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BitPath, which is developing new data broadcasting services, led the planning process and coordinated efforts across the five television stations. The "lighthouse" station is a station operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group via a LMA.

TV Azteca has just inked a content partnership with an entity considered until now a competitor to Azteca América. What does that mean for the network owned by HC2 Holdings, and what does this bring to the company led by CEO Peter Markham from the Empire Center in Burbank, Calif.?

For Evoca TV, the transmission of television content using the cross-polarization functionality of the ATSC 3.0 standard is something the company believes will make it a success, banking on a unique business model reliant on NEXTGEN TV.

By popular demand, RBR+TVBR’s reader-generated Honor Roll is back. And there are big changes in the ranks from 2021. Here's how you can get the full list, available ONLY in the Spring 2022 RBR+TVBR Special Report, our 40-page full-color magazine.

As RBR+TVBR first reported on Thursday, Cumulus Media has received an unsolicited privatization bid from a consortium led by the founder and CEO of Connoisseur Media. The company led by Mary Berner has commented on the offer. And, it is reviewing the proposal. 

When Sinclair Broadcast Group-owned Dielectric returns to the NAB Show exhibit floor, it will be celebrating not just its return to the event for the first time in three years, but also its 80 years of operations.

The future of broadcast and broadband delivery is a focal point of nearly every TV company from Kingston, Jamaica, to Fairbanks, Alaska. As such, it's likely no surprise that ATSC 3.0 and NEXTGEN TV will be under a big spotlight at the 2022 NAB Show, which opens April 23 in Las Vegas.

Many broadcast media companies are busily computing their first quarter 2022 financial results, with earnings calls on tap for early May. At Miami-based Spanish Broadcasting System (SBS), however, the company led by Raúl Alarcón Jr. that trades on the OTC Pink sheets has just released its fourth quarter and full-year 2021 financial results.

In 1922, a 15-year-old boy began selling crystal radios in his hometown of Quincy, Ill., after his parents decided to start a business from their apartment’s kitchen. A century later, radio and television stations around the globe can thank Henry and Cora Gates for giving their son his first job — one that would result in the creation of what is today known as GatesAir.

The owner of Bally Sports RSNs, over-the-air television stations and broadcast transmitter maker Dielectric will reveal its first quarter 2022 financial results on May 4. Ahead of that full look of the company's performance in the first three months of the year, Sinclair Broadcast Group released preliminary media revenue results for its broadcast segment.

Paperwork has been filed with the FCC that will see it decide whether or not Cox Media Group may sell 18 television stations — including major “Big Four” network affiliates — to the parent of recently reinvented cable television network INSP. The deal was first announced March 30. On Monday, the value was revealed. It's huge. It's a blockbuster of a deal. 

As the voluntary rollout of the new ATSC 3.0 digital television broadcast standard sees market launches across the U.S., one of the lesser-discussed points is the lack of embrace of the tech powering "NEXTGEN TV" by every market player. In Virginia's state capital, that's not the case — every local broadcast TV station has launched their NEXTGEN TV signal.

Gray Television has been aggressively acquiring low-power TV stations. In its latest purchase, which awaits Commission approval, Gray is picking up a LPTV property not too far from its Atlanta headquarters. 

“It’s always great to hear firsthand about the current events of our political system, even more so when discussed by a senior Hispanic member of the U.S. Senate and former presidential candidate.” Those are the words of Beasley Media Group Director/Latin Formats Nio Fernandez, who will be interviewing Marco Rubio at the Hispanic Radio Conference.

The House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday approved H.R.4330. This would establish protections for journalists at the federal level regarding the revelation of their confidential sources except in defined circumstances such as threats to national security. The NAB was pleased with the vote.