Legacy

A series of interactive, virtual workshops for college students interested in pursuing careers in journalism offered by Sinclair Broadcast Group is back. And, this year will see the addition of a workshop for students interested in a career in weather.

Late Friday, Urban One confirmed that a delisting process has begun on the part of Nasdaq. But, that could be for naught after all, as the company belatedly released its Q1 2023 earnings and supplied them to the SEC with the clock running out of time to do so.

Fox Corporation has successfully defended itself in a patent suit filed in Delaware by a company that accused the owner of FOX Broadcasting Co. of patent infringement. At issue is a platform used within the company designed to optimize scheduling and the airing of National Football League games on its stations by regional selectivity.

Vivaro Media, a Monterrey, Mexico-based global media distribution product brand, has launched an on-demand procurement platform designed to simplify and accelerate how content providers and broadcasters connect and deliver live video content.

To best service its customers, Vizrt and NewTek have been working hard to unify and grow its customer service, support, university, R&D, and product teams.

The process of renewing a radio station’s license has the potential of revealing to the FCC Media Bureau’s Audio Division a failure to adhere to Commission rules. And, that’s exactly what has happened to an Iowa broadcaster which has entered into a Consent Decree with the Commission to resolve an "OPIF" rule violation at each of its two radio stations.

He retired in 2016, concluding a career that saw his Moby in the Morning attract Country music fans at what was known as "Kicks 101.5" in Atlanta, and on other stations via syndication over a five-year period. Now, many are mourning the death of James “Moby” Carney, who has lost his battle with stage 4 stomach cancer.

“We are very happy to now be shipping TouchControl 5 to our global network of distributors and dealers,” says Andreas Tweitmann, CEO of RTW, which debuted the new product at IBC 2023 in Amsterdam last weekend.

Bobby Caldwell has been a fan of rimshot FM signals in recent years. A March 2021 transaction saw his company agree to buy a station best heard in North Little Rock and in the cities of Cabot and Searcy. Now, Caldwell, through a revocable trust, is agreeing to buy a station that serves an area due south of the Arkansas city of Jonesboro.

Days before David Kenny relinquished his CEO duties, giving them to company veteran Karthik Rao, privately held global marketing research, data analytics and audience measurement giant Nielsen agreed to resolve allegations of systemic race-based hiring discrimination in both Dallas and San Antonio, as identified by the U.S. Department of Labor.

The Michigan-headquartered broadcast technology company will introduce its ENCO-GPT AI solution for ad copy generation to international audiences following a successful NAB launch and will showcase its now-shipping WebDAD 3.0 for remote broadcast and production in the cloud. ENCO exhibits at Stand 8.C73.

First announced and demonstrated at NAB 2023, Tachyon LIVE brings Cinnafilm’s award-winning media transformation technologies to live workflows for the first time. IPXCode with Tachyon LIVE provides broadcast-quality standards conversion.

The entity that in July 2021 acquired KRBL-FM 105.7 in Idalou, Tex., in a bankruptcy auction is agreeing to transfer the property to a group that will convert the facility to non-commercial status. The buyer's roster of directors includes Brad Moran, the heir to Ramar Communications.

Sen. Ted Cruz, the outspoken Texas Republican, used a few minutes of free time before the full Senate voted on Anna Gomez's nomination to be a FCC Commissioner by voicing his opposition to her. In his view, First Amendment freedoms are at risk, while taxpayer harm will result from her taking the fifth seat at the agency.

Just how fiscally risky is a protracted retransmission consent between Charter Communications, owner of the Spectrum MVPD, and The Walt Disney Company? According to a S&P analysis, billions of dollars in annual revenue is at stake.