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The Chief Programming Executive and General Manager for General Audience Programming at PBS has unexpectedly passed away, President/CEO Paula Kerger shared in a statement released by the public television service on Monday.

The FCC's Media Bureau has tossed a challenge to a deal agreed to in March that sees The E.W. Scripps Co. add the ABC affiliate serving Lexington, Ky., to its stable of broadcast TV stations. DirecTV argued the transaction would suffer direct economic harm due to higher input prices it would have to pay as a result of the sale.

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California has given the state's Attorney General, Rob Bonta, a boost in his quest to derail the pending merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery with the issuance of a Temporary Restraining Order.

As the second half of 2026 begins, it has become abundantly clear that the accident attorney specialty firm founded in Orlando in 1988 by John Morgan will finish the year as the biggest advertiser using Spot TV.  Morgan & Morgan is also making a run for the crown at Spot Radio.

Following waiver denial, KTLF argued that if a noncommercial HD subchannel, it fits rules

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IBC 2026 isn't until September 11 in Amsterdam, but one longtime U.S.-based designer and manufacturer of pro broadcast audio equipment under a trio of brand names is already looking forward to the event, where it will demonstrate its VMX virtual mixing platform.

Silicondust is sharing that the latest iteration of its HDHomeRun app offers support for viewing television channels and recordings in the event of an internet outage, including Emergency Alert notifications. The news comes as Silicondust recently submitted an ex parte brief in the FCC's NEXTGEN TV proceeding.

He joined Saga Communications eight years ago as President/GM of its Charleston, S.C., media properties. Now, he will oversee and drive the company's digital revenue strategy in a corporate role. 

With blockbuster ratings heading into Sunday's Final, NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises is riding high thanks to 2026 FIFA World Cup interest that included even the least linguistically fluent viewers. Now, that excitement over ¡Goooool! calls is set for an expansion into the Union of European Football Associations.

As of last year the money has been redirected to governmental and tribal jurisdictions rather than stations

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