Moody’s Assigns Ratings To $525B In New Scripps Debt

Moody's Investors Service has assigned a "Ba2" rating to The E.W. Scripps Company's newly launched offering of $400 million of Senior Unsecured Notes due 2025. The rating comes after the broadcast media company on Monday commenced the private placement offer, which is subject to market conditions and other factors. Meanwhile, Scripps says its Q1 earnings outlook remains unchanged.

The Newest Broadcast Audio Processor Arrives From The Telos Alliance

The Telos Alliance, parent company to Telos, Omnia, Axia, 25-Seven, Linear Acoustic and Minnetonka, has begun shipping its newest broadcast audio processor, the Omnia VOLT. The processor features Omnia sound in one rack unit.

Rusch Returns For Orban Sales Role

A familiar face has "Rusch"-ed back to audio processing firm Orban Labs, taking the title of North America Sales Manager.

UHF Discount, Noncomm Form Up For Review At FCC

The FCC's April Open Meeting will include review of an order that would reinstate the much-discussed UHF discount, and an order that would allow noncommercial broadcasters greater flexibility in the submission of personal information to the Commission.

Advanced Disaster Recovery Platform Ready For Launch

A provider of innovative workflow and media asset management solutions will launch a new disaster recovery (DR) solution for playout environments at the upcoming 2017 NAB Show.

Introducing An Enabling Technology For ATSC 3.0 Adoption

MYAT Inc. is introducing the next generation of transmission waveguide for US Repack Channels 14 to 36. This new product comes at a critical time for many US broadcasters who will be moving to new channels while also making their transmission systems ATSC 3.0 capable.

ATSC 3.0 Benefit Is NextGen TV’s NAB Show Epicenter Topic

With completion of a next-generation broadcast TV standard now in sight, broadcasters and equipment suppliers will be highlighting the diverse capabilities of the ATSC 3.0 standard in the “NextGen TV Hub” at the 2017 NAB Show in Las Vegas. The biggest news: A live ATSC 3.0 broadcast will originate from a local station will transmit a variety of 4K Ultra HDTV programming to NAB attendees.

Wu Wooed For NAB Show Tech Keynote

Author and professor Tim Wu will speak at the NAB Show Technology Luncheon set for Wednesday, April 26 at the 2017 NAB Show in Las Vegas.

Closed-Captioning Option Put In NAB Show Spotlight

The fourth generation of ENCO's enCaption closed-captioning system is getting a full rollout at the 2017 NAB Show in Las Vegas, and the newest version is designed to distinguish between multiple speakers -- further reducing the labor needed for live captioning.

ATSC 3.0 Monitoring in the Cloud: A New Solution For TV

Qligent, known for its cloud-based, enterprise-level content monitoring and analysis, is all set to bring to the 2017 NAB Show in Las Vegas what it calls "a new solution" built to connect over-the-air broadcast performance with the unique protocols and configurations of the next-generation ATSC 3.0 standard.

Octopus To Spread Its Tentacles At NAB Show

OCTOPUS Newsroom, a producer of computer newsroom systems, is planning to demonstrate the full feature set of its Octopus 8 newsroom at the 2017 NAB Show in Las Vegas.

New Extensions Get Vegas Launch For StreamGuys ‘SGrecast’

Attendees of the 2017 NAB Show will get the first look at new video features in StreamGuys' cloud-based SGrecast live stream repurposing platform. The features officially usher audio podcast recording capabilities to the video domain.

Just In Time For NAB Show: Telos Releases Axia IP-Tablet

Designed to simplify and aggregate control of several Telos Alliance devices, broadcasters may wish to use this tool to manage user rights for device access, linking a user's profile to his or her needs and access privileges.

Broadcast-grade Integrated IPTV In VITEC’s Spotlight

VITEC, the advanced video encoding and streaming solutions company, is ready to demonstrate what it's calling the industry's first broadcast-grade integrated IPTV and digital signage...

Coming Tuesday Morning: Beasley Q4 Results

For those who were wondering when Beasley Broadcast Group would be reporting its Q4 and full-year results, you're now only in half suspense.