An NFL Win With DirecTV/TEGNA Accord
The resolution of the impasse that began Nov. 30, 2023 came just in time for viewers of TEGNA stations in Cleveland to watch the Texans' convincing win over the Browns in a key National Football League playoff game.
CES 2024: Eye-Popping AI … and iHeart’s Exec Affair
RBR+TVBR President/Publisher Deborah Parenti saw first-hand how AI "was front and center at virtually — and we use that word in both meanings — every display and booth at the show." Meanwhile, iHeartMedia was in Las Vegas but not as a CES exhibitor. Rather, top brass joined Meta and MediaLink for a VIP dinner.
RBR+TVBR’s Winter 2024 Special Report Is Here
The Radio + Television Business Report's information-filled all-new Winter 2024 Special Report is now available, and this full-color 32-page digital magazine — distributed to RBR+TVBR premium subscribers — is a must-read. What awaits you in RBR+TVBR's Winter 2024 Special Report?
Pelicans Fly On Broadcast TV In Another Louisiana City
As 2023 came to a close, Gray Television announced it had reached a sports rights deal that brings 10 New Orleans Pelicans NBA games to broadcast television, with Gray's WVUE-8 in New Orleans the originating over-the-air station for these telecasts. Now, a home in Lafayette, La., has been secured.
Sinclair, Verizon Reach A Fresh Retrans Deal
Sinclair Inc. has reached a comprehensive multi-year distribution agreement with Verizon for carriage on FiOS TV.
The agreement covers local television stations in 10 markets, Tennis Channel and YES Network.
Sinclair A Key Partner For NEXTGEN TV Music Channels
A free music video streaming app for TVs will be made available to a vast majority of smart TV owners. What wasn't previously known is how one of broadcast television's biggest companies — and one of the key pushers of NEXTGEN TV — is backing ROXi as a partner.
With CES 2024 Starting, NAB Fights Back
The NAB appears to have picked up on the industry-wise buzz by sending out a marketing e-mail on Day One of CES gushing about what's to come once the NAB Show begins in April. "Try to contain yourself…ok, scratch that. It’s time to full-on freak out!," the NAB exclaims in promoting "Brand-New Cool" for its own show.
AI To Aid Scripps’s Local Ad Efforts In New Deal
Scripps has signed a local advertising deal that will feature the use of a Detroit-headquartered company’s AI technology across all 61 of its owned and operated broadcast stations.
Podcast Company Resolves $500K+ Audacy Claim
RBR+TVBR has confirmed that a breach of contract suit filed August 16 in a California federal district court by a creator of "viral hit shows" and podcasts against Audacy Inc. has been resolved.
Scripps Selects A Trio of Station Managers
The evolution of The E.W. Scripps Co.'s local leadership for its broadcast television stations continues, as the Cincinnati-headquartered company has named Station Managers for its properties in Southwest Florida, the capital of the Sunshine State, and in Oklahoma's second-largest market.
A Streaming Measurement Advancement from iSpot
TV audience measurement company iSpot.tv has launched a dedicated streaming measurement offering, along with a new set of metrics that it claims "empower hundreds of advertisers and publishers with a fast, reliable independent system for tracking audience consumption of Connected TV advertising, at scale."
Audacy’s Bankruptcy Filing: A Lone Star Venue Is Chosen
Audacy's voluntary Chapter 11 filing is designed to resolve its $1.9 billion in debt. To do it, Audacy shareholders that don't cash out now stand to lose out on their entire investment. This sent shares tumbling further on Monday. Meanwhile, it became known that Audacy has offered employees a retention bonus.
The CW Shifts In Phoenix Thanks To New Nexstar Deal
After 22 years of service against competitors that today include Scripps, TEGNA, Gray, and owned-and-operated properties from TelevisaUnivision and NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, Lynn Londen is handing the keys to KAZT "AZ7" to the No. 1 licensee of broadcast TV stations in the U.S.
NBCUniversal: ‘Redefining’ Cross-Platform Media at CES
Ahead of CES 2024's start this week in Las Vegas, NBCUniversal has unveiled how it is changing the media industry's interpretation of cross-platform, audience-based advertising by bringing a full-scale launch of its much-hyped One Platform Total Audience platform.
Citadel Founder, Ex-BFoA Chair Phil Lombardo Dies
Lombardo, a well-known broadcast media industry figure, served as NAB Joint Board Chairman and Chair of the Broadcasters Foundation of America. Under his leadership, the BFoA's annual financial assistance grew to nearly $850,000, from $60,000.