the HOT List

The honors recognize outstanding community service by local broadcasters. One winner from each category will be announced during the Celebration of Service to America Awards program, which will air on television and radio stations across the country as a special one-hour awards ceremony featuring celebrity guests, past honorees and policymakers.

With Tuesday’s Closing Bell, DISCA finished at $39.01. Wednesday was a downbeat trading day for Discovery. Why? Its Q1 2021 results missed Street expectations.

Nearly one month into the second quarter of 2021, Spanish Broadcasting System late Monday officially revealed its financial results for the final three months of 2020. While its television arm enjoyed double-digit year-over-year revenue improvement, its core radio station group suffered from a double-digit year-over-year revenue decline.

Univision majority shareholder Searchlight Capital Partners  has selected a new Partner who also becomes a prospective board member of "a number of Searchlight’s existing investments in the technology, media, and telecommunications sectors." It's a former FCC Chairman known for an oversized Reese's coffee mug.

International marketing intelligence service WARC's latest Global Advertising Trends report has been released. In it, WARC outlines "the new, long-term shifts in e-commerce, social media, online video and gaming for brands and consumers." What's the key takeaway for broadcast media executives? Linear television advertising plummeted.

To create binational multimedia giant Televisa-Univision, a blockbuster merger revealed on the evening of April 13, investors were brought to the table. They include the SoftBank Latin America Fund, The Raine Group and Google, with a combined $1 billion infusion from these entities agreed to. Google's involvement goes beyond cash.

For the second consecutive year, the readers of the Radio + Television Business Report have spoken. And, with their input, the latest rankings include new names near the top of the list, and many shifts. In a year that saw a great pause and, for some, a shift thanks to a pandemic, it’s perhaps fitting.

In many markets, vintage sitcoms and dramas can be seen on such digital multicast networks as Weigel Broadcasting's Me TV and Nexstar Media Group's Antenna TV. Now, Nexstar is doubling down on consumer thirst for classic fare by preparing to launch a more youthful companion to its 1960s and 1970s-focused existing offering. 

His route to the FCC is admittedly unusual. But, Nathan Simington's prior experience at the NTIA could be just what the doctor ordered for the Commission. In an exclusive interview with RBR+TVBR, the Republican Commissioner shares how his experience brings a whole new perspective on regulatory policy to the agency.

According to a new poll of U.S. adults aged 18-29, local TV news leads compared to other sources.  Yes, that's true. But, the real story is just how few Americans in this age group are tuning to local TV news -- or any other news source, for that matter.

In a blow to one of the nation's biggest broadcast television companies, the FCC's Media Bureau on Wednesday denied a "Good Faith" complaint against Frontier Communications in response to the discontinued distribution of the ABC affiliate focused on Sarasota and Manatee Counties of Florida. It now puts the need for retransmission mediation back in priority mode.

A first-of-its-kind demonstration is scheduled for the ongoing NAB Show Premiere virtual conference that aims to show how news companies "can embrace the interactive content opportunities of NEXTGEN TV to fight misinformation as the ATSC 3.0 broadcast standard continues its national rollout on a voluntary basis.

Standard Media Index has just released its March 2021 data, and the total monthly media investment was "way up," it reports. In fact, it was up 22% versus March 2020, which was down 13% from a year earlier as the COVID-19 pandemic arrived on North American shores.

In this exclusive interview, 40-year Dayton TV anchor Cheryl McHenry shares her thoughts on longevity, the necessity of local news and what it means to be a journalist in 2021 in the latest RBR+TVBR InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM. LISTEN HERE

After 21 years, programming has shifted back to English-language fare, as RBR+TVBR has confirmed the sale of a 50kw FM serving the eastern portion of the Orlando market. In doing so, it has ignited a war among Christian radio operators in Central Florida. The bigger news: this radio station's owner is set to say goodbye to the I-4 corridor.