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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."

More than 15 popular iHeartPodcasts will now exclusively stream on Netflix

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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.

A five-week measurement of November 2025 by Nielsen shows that live sports drove broadcast channels to their best "share of TV" in a year while also fueling viewer increases at streaming platforms such as NBCUniversal's Peacock and CBS-aligned Paramount+.