Radio+Television Business Report

A media workflow specialist founded 30 years ago has moved forward with the acquisition of an integrated playout, captioning, subtitling and broadcast workflow solutions provider led by CEO David Bowes.

When adtech platforms and TV buyers evaluate Automatic Content Recognition (ACR) data or device-level targeting, they typically rely on data feeds from a single smart TV OEM or streaming device. However, newly released data from the ARF DASH TV Universe Study reveal "a major flaw" in this approach: intra-household fragmentation.

Attorneys representing Nielsen and Cumulus Media will be heading back to the federal Second Circuit appeals court, which on Thursday granted an administrative stay of a district court's order issued the day before — an act that amends the terms of a preliminary injunction the Second Circuit already affirmed.

There's new life to a fight to limit "lowest unit rates" to actual political candidates seeking election advertising at the cheapest price, rather than allowing political action committees and what the former Ohio Senator and now Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Ohio claims is "dark money" fueled by "National Republicans and their billionaire backers."

Chatter over whether or not President Trump will soon fire the lone Democrat on the FCC could soon reach a fever pitch, as the Chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee — Texas Republican Ted Cruz — has revealed a nomination hearing for Danielle Thumann will be held on Thursday.

Boulder, Colo.-based Auddia Inc. has agreed to a strategic partnership that meshes its artist promotion platform and a UK-based music tech platform that "allows independent artists and labels to upload their music and match with professionally produced 4k music video content."

Saga Communications, the radio broadcasting "pure play" led by CEO Chris Forgy and headquartered in suburban Grosse Pointe, Mich., will be giving its shareholders — namely Daniel Tisch — a bit of a bonus for acquiring stock in the publicly traded company.

There is a new head of Telemundo Studios, and he will lead the NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises unit's growth strategy and the development and production of scripted content for both linear and streaming platforms. 

The Operations Manager for five radio stations serving the Shreveport-Bossier City, La., market has been promoted to Market Manager by Connoisseur Media. This results in a new OM for the quintet of audio brands.

Looking for a way to shift live sports data into premium inventory for real-time advertising? TelevisaUnivision may have a model of interest to you, thanks to an agreement forged with Genius Sports that's just come to life on its Liga MX broadcasts.

A Wisconsin-based company has brought to market the Spanish-language version of an automated weather broadcasting platform giving radio stations the opportunity to generate ready-to-air, fully produced local weather forecasts using real-time weather data.

A TEGNA-licensed NBC affiliate ultimately under the ownership of Nexstar Media Group has told an Ohio federal district court judge that the firing of a photojournalist was justified and did not violate the station's collective bargaining agreement with a key workers' union.

Many are heading to Amsterdam for what has emerged as the broadcast media technology industry's second most-important conference and expo. IBC 2026 opens tomorrow and the marketing organization promoting ATSC 3.0 and NEXTGEN TV will be present, showcasing a "new low-cost" platform for converter boxes.

The NAB BEIT Conference brings together media technologists, broadcast engineers, IT developers, researchers, manufacturers, consultants and technical leaders responsible for the systems powering modern media. Serving as BEIT Planning Committee Chair is Graham Media Group Director of Emerging Technologies Adam Simpson.

In another move that solidifies TEGNA's "hold separate" status as a California federal district court judge considers whether its regulatory approved merger with Nexstar Media Group is a violation of antitrust law, its Sr. VP and Head of Sports Rights and Sr. VP of Revenue is rising to the role of Sr. VP and Group GM for TEGNA Media. 

A multi-year renewal of an audio broadcasting partnership has been finalized between an iHeartMedia FM serving Wisconsin's largest market and the NFL team that is owned by the small city it calls home.

Sports viewership is up, and it's rising fastest among younger fans. Hub Entertainment Research's latest wave of “Evolution of Sports – What’s the Score?” has all of the details.

The NBCUniversal Local property known as "NBC 5 Chicago" is preparing for the September 14 debut of a live, half-hour weeknight program devoted to Windy City sports, entertainment, pop culture, and special guests. Toyota has been brought on as the title sponsor of the offering, which will take the 6:30pm Central time slot. 

With the Trump Administration and Canada's PM, Mark Carney, dancing a tariff tango, some may wonder if the resulting effects will include, to some extent, a pullback on advertising commitments across North America. Not at all, a newly released global ad forecast from Madison & Wall shows.

The broadcast standards association is being honored with a 2026 Technology & Engineering Emmy Award by the NATAS for its "pioneering development" of next-generation TV broadcasting standards that establish the industry’s first fully IP-based broadcast standard to reach commercial scale.