The National Basketball Association franchise serving Charlotte and the Carolinas has secured a new broadcast partnership that will bring its games to viewers in six additional DMAs within the team's territory. It is thanks to a new agreement reached between the Charlotte Hornets and Gray Media.
Florida International University has found a buyer for the two Miami-based FM translators that effectively brought "The Roar" to its two campuses. It follows the previously announced sale of the originating Class A FM to a regional non-secular powerhouse.
This year’s recipients include Zenia Mucha, Chief Brand and Communications Officer at TikTok, who will receive the inaugural Gracies Vanguard Award, and Kristen Welch, Chief Financial and Operations Officer at Illustrative Mathematics, recipient of the AWM Legacy Leadership Award.
There is a real difference between choosing a transition and being handed one. IP distribution was not viable at scale a few years ago. Connectivity, bandwidth economics, latency improvement and cloud capacity have all changed that, which means broadcasters can now move on their own timeline rather than the auction calendar deadlines.
The “How-To” guides identify the tools that are part of many mobile phones’ operating systems or that come with the mobile phone service they purchase. The guides cover Apple and Google devices as well as app-based services provided by the three largest nationwide mobile providers.
In January 2023, the parent of longtime regional news and information service RNN filed a petition with the FCC seeking to upgrade its Boston DMA facility with a shift from a VHF channel to a UHF channel. Upon learning that such a move could not be done in a timely manner, RNN asked to rescind the request.
The FCC has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that opens up a comment window offering interested parties a say in whether Georgia Public Broadcasting may upgrade its PBS Member station serving Savannah, Ga., with a shift from a VHF channel to a more powerful UHF facility.
The owner and manager of Broadcast Industry Group LLC has agreed to sell a trio of AM radio stations in Arkansas — along with their respective FM translators. The buyer may sound familiar to those following the future of a collection of AM and FM properties associated with Monte Spearman's HPRN Network.
The JIC said each of the three providers met the JIC's baseline threshold for transactability across Total Households, Advanced Audiences and Personified Demographics. The evaluation was conducted by data, analytics and research leaders representing media agencies, national TV publishers and independent consultants.
In less than two months, a broadcast ministry led by Rick Snavely has completed its purchase of a 13kw Class B FM reaching Pittsburgh from the northwest and parts of Youngstown, Ohio — a transaction brokered by Michael J. Bergner of Bergner & Co.
With the OK from the FCC, HC2 would become the owner of KADO-CD in Shreveport, La., with a deal to purchase the station from Word of Life Ministries finalized. Serving as HC2's broker of record is Greg Guy of Tideline Partners LLC.
Anna Gómez last week met with representatives from two public advocacy groups who are battling the Carr Commission for a Media Bureau decision to initiate an early license renewal process for the eight ABC Owned Stations — a move the groups believe is an "unconstitutional assault on the freedom of the press."
It is being hailed as a "landmark partnership," and it comes as the sport continues to gain momentum beyond high school and collegiate sporting venues ahead of the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. The deal creates a first-of-its-kind audio media category for USA Lacrosse and includes exclusive content opportunities.
Distribution has always been carried as a fixed cost, a line item managed down rather than a platform that earns. Moving to IP changes that math. Uplinks, edge storage and dish permitting come off the balance sheet, and ad insertion moves into the cloud where localization becomes a revenue conversation instead of an engineering one.
A key provider of streaming, digital, data, graphics and officiating products and services for media, entertainment, and sports has announced a series of key senior leadership moves that it believes will enable it to extend its market leadership and impact in the Americas and Europe.
At IBC2026, Softron released the "M|8IP" — a bundle combines Macnica's 100GbE MEP100 SmartNIC with eight licenses of Softron MovieRecorder 5. This, they say, offers broadcasters and media professionals a ready-to-deploy platform for moving real-time video, audio and metadata between macOS applications and standards-based IP networks.
A UK-based company that considers itself an “AI platform for visual storytelling” has brought to market a new version of its live production tools, including a trio of new products now available along with a “LivePanel Pro” feature it is offering professional consumers. For Vizrt, this sees the introduction of the TriCaster Vizion AI/R, 3Play Vivid, […]
Delaware-headquartered AudioScience Inc. has expanded its partnership with MaxxKonnect, making the Josh Bohn-led entity the exclusive worldwide source for the AudioScience ASI2816 Streaming Radio Tuner, marketed by MaxxKonnect as the "RMT416."
Audio-Technica, known for its transducer technology, has brought to market a specialized microphone with waterproof performance consistent with IPX7 standards. The BP880R Contact Transducer is designed to capture impact and surface vibrations that can add an entirely new dimension to sports broadcasts.
It is designed to remove the infrastructure and networking complexity behind live media workflows, and it enjoyed its world premiere at the recent IBC2026 conference in Amsterdam. Introducing abbe, an AI-based broadcast engineer — courtesy of swXtch.io.
