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The Supreme Court's unanimous reversal of the Third Circuit's remand of the FCC's November 2017 cross-ownership rule rewrite and the elimination of TV's "eight voices" test is hugely important for broadcast media. But, what does it actually mean? Here's a review of what the Pai Commission approved on a party line vote, and what the Court just affirmed.

Justice Clarence Thomas was compelled to author a concurring opinion in the Supreme Court's unanimous ruling in FCC v. Prometheus. Why? He offers "another, independent reason why reversal" of the Third Circuit's remand order is warranted.

Baseball fans across the Baltimore-Washington corridor, and in the San Francisco Bay Area, who are Dish customers are in the dark -- literally -- should they wish to enjoy MLB's Opening Day telecasts of their local baseball teams. The lack of a new carriage agreement led the DBS provider to block the RSNs, in lieu of a new deal.

Its stock price hasn't been this high since mid-October 2018. Its "Fuego" Latin Pop format just expanded to Las Vegas and Palm Springs, Calif., respectively. And, as shared on March 11, its Q4 2020 results were highly positive. Why, then, did Entravision tell the SEC that it couldn't file its annual report in a timely manner, as it was due March 31?

On the final day of the first quarter of 2021, Univision Communications offered an up-close look at the company's fourth quarter and full-year 2020 results. The timing couldn't be better for Univision as it enters Q2 2021 with momentum under new leadership. While Q4 revenue improved year-over-year, Univision swung to a net loss.

Circle City Broadcasting’s racial discrimination lawsuit against Dish Network will proceed, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. That elicited cheers from licensee owner DuJuan McCoy, as he seeks to return his stations offering The CW Network and MyNetwork TV programming to Dish in the Indianapolis DMA.

Much has changed for the company founded by Joseph Field. On November 17, 2017, that growth reached its apex, as Entercom completed its tax-free merger with CBS Radio. Then, a new logo was introduced. Now, a whole new identity has been revealed.

The EstrellaTV broadcast TV network is back in the San Francisco DMA as of today. It's the result of a LMA agreement that is far from ordinary, as the station owner is bumping its own rival Spanish-language offering to a digital multicast channel in order to make the deal happen.

As RBR+TVBR has reported across the first quarter of 2021, HC2 Holdings is trimming its TV assets while very much continuing its ownership of key TV stations as an entity led by COO Les Levi and chief executive Wayne Barr Jr. It is now known that HC2's commitment to "streamlining" a portfolio created under former CEO Philip Falcone includes the shedding of HC2's insurance segment.

For over 30 years, Ascential-owned WARC has been serving marketers as a data analytics company that has also taken a key role in examining domestic ad expenditures by medium on an annual basis. WARC's 2021 U.S. ad spend projections have been released. And, "even in a build-back year," WARC says, "ad spend in the U.S." is projected to be significant.

Wells Fargo media analyst Steven Cahall not only gave ViacomCBS a downgrade, which led to a further pummeling of that company's stock, but presented Discovery Inc. with some bad news of its own. Investors reacted, sending DISCA spiraling.

ViacomCBS shares have slid since Monday, when the company's stock finished the day with a valuation of more than $100 per share. At first, a $3 billion equity offering seemed to be negatively impacting ViacomCBS. Then came concerns that Paramount + growth estimates may be too generous, leading to two key analyst downgrades. The result: a Wall Street slide.

DuJuan McCoy has become known across the U.S. as the owner and day-to-day leader of two Indianapolis TV stations. Now, McCoy is widening his territory just a little bit. He's just agreed to purchase low-power TV stations in two other Indiana DMAs from HC2 Holdings.

The company led by Bob Bakish has now priced its stock offerings. That didn't stop investors from continuing to shed ViacomCBS stock across Thursday's trading session. Furthermore, ViacomCBS now has to deal with a downgrade from one of Wall Street's most respected media analysts.

The Nielsen Total Audience Report’s March 2021 edition is now available for public consumption. And, it’s filled with informative new insights on advertising across today’s media. Peter Katsingris, SVP of Audience Insights at Nielsen, chats with Adam R Jacobson about some of the key findings in this fresh podcast, presented by DOT.fm. LISTEN HERE