Nasdaq-traded Comcast spinoff Versant on Wednesday brought to life a quartet of free, ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) channels tied to "past franchises" from CNBC, Oxygen and E!. This grows Versant's FAST portfolio to 13, and brings the offerings to Amazon Prime Video and, as of November 3, The Roku Channel.
After 14 years of operating the Deerfield Media-owned station via joint sales and shared services agreements, the company led by Chris Ripley is moving forward with purchasing the property — formerly home of The CW in San Antonio — it wanted to own in 2012.
A Consent Decree with the Acting Chief of the FCC's Media Bureau clears the way for the license renewal of certain Nexstar Media Group properties under a Commission microscope for the amount of commercials airing during children's programming. An online public inspection file flaw was also under review.
At question is the issue of governance of SBS, and it is one that may be unclear in the filings presented to the Commission by SBS through its legal counsel at Lerman Senter on behalf of company Legal Counsel and Chief Operating Officer Richard Lara.
FCC Commissioner Olivia Trusty has been chosen to lead the Commission’s rollout and implementation of the U.S. Cyber Trust Mark program. She'll work closely with the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau and the program’s administrators as the voluntary cybersecurity labeling program moves toward use by manufacturers and consumers.
In broadcasting, term sheets are a key scoreboard, and private equity, strategic buyers, and lenders are all keeping a watchful eye on which companies have the scale, discipline, and positioning to win the next cycle and which will become someone else’s asset. By this time next year, many questions will have answers. At Forecast 2027, you'll be one step ahead.
The nation's largest single licensee of broadcast radio stations has announced when it will release its Q3 results and subsequently host an earnings call for investors and analysts to review the results. They'll get no more than 30 minutes to digest the digits ahead of CEO Bob Pittman's introductory commentary.
She's a familiar figure to Hispanic Radio Conference attendees who appeared on the cover of Streamline Publishing's Radio Ink in June 2023, in recognition of her experience as a “agency fortuneteller.” Come January 1, 2027, the longtime VP of Media Integration at Zubi Advertising Services will be elevated to the role of Executive Director and Head.
It's another local market appointment for an entity that is doing all that it can to demonstrate that it is a wholly separate organ from its parent, Nexstar Media Group. With 30 years of experience, there's a new President/GM in place at TEGNA's NBC affiliate in Charlotte, and for its CBS-affiliated sibling in Greensboro, N.C.
With the opening of U.S. financial markets on Wednesday, investors and impacted Scripps staffers are digesting the news that some 400 employees were let go on October 27. Scripps acknowledged the layoffs early Wednesday, and also shared a positive update on political advertising guidance.
He joined Cox Media Group in 2018 and today leads sales efforts across WSOC-9, WAXN-64, "Telemundo Charlotte" and Local Solutions Digital for the company in North Carolina's largest market. Now, CMG is ready to conduct a search for his successor that will include internal and external candidates. Tim Perry is retiring.
Pete Schartel in the early part of this decade gained national attention for his decision to air a few hours of programming from Sputnik on a Kansas City AM and its accompanying FM translator. Now, he has reached a deal to sell that MHz-band facility. The buyer will be using it to spread the word of Jesus Christ.
A big reduction-in-force, another in a series of transformative moves by The E.W. Scripps Co.. has taken place at the publicly traded company. The latest effort under the direction of CEO Adam Symson was shared in an internal memo sent to employees on Tuesday. Hundreds of positions have been eliminated.
Smart speakers gave radio a foothold in the home, and a new forecast says that foothold is holding steady rather than expanding. Apple and more capable AI could shift where listeners tune in next, with connected TVs already gaining ground for AM/FM streaming.
Mentoring and Inspiring Women in Radio, Inc. (MIW) and the National Association of Broadcasters Leadership Foundation (NABLF) are reminding women pursuing careers in broadcast engineering, audio production and technical operations that applications for the 2026 LAUNCH Mentorship Program close Friday.
Deltatre, known for its streaming, digital, data and graphics technology products used by sports, media and entertainment organizations, has finalized a multi-year partnership extension with the NBA's Dallas Mavericks to provide the technology behind the pro basketball team’s now officially rebranded OTT service.
Canada’s national broadcast association is the latest to join a global coalition that now counts more than 40 members representing over 10,000 stations, fighting for radio’s place in the dashboard as car screens grow more digital and turn toward subscription media.
It's an innovative take on Hispanic radio and is very much a work in progress, as it earned just a 0.2 rating in September according to Nielsen Audio. Now, Entravision is continuing its heavy promoted launch of "Reyna 103.1" in the Los Angeles market by rolling out what it calls the "first-ever live mobile morning broadcast."
Spanish Broadcasting System will come under majority control of non-U.S. based financial investors once it emerges from bankruptcy. That's at least what SBS is requesting from the FCC, and this has generated opposition from a party who also wants the Commission to retain the current formats at all SBS stations post-bankruptcy.
Don Davis and his Vanguard Media LLC are one step closer to gaining ownership of an AM radio station and its FM translator serving a community due west of greater Albuquerque.
