UK Comm. Minister reveals measures to expand DAB
The UK radio industry will have to wait for digital switchover after communications minister Ed Vaizey said that much had to be done before broadcasters could contemplate following television into an all-digital future.
Shaw pacts with Rdio in Canada
Shaw Communications is getting into the streaming music business through a partnership with Cumulus-invested digital service Rdio
2014 smartphone ownership demos
Tom Webster of Edison Research posted some interesting findings on smartphone penetration in the US. Edison took a look at their random, representative sample of Americans 12+, to examine smartphone penetration by demographic group:
Stocks close broadly lower Friday, down for week
Stocks dropped Friday, hit by renewed tensions between Russia and Ukraine as well as a batch of disappointing earnings reports. The S&P fell 15.21...
Nexstar declares quarterly dividend
Nexstar Broadcasting’s board declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.15 per share of its Class A common stock. The dividend is payable on Friday, May 30, 2014, to shareholders of record on Friday, May 16, 2014.
ESPN Upstate adds Mark Sturgis
Entercom announced a new addition to its ever-growing ESPN Upstate (Greenville-Spartanburg, SC) lineup. Starting 4/28, Mark Sturgis is moving from a two-hour show on WCCP-FM Clemson, SC to a 3-hour 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. show on ESPN Upstate. With this announcement, ESPN Upstate is now live and local for six hours straight, beginning with “In The Huddle” with Greg McKinney weekdays from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
‘Parks & Recreation,’ ‘Reign’ rise; ‘Black Box’ starts slow
CBS was number one Thursday with adults 18-49 and with total viewers. On CBS, The Big Bang Theory earned a season low 4.3, down...
Marketron, Jelli CEOs on programmatic buying
RBR-TVBR spoke with Marketron CEO Jeff Haley and Jelli CEO Mike Dougherty on their recent
Al Franken condemns proposed net neutrality rules
Minnesota Senator Al Franken is not pleased with the new proposal to regulate internet traffic put forward by the FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler. Franken calls it “deeply troubling” and “misguided.”
Ensuring a fair and competitive incentive auction
Next year the FCC will conduct the first-ever “Incentive Auction,” which will harness market forces to
Meredith Q3 TV station revenue up 14%
Meredith reported fiscal Q3 2014 revenues of $98 million in its Local Media Group, up 14% from
Starboard Media Foundation to buy WNSW-AM
Starboard Media Foundation has agreed to purchase WNSW-AM 1430 kHz New York, for $10.1M from
Netflix makes deals with TiVo, MSOs for set-top box integration
Netflix's streaming video subscription service will be integrated into TiVo set-top boxes for customers of
Mike Francesa videos pulled from YouTube
CBS has ordered Twitter user @WFANAudio to remove dozens of Francesa clips from his popular
Stocks end higher; Apple sees best gain in 2 years
Stocks finished Thursday's volatile session generally higher. The main indexes dipped in and out of negative territory on worries over military escalation near Ukrainian...