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MultiDyne Video & Fiber Optic Systems is bringing its latest innovations for the global broadcast and production community to the UAE between May 21 and May 23, as the CABSAT 2024 event wrapped up its first day Tuesday at the Dubai World Trade Centre.

Four additional stations affiliated with the Nexstar Media Group-controlled The CW have been added to local streaming lineups by DirecTV. As of early Tuesday, two Sinclair Broadcast Group and two Gray Television stations were added to the service.

Todd Woods, who in March 2023 was selected to succeed Bill Reeves as the chief executive of one of the biggest radio station owners in the U.S., has tendered his resignation. Educational Media Foundation on Thursday revealed who is succeeding him on an interim basis, marking EMF's third CEO since Mike Novak's 2018 retirement.

Studio Inbox users can now see and reply to messages, images, videos and voice recordings from WhatsApp, alongside other content like SMS, email, social posts, website form submissions and RSS feeds.

An actress known for her role as a teenager in the sitcom Sister, Sister and in more recent years for her six years as a talk host on The Real has been chosen to serve as the host of the 49th annual Gracie Awards, scheduled for May 21 at the Beverly Wilshire.

Gray’s television stations in Mankato, Minn.; Rockford, Ill.; Sioux Falls, S.D.; and Cedar Rapids, Iowa will air games from American Association of Professional Baseball (AAPB) teams located in or near those respective markets.

Succeeding the retired Susan McEldoon as VP/Station Manager of KHOU-11 in Houston at the start of 2019 was Bobby Springer, TEGNA's former Director of Advertising and Promotion for KUSA-9 in Denver. Springer departed the station on April 12. The new leader of KHOU-11 has been named.

Did the company led by CEO Bob Pittman and COO/CFO Rich Bressler meet the street in Q1? No, but the company was quick to note its 1.5% revenue dip was in line with its own guidance range. Shareholders were unimpressed, with "IHRT" losing more than 30% of its value in Thursday's trading.

Despite poor comps on ad revenue due to the absence of a Super Bowl telecast in 2024, FOX Corporation's fiscal Q3 financial report is largely rosy. The results led a MoffettNathanson analyst to offer a glowing report signaling its support of the company's current leadership and profit-generation plan.

The owner of broadcast radio stations in markets ranging from Las Vegas and Detroit to Philadelphia, Boston and Augusta, Ga.; experienced a nearly 6% dip in its net revenue during the first quarter of 2024 — a decline that led to a 7% reduction-in-force initiative that became known on Tuesday.

NBCUniversal has chosen an exclusive audio partner for the upcoming Summer Olympic Games from Paris. This will see iHeartMedia provide 24/7 play-by-play audio channels of select NBCU linear coverage of the Games; and create an original Olympic-themed podcast. 

Gray Television on Tuesday not only revealed its Q1 2024 financial results, but the broadcast television station group headed by Hilton Howell Jr. and Pat LaPlatney also offered guidance for Q2. How did Gray fare, and are the second quarter numbers shaping up to beat last year's results?

An individual who has played a key role in expanding the company’s distribution relationships and advocacy efforts, previously the SVP of Distribution and Government Affairs, has been given Executive VP stripes at Hearst Television.

Following Wednesday's Closing Bell on the NYSE in lower Manhattan, DTS AutoStage, HD Radio and TiVo parent Xperi Corp., fresh off another strong NAB Show in Las Vegas, releases its Q1 2024 earnings report. What can investors anticipate from the broadcast technology company?

For years, Siena College's noncommercial FM in Loudonville, N.Y., has served as a unique alternative to the commercially licensed music stations serving New York's Capital District. When it came time for the school's WVCR-FM to replace its automation system, Broadcast Electronics delivered.