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As MoffettNathanson sees it, the themes of 2025 will in many ways be continuations of the themes of 2024. "For several media companies, that is exactly the problem," says the firm's Senior Analyst, Robert Fishman. "Last year was one many eagerly sought to turn a page on, but this new chapter ahead may well throw more of the same at weakened players."

Sinclair Inc. is a multi-pronged media company in the driver’s seat on bringing groundbreaking broadcast technology to the world, thanks to its forward-thinking investments. For the company’s veteran tech executive, Del Parks, that’s been a core tenet of his work since Day One — in 1971.

Bringing live and local newscasts includes detailed reports from staff meteorologists — an increasingly important feature of stations in markets across the U.S. where weather threats may lead many to broadcast TV. For Allen Media Group, a change is coming, and it will see an adjustment to how the weather is presented on its local newscasts.

Exposure to a bevy of globally popular recording artists and popular videos from internet and Hollywood stars is no longer completely blocked to millions of users in the U.S., as President-elect Trump signaled an Executive Order allowing it to operate in the USA is coming.

A bitter battle over carriage fees ended Saturday after less than one week. Nexstar and Altice USA reached a comprehensive partnership agreement and all Nexstar programming has been restored.

As President-elect, Joe Biden spent months seeking to fill the fifth seat on the FCC, a chair that eventually went to Anna Gómez after two disastrous attempts to get Senate confirmation of Gigi Sohn. Today, President-elect Donald Trump wasted no time in selecting the next Commissioner at the agency.

The FCC has denied four complaints and petitions that she believes "seek to curtail freedom of the press and undermine the First Amendment." This includes the Media and Democracy Project petition to deny the license renewal of a Philadelphia TV station owned by FOX Television Stations.

Just one day after RBR+TVBR confirmed that Imagicomm Communications has decided to sell all of the broadcast television stations it acquired as part of FCC-required CMG divestments in August 2022, Kalil & Co. has revealed that four stations in two DMAs have already found a buyer.

He was a backup catcher between 1962 and 1967, playing for four teams before shifting to the broadcast booth and a career in entertainment that included a role on the 1980s sitcom "Mr. Belvedere" and as "Harry Doyle" in the feature film "Major League." Now, baseball fans everywhere are paying tribute to Bob Uecker, who has died. 

With a new Congressional session coming to Capitol Hill, could Washington legislators be swayed to approve any reintroduced bill, given what has transpired in Southern California since January 7? Janene Drafs hopes so.

For Janene Drafs, celebrating five years at the helm of KTLA-5 in Los Angeles may come at a later date. On Wednesday, she and her team entered their second week squarely focused on keeping viewers alert and informed on what's next with the devastating Palisades and Eaton Fires — and any potential new threats.

Sinclair Inc.'s "Sinclair Television Group Inc." group and "certain affiliated entities" have entered into a Transaction Support Agreement with a group of secured creditors — including lenders holding term loads under its existing credit facilities and some noteholders on the terms of new money financings.

As the 3pm Pacific hour began on Friday, January 10, CBS Los Angeles — the twin TV stations of KCBS-2 and KCAL-9 — had been live and in continuous coverage of the Southern California firestorm for more than 72 hours. Notably, this included multiplatform coverage extending to the Pluto TV FAST channel platform, bringing live coverage to viewers across the U.S. 

In an exclusive interview, KTTV "FOX 11" in Los Angeles head Steve Carlston talks with RBR+TVBR about how the station's news team sprung into action as the Palisades Fire and, later, the Eaton Fire, brought widespread devastation to communities across Southern California. For "FOX 11," flames visible from the station brought a unique dimension to an unfolding tragedy.

In the Central Valley of California, a vigorously competitive broadcast TV battle sees Sinclair and an ABC Owned Station fight for viewers against a pair of stations owned by Nexstar Media Group. Those two TV properties now have a new leader — an individual who led "FOX26" and "CW59" in Fresno for more than a decade.