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Thanks to "strong momentum" and investment in both the U.S. and Canada, Havas Media Network has appointed its first-ever Chief Planning Officer for North America. Based in New York, she reports directly to North America CEO Greg James.

In February 2021, a religious broadcast ministry acquired a low-power TV station serving Ohio's state capital. It's been operating it as a member station of “The Revival Channel." Now, a deal is in place that would transfer control of this facility to another broadcast ministry — one led by Jimmy Swaggart.

Ford is expected to increase the number of vehicles equipped with SiriusXM beginning with model year 2025 vehicles. This will make SiriusXM available for customers to access in nearly all Ford vehicles.

It's betting season ... sort of. With NCAA college football and the National Football League each kicking off their 2024 seasons and Major League Baseball heading into playoff mode, wage making is likely to increase. DraftKings wants it to be the place where those wishing to make a bet on a sports outcome will go with their dollars.

For fiscal year 2024, the Commission is required to collect a grand total of $390,192,000 in regulatory fees, payable through a collection of forfeitures for rule violations and, largely, through a fee schedule. This fee schedule has been adopted by the Commission, albeit with reservations from the senior Republican Commissioner at the FCC.

The Media Bureau of the FCC has gone ahead and established a window of opportunity for the public to chime in on the proposed transaction that will make the parent of CBS News & Stations wholly owned by Skydance Media, following its purchase of National Amusement, Inc., from Shari Redstone.

Public, commercial and non-com stations in the country are working to meet the 2026 shut-off date

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It was only a matter of time. DirecTV, which has been on a media blitz since it failed to secure a fresh carriage agreement with The Walt Disney Co. prior to the September 1 expiry deadline, has submitted a "Good Faith Negotiation Complaint" with the FCC.

A Gray Television-owned station serving the Cape Girardeau, Mo.-Paducah, Ky., television market had gotten the FCC's go-ahead to make a VHF-to-UHF shift.  But, time was running out, and as such needed FCC approval to negate the move. That OK just came from the head of the Video Bureau.

It's being touted as "a groundbreaking leap forward" by XGen Network (XGN), which has been pushing the development of 5G Broadcast in the U.S. The world's first demonstration of ancillary data delivery to a road sign using the technology has been conducted.