The legal representatives of the President of the United States, as a private citizen, and the owner of CBS News & Stations have come to an agreement that ends a legal tussle between the company seeking to complete its merger with Skydance Media and the person who is again Commander-in-Chief.
The lone Democratic vote maker on the FCC has lashed out at Paramount Global for settling a lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump before his re-election over alleged defamation and "news distortion" conducted by 60 Minutes, calling the legal challenge "meritless."
A NYSE-traded technology platform that brings performance marketing to Connected TV has forged a partnership with a "go-to-market intelligence platform" in a way that is designed to help business-to-business marketers "reach the right business decision-makers through streaming TV ads."
According to a new Horowitz Research report, some 85% of American consumers watch at least some live TV content. And, in a boost to the Connected TV purveyor, some 40% of live viewers say they typically watch live TV on free, ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) services.
The multi-year agreements extend Mediacom’s carriage of Paramount’s broadcast TV stations under the CBS banner and such cable TV networks as BET, Comedy Central, MTV and Nickelodeon. As part of the renewal, Mediacom can now make the Paramount+ Premium plan available to Mediacom customers.
A Class B AM serving an area of Ohio between Sandusky and Cleveland is about to change hands. For longtime listeners, however, a shift to an all-digital online platform has transpired, keeping the locally focused chat intact.
It's the home of the University of Kansas' main campus. And, it is also the city of license for a low-power television station that is being acquired by the licensee led by Matthew Davidge. It is a deal that sees Julie Huang sell the property.
In early March, a former Bally Sports sales executive who between 2009 and 2013 served as CEO of television broadcast station owner PBC Broadcasting, agreed to a deal returning him to the ownership ranks. However, that transaction was challenged — not because of him, but because of Sinclair Inc.
Civic Media has struck an agreement with J&J Broadcasting, headquartered in Iron River, Wisc.
Interestingly, the purchase will be completed by the newly formed Michigan Civic Media Alliance — led by Civic Media with additional support and investment from the Michigan Independent Media Group (MIMG).
At the start of 2024, he became Times-Shamrock Communications CEO. Before that, he served as COO of 7 Mountains Media; as President/CEO of WBEB-FM in Philadelphia under the ownership of Jerry Lee; and in a previous tenure spent nine years as Times-Shamrock's COO. As of today, he is now retired.
The prolific entrepreneur of low-power broadcast televisions is at it again when it comes to signing off on a transaction. This time, he's struck a deal to purchase a property serving Salt Lake City.
A Tennessee not-for-profit religious corporation has agreed to sell a low-power television station licensed to the largest city in California's Central Valley to an individual with a rich history in Golden State broadcasting and a desire to operate the mini facility.
Ravi Kapur has proven to be an active buyer of low-power television stations in recent years. Now, his Major Market Broadcasting is in purchase mode once again, as it is agreeing to acquire a property in North Dakota from none other than the man behind Lowcountry 34 Media.
Titletown has a new Station Manager for a pair of Sinclair Inc.-owned broadcast TV stations, and he's been on the job since Monday. That said, this individual has been with the stations for nearly a decade.
For nearly 13 years, he advocated for broadcast television and radio as a member of the NAB's Media Relations and Communications corps. Since the start of 2024, he has been aligned with ACA Connects. Now, he's penned an opinion piece that posits the cable TV industry against a rewrite of the FCC's media ownership rules.
A decade-long moratorium on state-level Artificial Intelligence regulations, which would have impacted broadcast media stations across the U.S., was solidly defeated by a nearly unanimous vote in the U.S. Senate.
There's a new head of Gray Media's full-power NBC affiliate serving Parkersburg, W. Va., and the two low-power TV station siblings that bring FOX and CBS programming to this small West Virginia market.
Erin Boone has moved forward with the license renewals for a trio of full-power television stations serving the Baltimore market, dismissing a Petition to Deny filed by an individual who died after submitting it. A longtime attorney attempted to keep the petition active by swapping the deceased party for another person.
Three months ago, a Hispanic radio voice serving Iowa's largest market moved to a new broadcast home. Now, it is turning a Time Brokerage Agreement into an outright purchase of the facilities.
DataCore Software, known for software-defined storage and intelligent data management solutions, has selected an individual to lead global sales, channel and revenue operations to accelerate the company’s growth and market expansion.
