Republicans push back against DOJ auction recommendations
Leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee have rejected the ideas on incentive auction goals and procedures suggested by the Department of Justice...
Palm Springs Class A going into the Loop
Lawrence Rogow and Paul Koplin are adding to their wide-ranging television group, Loop Media LLC, with a deal for KKKK-CA Indio CA. Indio is a community on the outskirts of Palm Springs CA.
Robinson to Robinson deals adds to WV cluster
Todd P. Robinson is buying a DIY FM project from W. Philip Robinson to add to a cluster that will serve an unrated portion of West Virginia in the state’s southeastern corner just east of the Beckley market.
Aereo to launch in Boston
The much-embattled live broadcast TV streaming service owned by Barry Diller will launch their platform in Boston on 5/15
Stocks rebound after worst weekly hit this year
Stocks climbed Monday, with the S&P 500 index rebounding from its largest weekly hit in five months, as investors awaited quarterly earnings from the...
Tecate launches “Es Facil Ser Hombre”
Heineken USA’s Tecate brand, “cerveza con caracter,” announced the launch of a new campaign which targets Spanish-dominant men in the U.S. Titled "Es Facil...
Comcast, Outdoor Channel sign TV Everywhere deal
The multi-year distribution deal with XFINITY TV from Comcast makes the network's array of outdoor lifestyle entertainment accessible for multi-platform viewing by XFINITY TV...
Greater Media rebrands WJRZ-FM
The new 100.1 WJRZ-FM, serving The Jersey Shore from Toms River/Manahawkin, NJ is now playing the greatest hits of the 60’s, 70’s and 80's....
LPTV station loses carriage case
WOCB-CD Marion OH, owned by Central Ohio Association of Christian Broadcasters, wants carriage on one Time Warner Cable system affirmed and initiated on another....
Local steady as she goes heading into results season
Pretty soon most publicly traded companies will be sharing their Q1 2013 revenue results with investors and analysts, and one of those analysts, Marci...
Pricing is the driver for video subscriptions
A new study suggests that most people who cut the cord to so as a cost cutting measure, and said that offering special deals...
Rep presses for activated FM chips in mobile phones
Todd Young (R-IN) wrote a letter to CTIA’s Steve Largent requesting that his organization take the lead in making sure mobile phones can pick up FM radio as a safety measure. Ironically, the letter was dated the very same day as the bombing during the Boston Marathon rendered most cell phones useless.
The John Renshaw Show moves to weekdays
Beasley Broadcast’s Sports Radio WQAM-AM Miami has moved to middays from 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. and Alex Donno, host of the station’s Miami Hurricanes in-studio...
CBS Corp. invests in Syncbak
Many say Syncbak will become the leading portable viewing source via tablet and smartphone devices. Syncbak takes the IP stream of a station, passes...
GE Capital at the NAB
Sometimes a party is just a party, and other times this type of event gets a little extra attention, as was the case at...