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The CEO of NBCUniversal parent Comcast has been told the agency is launching a formal inquiry focused on whether NBC affiliation agreements — and Comcast's practice in negotiations and affirming these deals — are in conflict with station owner independence and their stations' public service obligations.

Spotify Technology S.A. shares tumbled by more than 10% on Tuesday morning, following the release of the streaming audio Goliath's Q2 2025 results — a performance that fell short of analysts expectations and those of its shareholders.

Pearl TV counsel Max Larson and Gerard Waldron at Covington & Burling have provided the FCC with more details on just how HDHomeRun depends on a chipset manufactured by HiSilicon, a wholly-owned Huawei Technologies subsidiary.

Fubo has filed a preliminary proxy statement seeking shareholder approval of the "Sports First" vMVPD's previously announced — and pending — business combination with The Walt Disney Company’s Hulu + Live TV. Most market observers consider this a mere formality, with Fubo's sale tied to the death of Venu Sports.

The use of a FM booster station to originate programming in order to bring Geo Broadcast Services' ZoneCasting technology to its full fruition is now wholly allowable for those operators who wish to invest in it.

The E.W. Scripps Co. has launched an offering of $650 million of new senior secured second-lien notes. Scripps, which made the announcement ahead of Monday's Opening Bell on Wall Street, says the notes are expected to mature in 2030.

The FCC in a 2-1 decision fueled by its Republican majority on Thursday approved the $8 billion merger of Paramount Global with Skydance Media. But, as Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sees it, it was the Trump administration that gave the green light on the deal. And, in her view, that makes the deal look crooked.

As he condemned the agency's OK of the $8 billion merger between Skydance and Paramount Global, New Jersey Democrat Frank Pallone Jr. revealed that he will be launching an investigation "into the circumstances of this approval," including the conduct of the FCC, David Ellison-led Skydance and the CBS parent.

The FCC on Thursday approved Skydance’s $8 billion acquisition of Paramount Global and its subsidiaries, including the ultimate parent company of the CBS network of owned and operated broadcast television stations, by granting a series of applications that transfer FCC licenses and authorizations.

First, it was Sinclair Inc. Now, the world's largest creator and distributor of audio and video content en español has entered into a Consent Decree with the Acting Chief of the FCC's Media Bureau that puts to a close the Commission's investigation into "KidVid" rule violations on the company's U.S. broadcast stations.

In a ruling that could have significant ramifications for the FCC and broadcast television ownership groups, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in St. Louis has ruled that the FCC "arbitrarily and capriciously retained" the Top-Four Prohibition portion of its television ownership rules and improperly tightened it.

For the Media arm at Rogers Communications, the presence of the Edmonton Oilers in a second consecutive NHL Stanley Cup Finals along with new Warner Bros. Discovery Canadian content distribution agreements in place are the chief analysts for the uptick in loonies and toonies.

"Meaningful Progress." Those are the words TelevisaUnivision CEO Daniel Alegre used to describe how the world's largest creator of Spanish-language audio and video content performed fiscally during the second quarter of 2025.

It is a company that today owns four broadcast TV stations, including the FOX affiliate and MyNetwork TV station serving the "Upland South" region, which includes Cape Girardeau, Mo. and Paducah, Ky. Soon, these two stations will be run by the publicly traded company that's shepherding the transition to ATSC 3.0.

RBR+TVBR on Friday shared details of Netflix's stellar Q2 2025 earnings report, and how two analysts each gave rousing reviews of the streaming giant's past three months and what lies ahead for the remainder of the year. Now, Netflix can revel in a standout performance in Nielsen's Media Distributor Gauge report.