With a highly volatile political climate putting broadcast television networks under a microscope operated by the FCC and under the influence of the White House, should The Walt Disney Company dismantle ABC and shift all of its valued programming to digital platforms? That's precisely the recommendation of two Needham & Company analysts.
At its August Open Meeting, the FCC adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to reexamine the Emergency Alert System. Now the NAB is making its voice heard, warning that modernization must preserve broadcasters' roles as “first informers” in a crisis.
RBR+TVBR is closing its detailed coverage of Forecast's panels. Why? To restore the environment that made this event legendary. No extensive headlines. No detailed reporting of specific statements. Just broadcast media's most influential voices sharing what they really think about the challenges and opportunities ahead.
Introducing Horizon Global, which will be headquartered in New York. As Horizon Media and Havas sees it, their combined strengths are poised to deliver "a bold breakthrough agency network alternative at a time when clients face fewer, more constrained options."
When it comes to enticing hungry consumers, there's one QSR that strongly believes that spot cable will help fill the drive-thru lanes and get customers to come in to its quick-service restaurants. And, as seen in the latest Media Monitors Spot Ten Cable report, this QSR invested in more than 100,000 commercial airings last week.
The 2025 Local Broadcast News Study, a 3,100+ respondent study conducted by GfK/NIQ, takes a deep dive into users of local broadcast news to see how they receive local news content, the value they place on local news and the influence of local news on consumer purchase decisions.
A Democrat who holds a key position within the House E&C Committee teamed up with the American Civil Liberties Union on Friday to give proposed legislation that would prohibit the FCC from revoking broadcast licenses or taking action against broadcasters based on the viewpoints they broadcast a fresh push.
It's a Class B AM with an FM translator serving the Hartford area, including nearby Bristol, Conn., from New Britain, Conn. And, it has long been a voice of the Spanish-language audience in the Constitution State under the ownership of Paul Gois. Soon, that will change, with these "Mega" facilities poised to find Jesus.
For those actively following the low-power broadcast television business in the U.S., Jeff Winemiller and Kristina Bruni are familiar figures who have been involved in many a trade of late. Now, Winemiller is agreeing to sell three LPTVs to Bruni in a deal just submitted to the FCC for its regulatory approval.
At the start of 2025, a silent Special Temporary Authority request was submitted for an AM/FM pair in the Catskills of New York by Townsquare Media "due to economic reasons in the market." Now, the stations are being sold to a small nearby regional operator led by Vince Benedetto.
The largest single owner of broadcast TV stations in the United States agreed to resume broadcasts of “Jimmy Kimmel live!” The news came after the Closing Bell on Wall Street last Friday, putting a conclusion to any broadcast boycott of the ABC late-night program among the network's affiliates.
On September 16, telecasts of key soccer matches in the UK entered a new tech-driven era, thanks to Amazon and a service that was first rolled out in the U.S. to National Football League viewers two years ago.
The Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau within the FCC has taken a moment to highlight what it considers "best practices" for cross-sector cooperation and network resiliency during hurricane season — which is far from over, as a storm could be nearing the U.S. Southeast early next week.
Hemisphere Media Group has signed a multi-year content agreement with the public broadcasting service in the Dominican Republic that allows HMG to distribute nearly 30 hours per week from Televisión Dominicana.
A fifth of U.S. adults now regularly get news on TikTok, up from just 3% in 2020. In fact, during that span, no social media platform Pew Research Center has studied experienced faster growth in news consumption, a new analysis shows.
Members of Australia's Commercial Radio and Audio (CRA) organization on Thursday morning learned via e-mail that the Australian Commercial Radio Awards, or "ACRAs," won't be postponed until 2026 after all. The awards have been permanently cancelled.
The leading NPR Member station for the Delaware Valley, serving listeners within the City of Brotherly Love as well as Southern New Jersey and most of The First State, is building on a decade-long relationship with StreamGuys by powering up a new listener-friendly mobile app developed with Vincit.
Two prominent Democratic U.S. Senators from New England on Monday will join in hosting a "spotlight forum" on what they call "the Trump Administration’s unprecedented efforts to use the FCC and government authority to chill First Amendment-protected speech and independent, fact-based news reporting."
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has given a grant of up to $57.9 million over five years to Public Media Infrastructure (PMI), a new independent nonprofit entity formed by a coalition of leading public radio organizations, to sustain public radio distribution through 2030.
In a statement, Sinclair said, "Free speech provides broadcasters with the right to exercise judgment as to the content on their local stations. While we understand that not everyone will agree with our decisions about programming, it is simply inconsistent to champion free speech while demanding that broadcasters air specific content."
