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PPDS, the exclusive global provider of Philips Professional Displays and complementary solutions, has appointed a "highly experienced and globally accomplished AV/IT specialist" as its new Global Product Manager of Philips LED displays.

It marks a step up from the Axia Altus virtual mixing console, boasting a full-function browser-based mixer for remote events and contributors. This is designed for quick and easy deployment of temporary studios, and as an option for disaster recovery sites.

The workforce of the U.S. is comprised of more and more minorities, such as Hispanics. Furthermore, there is a positive association between the rise in Hispanic workers and Hispanic buying power, a FSU Master's student writes in a column worthy of a close read. "This implication is one that marketers must be proactive in responding to," the report concludes.

The Mission Broadcasting-owned home of The CW Network in New York that is run by cozy shared services partner Nexstar Media Group has named its next News Director. He begins his new duties on July 24.

One day before FCC Chairman Brendan Carr unveiled his “Build America” Agenda, the NAB and a coalition of major radio stakeholders met with his office to continue their campaign for the use of software-based Emergency Alert System encoders and decoders.

Former FCC commissioner left his post in June

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A trio of House Members came together to lead 24 of their Congressional colleagues in calling on the FCC to include language access experts and advocates for communities with limited English proficiency in the Commission's Hurricane Season Resiliency Roundtable. There's just one problem: That event was Monday.

A property owner in the Santiam River community was notified under the PIRATE Act

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These 10 steps, courtesy of the NAB, can help you be ready

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It's a topic that's been talked about amongst media observers, brokers, D.C.-focused attorneys and NAB Show conference attendees for months — will pending FCC deregulation lead to a flood of transactions? And, will some of them be asset swaps, rather than cash-generating sales? We now know the answer.