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Live TV streaming platform Fubo has become the first Connected TV provider to offer pause ads in a programmatic, biddable environment. The move follows the company’s initial rollout of pause ads, which appear after a viewer pauses content and disappear when playback resumes, last year.

The Bronx is New York City's latest borough to draw the attention of the FCC's Enforcement Bureau, which says an unlicensed FM radio station has been operating there on 91.3 MHz. With no license issued and no cooperation from the individuals behind the broadcasts, the FCC is now putting the pressure on the property owners.

A long-running talk and religious format station in Chattanooga, Tenn., is facing possible license revocation after decades on the air. The FCC has issued a formal Order to Pay or to Show Cause to Bible Talk Chattanooga (WJOC-AM) licensee Sarah M. Fryar, citing a failure to pay regulatory fees going back to 2016.

iHeartMedia, already the largest podcast publisher in the U.S. by audience reach, is betting that the platform's fans can expand its digital dominance into live, appointment-based listening across its terrestrial broadcast properties with a new true crime radio program set to premiere next month.

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But the Jacobs brothers say the dash also opens singular opportunities

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Hope Media Group has officially unveiled its new 50,000-square-foot Ministry & Media Center in New Caney, TX, giving a first look at the Christian broadcaster’s updated headquarters. The building anchors the Valley Ranch Entertainment District and is part of a larger HMG operational consolidation.

The Media Bureau and the Office of Managing Director require Sarah M. Fryar to pay delinquent regulatory fees or show cause why payment should be waived or deferred.

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Notable proposals from the association’s filing in the “Delete, Delete” window

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Negotiations between Paramount Global and former President Donald Trump to settle a $20 billion defamation lawsuit tied to CBS News' 60 Minutes have reportedly stalled as political pressure builds and federal scrutiny of the company’s pending merger with Skydance Media intensifies.

FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez issued a forceful rebuke of what she described as a coordinated federal campaign to intimidate journalists and pressure news organizations into silence, warning that regulatory power is increasingly being used as a political weapon, saying, “If I get fired, it isn’t because I didn’t do my job—it’s because I insisted on doing it.”

Navio Networks has signed a multi-year agreement to serve as the exclusive sales agency for Anthem Sports Group’s portfolio of FAST and Connected TV properties, including TNA Wrestling and Fight Network.

The Walt Disney Company has appointed David Wurtzel as President and General Manager of ABC7/KGO-TV San Francisco, placing him in charge of day-to-day operations and business strategy for the ABC Owned Television Stations' Bay Area outlet.

Nielsen has extended its partnership with FOX Television Stations in a new multi-year agreement covering audience measurement across all 18 of FOX’s owned-and-operated local markets. The renewal also includes incremental streaming measurement for CTV.

Houston’s first Spanish-language radio station has a new owner, as Texas-based religious broadcaster Iglesia Cristiana Restauracion has agreed to purchase AM radio station KLVL and its associated FM translator from Siga Broadcasting Corporation, pending FCC approval.

David Leavy, who joined CNN as Chief Operating Officer during one of the most turbulent periods in the network’s history, is leaving the cable news brand and returning to Warner Bros. Discovery, where he previously spent over two decades.

Davis and Moravec explain how it came together for the station's 60th anniversary

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