Since 1976, ABC has looked to the film industry's honor pageant as a major advertiser and viewer draw, noting its relationship at Upfront events each May. Starting in 2029, ABC will no longer have the Oscars telecast — nor will any other over-the-air television network.
While Anna M. Gómez has had her priorities, including bipartisan goals that should unite the FCC, the past 10 months has see the Commission take "a markedly different approach" — one the lone Democratic votemaker at the agency is highly critical of. This includes likely thawing of media ownership caps.
The NAB on the final day of comment submissions to the FCC as part of its 2022 Quadrennial Review argued for more deregulation and an FCC focus on the impact of competition on broadcast stations and their services, "rather than on needless formalities such as formulating a market definition."
"We're empowering broadcasters to meet their public interest obligations." Those are the words of FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, as he offered a positive critique of his leadership and accomplishments at the Commission since taking the baton from Jessica Rosenworcel in late January.
It was hardly unexpected. The Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation, in her opening comments, lashed out at FCC Chairman Brendan Carr for engaging in what Democrats have labeled politically motivated and Freedom of Speech-limiting efforts by the Commission.
The owner of the EstrellaTV Spanish-language broadcast television operation has reached a media sales agreement with one of the nation's largest entities, a unit of iHeartMedia. At the same time, EstrellaTV parent MediaCo is wishing its Research Director, a 35-year industry veteran, a very hearty retirement.
The deadline to files comment on the FCC’s Quadrennial Review of its ownership rules for broadcast radio and television is here. A flood of opinions are expected to arrive within the next several hours, and ahead of that, one radio station licensee has submitted his call for relaxing current restrictions.
The radio broadcasting pure-play operation that's building out its digital revenue opportunities under CEO Chris Forgy and CFO Sam Bush has moved ahead with a multimillion-dollar stock repurchase plan — an effort Bush believes will reinforce its confidence in its long-term strategy.
"The only network operator providing a foundational one-to-many data distribution layer in the last mile," EdgeBeam Wireless, is looking back on 2025 with pride, and is excited about the ride the Boston-based "Internet of Things"-focused entity will take in 2026.
As the sun began to rise on the East Coast Wednesday, Sinclair Inc. responded to the decision by The E.W. Scripps Co. Board of Directors, "following a careful review and evaluation in consultation with its financial and legal advisors," to decline Sinclair’s offer for $7 per share in a mix of cash and stock.
The E.W. Scripps Co. said late Tuesday that its board determined, "following a careful review and evaluation in consultation with its financial and legal advisors," that Sinclair’s offer for $7 per share in a mix of cash and stock is not in the best interests of the company and its shareholders.
In a just-released decision, the Second Circuit overturned a New York federal district court ruling that had granted Nexstar Media Group’s motion to dismiss claims from DirecTV that it engaged in antitrust activities when it failed to reach a retransmission consent accord with the DBS provider in 2022.
A streaming platform joint venture between Xfinity parent Comcast and Spectrum parent Charter Communications has distributed a report with data suggesting connected TV home screen ads "drive measurable business impact for advertisers." Is this "prime real estate," or simply more highly trumpeted puffery from an industry intent on taking as many ad dollars from over-the-air TV as it can?
In a scathing critique, the Video Advertising Bureau (VAB) has lashed out at Nielsen’s "Big Data + Panel" currency, labeling it "unstable, unpredictable" and inconsistent, making it a destabilizing metric that is "decimating demographics." A Nielsen spokesperson called the report "seriously flawed and manipulated."
It may be December 16, and a Tuesday, but that didn't stop Howard Stern from making it his last fresh show of the year. And, the more-than $100 million per-year self-proclaimed "King of all Media" isn't going anywhere, he has revealed. A new SiriusXM contract is in hand, and it has been signed.
It has been discussed for weeks, with no official word coming from either company until today. The nation's No. 1 audio creation and distribution company is teaming up with global video streaming giant Netflix for an exclusive video podcasting partnership — one that could see the yanking of YouTube offerings by iHeartMedia.
In this video podcast, presented by dot.fm, Chief Revenue Officer Brian Fisher chats with RBR+TVBR Editor-in-Chief Adam R Jacobson from New York to discuss the continue value and power of audio and video brands superserving multicultural and diverse audiences.
NATPE Global, which was rescued from death by Brunico Communications following its prior operator's COVID-era bankruptcy and is seeking to reemerge as a premiere content marketplace for television, has unveiled its NATPE Honors recipients. Among them is a former head of CBS News and Stations.
Urban One, the African American-centric media company, has confirmed the expiration of a new debt for old debt exchange plan, for which it has shared the final results. What does this mean for the company founded by Cathy Hughes and led by her son, Alfred Liggins?
A daily show produced by Media 3 Entertainment LLC featuring a three-member team entertaining listeners since 1997 and through a syndicated program that launched in 2003 has been added to the lineup of offerings available via iHeartMedia's national radio arm.
