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At the end of March 2021, it became known that VSiN, The Sports Betting Network, operating from the Las Vegas Strip since 2017, had been acquired by digital sports entertainment and gaming giant DraftKings. Just over three years later, the Musberger family is buying back VSiN.

Optimum TV markets with Gray stations include those in Connecticut, North Carolina, Texas, Louisiana, Kansas, Arkansas, West Virginia, California, Missouri, Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Mississippi, Nevada, and Ohio.

For the sixth year in a row, the Multicultural Media, Telecom & Internet Council gathered — thanks to the power of Zoom — a collection of former FCC Chairs for a symposium that tackled tough topics but, as heard in the pre-event chatter ahead of the virtual affair, was delivered in a cordial, welcoming environment.

Just 18 days after the Supreme Court's 6-3 decision to end the "Chevron deference," the National Association of Broadcasters has filed an initial brief in its challenge to the Federal Communications Commission's local radio and television ownership restrictions.

The NAB on Tuesday moved ahead with a federal court battle against the Commission, joining like-minded associations and radio and TV owners in a consolidated fight to get the courts to thaw broadcast ownership rules Curtis LeGeyt says need to go.

Time spent streaming reached 40.3% of total TV usage in June. That's the largest share of TV time ever, according to the latest installment of "The Gauge," Nielsen's monthly snapshot of total broadcast, cable and streaming consumption that occurs through a television screen.

The junior U.S. Senator from Ohio has been selected by former President Trump to serve as his Vice President, should he be elected to a new four-year-term in November.  Who is JD Vance? Those who follow the subcommittees in Congress with direct oversight of the FCC are familiar with him.

An Ohio Federal Appeals Court on Friday granted a motion to stay the FCC's May 2024 "net neutrality" order, a decision that gives the court "sufficient opportunity" to consider the merits of the request. With three weeks to ponder it, the move could mark the start of a fury of Commission court fights.

The presentation will take place during the Annual “Giants of Broadcasting” luncheon celebration on, November 12 at Gotham Hall in the City of New York. The honor is awarded to an individual, organization, or company, who exemplifies the essence of preservation and collection within the broadcast industry.

The longtime television industry leader who served as President of Katz Television from 2012 through his retirement on June 30, has been selected as the inaugural recipient of the 2024 RBR+TVBR Lifetime Leadership Award. The honor will be given to Leo MacCourtney at Forecast 2025 in New York.

Another National Hockey League team has parted ways with Bally Sports, and its games will appear on a brand-new entity. Meanwhile, an NHL team serving the Pacific Northwest has just bolstered its over-the-air coverage.

To help explain how two important Supreme Court decisions could impact broadcast station owners, Frank Montero, the respected Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth Partner, sits in on the InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM, to best explain what could transpire in the wake of these two rulings.

She's a widely respected market-level broadcast media executive who has been twice honored by Radio+Television Business Report as a Top Local TV Leader. Now, this woman described by ABC Owned Television Stations President Chad Matthews as a "true innovator" has been selected to take the role held until March by the now-retired Cheryl Fair.

In November 2021, CBS News selected its 16-month EVP and CBS News Washington bureau chief to serve in a role giving her editorial oversight for network newsgathering worldwide, including all domestic and international bureaus. In August 2023 she was promoted to head CBS News. Now, she's out.

Barbs by Republicans about the FCC's return of "net neutrality" rules and Democrats' defense of the action dominated the divisive chatter as all five voting members of the Commission appeared in the Rayburn HOB meeting room, called to discuss the agency's FY2025 budget.