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A news helicopter covering a deadly collision between a sports utility vehicle and a Los Angeles Metro Bus crashed in L.A.'s San Fernando Valley early Tuesday evening, resulting in the death of an aerial reporter covering the scene for the NBCUniversal Local television stations serving Southern California and two others.

In November 2024, the nation's foremost purveyor of noncommercial Christian-themed music networks agreed to purchase a 3kw Class A FM where California highways 14 and 58 bisect. The station, once a simulcast partner of KIIS-FM in Los Angeles, is now a K-LOVE Inc. property, with closing finally arriving after nearly two years.

Two of the nation's largest television ownership groups — each of whom have invested significantly in the ATSC 3.0 digital broadcast standard — have come together for a joint consumer education campaign designed to increase awareness and understanding of NEXTGEN TV. 

How essential is satellite delivery for SiriusXM, the nation's subscription-based audio content delivery service? With adoption of its smartphone app a disappointment for CEO Jennifer Witz and a refocus on building in-car subscription rolls, the company on Tuesday officially lit up its SXM-11 satellite, making it operational.

Backers including NAB and AARP welcome its progress

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SXM-11 becomes the most powerful bird in the company’s fleet

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Now! Media has experienced advertising revenue drops ranging from 20–40 percent

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Italian broadcasters will have access to the the manufacturer's audio codec, AoIP and remote production solutions

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What constitutes “linear TV” and what constitutes streaming? The lines are getting blurred, and that's made it harder and harder for MoffettNathanson to produce its quarterly "Cord-Cutting Monitor," the financial house's three senior analysts conclude.

The median amount of weekday news dropped by a full hour to 5.5 hours in 2025, while the number of stations producing original local news also declined. That's the key takeaway from an annual news survey of TV news content conducted by the RTDNA and Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.