Friday, September 12, 2025

Broadcasting Pirate

FCC Offered Concrete Anti-Pirate Proposals

The FCC has signaled that it is preparing to redouble its efforts

Media Regulation ‘Modernization’ Proposals Hit ‘Lucky 13’ For Pai

Telecom policy has dominated the efforts being championed by FCC Chairman Ajit Pai in recent months. But, he says, he hasn't forgotten the media side of the ledger. Continuing his Modernization of Media Regulation Initiative push, with the support of fellow Republicans Brendan Carr and Mike O'Rielly, Pai revealed on Monday two proposals to update the Commission media rules "to reflect today’s marketplace."
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Sinclair, And Shared Services Providers, Get Huge Fine For KidVid Violations

Sinclair Broadcast Group and a host of its shared services partners, including Michael Anderson-helmed Cunningham Broadcasting, could be on the hook for a significant portion of the millions of dollars in fines totaled up for apparent FCC violations of its Children's TV programming rules.
NAB / National Association of Broadcasters

NAB Seeks Protection for TV Translators

Many Americans in rural areas, particularly in the western portion of the US

Radio One Q2 down over Reach Media event

Radio One’s Q2 net revenue was $108.4 million, a decrease of 9.4% from the same period in 2013
CBS

Judge will let “Glass House” keep airing

Gary Feess, federal judge for the United States District Court for the Central District of California, has
Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom lit up at night

A Good Fiscal Q2 To Disney, And Its Entertainment Segment

The parent of ESPN and ABC Owned Stations on Wednesday released its fiscal Q2 2025 results, and there was year-over-year growth. The gains were highly welcomed for investors, which helped catapult The Walt Disney Co.'s stock by upward of 10% in morning trading on the NYSE.
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Cross-Platform Video Measurement and Data: A Gotham Spotlight

RBR+TVBR has the inside scoop on what will be presented Thursday at an exclusive event, hosted by Google in New York, focused on a topic of key importance to marketers and CMOs. Ahead of the gathering, we spoke with CIMM CEO Jane Clarke on what will likely be said at the 9th annual Cross-Platform Video Measurement and Data Summit.

Cord-Cutting: Not A ‘Massive’ Problem For MVPDs?

The number of pay-TV subscriptions in the U.S. and Canada will dip from a peak of 112 million in 2012 to 102 million in 2022. While this marks a 9% decline, Dublin, Ireland-based Research and Markets believes its findings do not point to "a massive cord-cutting problem." Should multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs) be pleased with this finding?

Townsquare Media Sails Past Wall Street’s Q1 Prognostications

Yes, the overall numbers were impacted by a significant non-cash impairment charge. But, more importantly, net revenue and adjusted EBITDA guidance was exceeded in Q1 against difficult comps. Furthermore, the adjusted EPS Townsquare Media registered in Q1 beat the consensus estimate of financial analysts covering the "Local First" media and digital advertising company.

PQ: Hispanic Dollars To Drive Multicultural Ad Spend

Marketing spending and multicultural advertising targeted to U.S. Hispanic, Black and Asian consumers is expected to grow by a healthy 8.4% in 2004 — a sharp rebound from a 5.7% decrease in 2023. That's according to new data released on Tuesday from PQ Media.

Sports-First vMVPD Can’t Connect With TelevisaUnivision

The virtual MVPD that is seeking to put a stop to the Venu Sports joint venture that aims to bring a bevy of pro sports play-by-play and live action to a competing over-the-top platform in the works is pointing fingers at the biggest Spanish-language content creation and distribution company in the world for failing to agree on a new carriage deal.

Why Did CBS Radio Rotate To Radiate Media?

CBS Radio has inked a deal with Radiate Media after a decade with TTWN, effective April 1, 2017. We look at possible reasons why.
Deal

Renda OKC sale creates Tyler juggernaut

According to brokerage Kalil and Co., an eight station Oklahoma City broadcast cluster owned by Tyler
Rep. Richard Hudson (R-N.C.)

Hudson Hawk: Meet The New FCC Congressional Watchdog

He's served as a Member in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2013. Now, this politician representing a rural swath of North Carolina that includes portions of Fayetteville, Asheboro and Sanford is being placed in a position of high authority when it comes to the fate of the FCC.