The E.W. Scripps Co. has successfully fended off a hostile takeover bid from Sinclair Inc. It continues to grow its Scripps Sports arm, as its Scripps Networks now has greater distribution. That said, an impasse with Comcast on retransmission consent is a new issue. What can investors expect from Q1 for Scripps?
ENCO’s multilingual workflow products for broadcasters have gotten a new text-to-voice offering — just in time for attendees of the 2026 NAB Show to get a first look at the technological advancement. As ENCO sees it, enSpeak converts translated text into natural, expressive speech in real time.
In a step that gives publicly traded Townsquare Media access to advertising opportunities in a large market adjacent to one of its own longtime radio and online hubs, the company led by CEO Bill Wilson has forged a strategic digital advertising partnership with Kroenke Sports and entertainment.
The deal makes Locality the first broadcast sales organization to implement Nielsen’s MDE offering at scale, enabling demographic audience delivery across all U.S. local markets to within four days of airing. Previously, this process took weeks.
The Library of American Broadcasting Foundation (LABF), in partnership with the Broadcast Education Association (BEA), will present the 2026 Career Fair and Graduate School Showcase during the NAB Show in Las Vegas.
A newly released report from the Video Advertising Bureau places a spotlight on the viewership of TV news versus other media platforms among three key audiences valued by advertisers. The key findings provide more fuel to broadcast TV sales leaders seeking to sway marketers away from social media.
A family-run company with a very familiar name to many radio industry leaders has agreed to purchase an AM/FM combo and three FM stations. To be clear, this deal does not involve Monte or Doris Miller, but seven Montgomery family members who have come together to form Rocking M Media Group.
The Celebration of Service to America Awards, presented by Bonneville International and Hearst Television, is part of the Foundation’s mission to bring national attention to the vital work being done by local broadcasters. New this year is a podcast category.
As Television Co-Chair of Forecast 2027, scheduled for November 12 at the Harvard Club of the City of New York, Gray Media COO Sandy Breland brings a broad background in television that will help define and shape this year’s conference agenda in areas of major importance, especially today.
CEO Mary Berner, who has led the company since 2015, and CFO Frank Lopez-Balboa will remain under amended employment agreements, though the filing is careful to note the incoming board retains full authority to replace them.
A Class B AM and its 250-watt FM translator serving an agricultural community between Sebring and Sarasota, Fla., is about to get an ownership change. For listeners, there's likely no changes in the works, as this "Outlaw" is officially buying the facilities it already uses.
The U.S. Hispanic population has grown 19% since 2016. So why does advertising investment in Hispanic media remain a fraction of what its audience size and listenership would warrant? Patrick Quinn, of PQ Media, has some suggestions on capturing that missing slice of the pie.
“Local Now is committed to bringing viewers the very best in free streaming content, and this partnership with Scripps takes that mission to an entirely new level,” said Byron Allen, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Local Now parent Allen Media Group. “These channels reflect the depth and diversity of content our audience craves.”
Beasley Media Group is teaming up with WideOrbit by placing the Program Director and midday host of a Las Vegas Country station in the Central Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center for two days during the 2026 NAB Show. There, he'll broadcast live to engage in an on-site product activation.
With the 2026 NAB Show quickly approaching, Skyview Networks is officially moving forward with the launch of a new cloud-native, broadcast-grade audio distribution platform. Introducing Cirocast, designed to give broadcasters a new way to increase revenue as companies invest in the modernization of their operations.
A new weather presentation system that shows the weather "with greater realism in 3D" has earned itself a 2026 NAB Show spotlight at the booth hosted by AccuWeather. It's another demonstration of how "AR" is shifting newscast weather reports into the AI era.
In this episode, Radio + Television Business Report Editor-in-Chief Adam R Jacobson chats with the Product Design and Solutions Manager at ENCO Systems. Bill Bennett shares a little bit about the latest developments from a company that’s been grabbing outsized attention in recent years for its AI-powered technology for broadcast media.
"Interactive sponsorships" specialist Megaphone TV has officially brought to market a product the company's "premier" broadcast partners have access to — one that targets stations seeking to increase ad revenue through "high margin" opportunities Megaphone TV can bring to the table.
Mass Consumer is a proprietary AI-powered product "that helps brands make mass reach feel personal." In an environment where reach has been completely devalued by CMOs and brand managers in favor of addressable solutions, the Marketing Architects offering could prove of interest to broadcast TV.
For the first time since the study began, both AM and FM radio appear in all 100 of America’s top-selling new vehicle models, per Quu’s third annual In-Vehicle Visuals Report, but a growing discoverability gap suggests radio’s “free ride” may be in jeopardy.
