A writer at large for The New York Times focused on media and politics is to thank for getting the Chairman of the Federal Communications Communications to suggest that a tiered premium licensee opportunity could be one way a broadcast radio or TV station would be able to avoid adhering to strict public interest obligations.
Jim Rutenberg, a writer for The New York Times, asked Brendan Carr during a post-November Open Meeting press conference on Tuesday if the FCC should look at programs such as "The View" to see whether the ABC chat show and similar programs are bona fide news or something running afoul of Commission rules.
As FCC Chairman Brendan Carr sees it, Nexstar and Sinclair pre-empting "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" because the groups each did not believe network programming supplied to them was fit for their viewers amounts to a "significant win" if the goal is to empower local TV stations to comply with their public interest obligations.
Hearst Media Production Group will begin provide programming for a three-hour educational and informational (E/I) block on a nationally distributed Spanish-language digital multicast network that's part of NBCUniversal Local's Telemundo Station Group.
The voice of the nation's broadcast media Inside the Beltway on Wednesday issued a statement that, while designed as a voice of support for TelevisaUnivision in its carriage fee dispute with YouTube TV, also served as an opportunity to blast a key member of the "GAFAN" group.
She's based in Florida's state capital and has been an active trader of low power television properties in recent years. Now, Kristina Bruni is agreeing to acquire a LPTV property in two of the biggest markets in the Lone Star State.
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