FCC finalizes July meeting agenda
The sneak preview of the topics on the table at the FCC July Open Meeting turned out to be an actual preview. For broadcasters...
Uncertain future may underpin Viacom/DirecTV battle
Program sources want to maximize income, and cable, satcasters and telcos want to hold down costs
NAB calls out CTIA on inaccurate FM chip testimony
At the 6/6/12 Communications Subcommittee Future of Audio hearing, CTIA’s Christopher Guttman-McCabe repeatedly cited a Best Buy catalog containing 26 FM-enable cell phones. However,...
Smulyan upbeat about new transformed Emmis
The straight revenue statistics did not paint a particularly pretty picture for Emmis Communications during its initial fiscal quarter of the year, but if...
FM chip dominates Emmis report on the state of radio
Emmis President/CEO Jeff Smulyan is upbeat about the heightened prospects for an FM chip on cell phones and the bright future of
North Miami can’t subsidize WURN-AM carnival–yet
New World Broadcasting’s WURN-AM, a popular Miami-Ft. Lauderdale Haitian outlet, came before the North Miami City council Tuesday requesting $270,650 to throw a street...
WMGO GM claims rights violations in lawsuit
The manager of News-Talk/Variety WMGO-AM Canton, MS (WMGO Broadcasting, Inc.) has amended his lawsuit against the city of Canton claiming that, in addition to...
Netflix users streaming more TV
Following the announcement earlier this year by Netflix that their members had enjoyed more than two billion hours of streamed video in Q4 2011,...
Judge denies networks’ injunction against Aereo
District Court judge Alison J. Nathan has denied (7/11) a request for a preliminary injunction by the major broadcasters that would have shut
U.S. stock indexes extend losing run
Stocks ended lower on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 extending its longest down streak since May 18, after the Federal Reserve failed to offer...
ABC’s Wipeout marked a summer-high
The Tuesday premiere of ABC’s Wipeout marked a summer-high in the 8 o’clock hour in Total Viewers, while delivering the Net’s strongest performance with...
NBC: “Talent” up 17% week to week
Tuesday Results: From 8-10 p.m. ET, “America’s Got Talent” (2.7/8 in 18-49, 10.4 million viewers overall) grew versus results for the prior Tuesday by...
Warm 106.9 reaches out to community children
Sandusky Radio's Warm 106.9 FM Seattle Teddy Bear Patrol joins Multimedia Seattle's other critical community partners, including Virginia Mason Hospital and Medical Center, Auburn...
Campaign warns: “No More Defense Cuts” (video)
The Coalition for the Common Defense launched a national advocacy campaign aimed at preventing further, draconian cuts to the U.S. military of $500 billion...
Brad Paisley stars in new Jack in the Box TV ad
Brad Paisley finds himself with Jack Box, in a TV commercial promoting the All-American Jack Combo at Jack in the Box restaurants. In the...