Top TV streaming platform Roku has expanded an existing programming partnership with a Comcast division, with a new agreement in place that makes Roku content such as The Roku Channel available to FreeWheel demand partners.
“The new iHeartRadio app further underscores iHeartMedia’s mission to use the power of audio to build companionship and connection,” said Conal Byrne, CEO of the iHeart Digital Audio Group. “This experience blends the familiarity of the car radio with digital innovation to enable users to easily find the stations, artists and podcasts they know and love.”
The owner of NewsNation, WGN Radio, and the largest collection of broadcast television stations in the U.S. has confirmed that it is moving ahead with a reduction-in-force initiative. This move comes after a similar employee trimming move at The CW, which Nexstar Media Group controls.
The media workflow software creator and vendor launched in 2007 by Jinny and John Laderer and today led by CEO Mary DelGrande has entered the Canadian marketplace, thanks to a partnership with Orbyt Media.
TEGNA’s CBS affiliate serving Houston is welcoming a new News Director. It's a woman with a 30-year career in local news who previously spent 13 years in a similar role at WJXT-4, the unaffiliated news-focused TV station serving Jacksonville owned by Graham Media Group.
The top Democrat on the powerful House Energy & Commerce Committee will be staying as Ranking Member once the 119th Congress begins after the inauguration of President Donald J. Trump.
The Board of Directors of the "Local First" media company that derives much of its revenue not from its small and mid-sized radio stations but from digital and programmatic ad solutions has signed off on a $50 million stock repurchase initiative.
The NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves will see five of their home games across the 2023-2024 season air on the NBC affiliate serving the Twin Cities owned by TEGNA. It's the latest instance where pro sports play-by-play is heading to a free over-the-air television home at time when cord-cutting and cost-trimming is high.
The nation's No. 1 owner of radio stations and top podcast distributor has adopted "a privacy-focused open-source identity framework" from The Trade Desk in order to meet the ever-changing needs of clients who desire the best audio advertising solutions.
A South Texas operation led by Eugenio Falcón has agreed to part ways with a 6kw Class A FM serving a string of small cities along U.S. Highway 83 due west of McAllen. The buyer is a broadcast ministry, who will likely use the facility to target Spanish-language audiences on both sides of the Rio Grande.
Here's a deal that sees the transferor sign off on a deal agreed to by a transferee that just happens to be the same person. And, there will be some money trading hands, as an AM radio station in North Carolina is being officially donated from one Edward Baker-led entity to another he serves as President of.
The Latin Grammy Awards returned to South Florida to celebrate the 25th edition of the greatest night of Latin Music. Artists, musicians, and producers gathered to award the most successful hits of the year. Shure Axient Digital Wireless System was selected to ensure audio that producers could count on throughout the night.
The FCC's December Open Meeting concluded with the soon-to-depart Chairwoman, Jessica Rosenworcel, taking a moment to welcome one new staff member while saluting no less than seven retirees.
Three Enforcement Bureau items that will deliver big forfeitures to a trio of unlicensed FM radio operators in the Boston area have been approved in 4-1 votes by the FCC, putting these multicultural broadcasting buccaneers in the financial hot seat — if they decide to adhere to the Commission's orders.
In one of the Rosenworcel Commission's final actions to involve broadcast media, the FCC has approved a Media Bureau item that updates 13 broadcast radio and television rules to better reflect current application processing requirements, codify existing bureau practices, and remove references to outdated licensing procedures.
The woman who formerly served as Vice President of Global Advertising Sales and Partnerships at Roku, where she oversaw the company’s entire global ad revenue operation, has accepted a similar role at NBCUniversal. She will report to NBCUniversal President of Advertising and Partnerships Alison Levin.
WBD has entered into a multi-year distribution agreement with Comcast for all its domestic linear networks. From a financial viewpoint, this reduces long-term risk to affiliate fees. But how does this new agreement reduce the risk of a large decline in affiliate revenue in 2026, especially after the expiration of its NBA deal?
At 94.3 MHz, from a tower in Fort Lee, N.J., a tiny 75-watt signal is capable of putting a city-grade signal over much of Bergen County and two boroughs of the City of New York. That's likely what interests the parent of Christian music noncomm network giants K-LOVE and Air1, which is converting a lease agreement into an outright purchase.
A new Chief Operating Officer is coming to Sirius XM, which also shared that it expects its revenue to decline in 2025, as it admitted an effort to lure younger subscribers by heavily promoting its app has been less than successful. Shareholders expressed their displeasure by triggering a sharp sell-off in Sirius XM stock.
The broadcast standards association known as the ATSC is welcoming two newly elected board members, while congratulating a technology consultancy head on his re-election for a second term at the group shepherding the backbone of broadcast data distribution and NEXTGEN TV.
