Stating that defendants “likely used public dollars to unlawfully finance a national media campaign in the final weeks before the November 2026 elections,” US District Judge Loren L. AliKhan has frozen a $20 million government ad campaign that put campaign-style spots on national TV, but her decision is raising questions for those that carried the spots.
Broadcasters hoping for movement on ownership limits will keep waiting, at least until December. The focal point of FCC Chairman Brendan Carr’s November meeting agenda is an order authorizing state and local jails to jam contraband cellphones, the lead item on a five-item November meeting agenda he previewed in his monthly blog post, themed around Halloween.
TelevisaUnivision’s third quarter ran on two tracks: a World Cup-fueled 51% revenue jump in Mexico, and a 24% drop in US advertising, with a $372 million write-down on broadcast licenses tipping the company into an operating loss despite a 9% gain in total revenue.
The Republican National Committee and Republican Party of Texas have taken a contentious question about who pays what for political airtime to a federal court in Amarillo with a request that would either widen candidates’ rate break or, as a fallback, end it.
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.
