the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, Iowa, market. The buyer? Look no further than the man who founded Civic Media, as Cedar Basin Media is born through a transaction signed off by Sage Weil.
All commercial and noncommercial television stations are required to place a carriage election statement stating whether they elect retransmission consent or must carry on cable and satellite in their online public files (OPIF) on or before October 1. The NAB has prepared a Counsel Memo to aid Member stations.
A Class A FM serving Findlay, Ohio, and its surrounding communities is being sold by a private not-for-profit educational institution to the Franklin, Tenn.-based purveyor of Christian Contemporary and Worship Music that continues to expand across the U.S. through station acquisitions.
Following a brief and sudden illness, Pritchard Broadcasting Corp. sole shareholder and director John T. Pritchard on August 19 passed away. A Form 316 filing has now been made with the FCC that effectively places the licenses for the company's radio stations in the hands of the executor and administrator of his estate.
A Class B AM radio station serving Spanish-language audiences between Ann Arbor and Detroit could face a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture from the FCC for a series of Emergency Alert System (EAS) violations — including monitoring the wrong Local Primary Stations as designated by the Commission.
A new fiber camera adapter was officially brought to market at the IBC2026 conference and expo, which concluded Monday and saw a largely Euro-centric crowd across four days at the Amsterdam RAI. For MultiDyne Video & Fiber Optic Systems, introducing its SilverBack-IP was the company's headline act.
The home of ABC, FOX and The CW Network serving the city that's home to Western Kentucky University has a new General Manager, starting Monday. He's being promoted from the role of Multimedia Sales Manager at this Gray Media property, and he'll also lead up sales efforts.
Yaman Coskun, the longtime radio industry creative specialist, has taken a post at BionicVO as part of an arrangement that sees his company become the exclusive business development partner for the company founded by Oink Ink Radio creator Dan Price.
The FCC's Media Bureau has established a comment cycle in which interested parties can chime in on a Petition for Rulemaking from XGN/X1 Mobile and Tyche Media that seeks Commission approval for low-power television stations to use the 5G Broadcast transmission standard on a voluntary basis.
Two weeks ago, she wrapped up what she describes as "one of my favorite eras yet." On September 14, the former Director of Communications and Social Media at the National Association Of Broadcasters finished her first day at her new employer — one of the nation's biggest telecommunications companies.
The Media Bureau's Video Division has granted the company's Petition for Declaratory Ruling — triggering criticism from the lone Democrat serving as a FCC Commissioner and from a fired Commissioner on the Federal Trade Commission. It puts partial ownership of CBS in the hands of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
