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The redemption is expected to occur on January 29, completing a debt swap that gives TelevisaUnivision more time to repay its debtors but add a premium, given the higher interest rate.

As expected, the Federal Communications Commission has moved ahead on a party-line 3-2 vote with a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that will establish an agency regulatory policy requiring rebates for MVPD consumers who face programming "blackouts" due to a retransmission consent impasse.

"Due to economic conditions in the market, the licensee was forced to take the station off the air temporarily." But, how long will the challenges of running a pair of Docket 80/90 Class A radio stations in rural Delaware County, N.Y. keep them dark? And, could Townsquare Media simply try to sell them?

A new OEM for smart TVs "Powered by TiVo," an expanded partnership with BMW for "DTS AutoStage Video Service Powered by TiVo," and new content partners across the globe for the living room and the car. That's the key takeaway from Xperi Corp.'s subsidiary focused on visual entertainment from CES.

Disney Entertainment has a new EVP of International Original Television, and he'll work from Los Angeles squarely focused on working directly with regional leaders and their teams across the globe to create local content for Disney+. 

Lombardo, a well-known broadcast media industry figure, served as NAB Joint Board Chairman and Chair of the Broadcasters Foundation of America. Under his leadership, the BFoA's annual financial assistance grew to nearly $850,000, from $60,000.

He joined Coastal Television Broadcasting Group in November 2021 as Chief Revenue Officer. Now he's tacking on the title of President at the broadcast TV station owner.

A reporter who has covered "financial distress, volatility and restructuring" for The Wall Street Journal is sharing the news that, according to sources, Audacy has reached an agreement with senior lenders that will give it the funds necessary to commence a voluntary Chapter 11 restructuring process. Will the Field family lose control?

Still on the fence about CES 2024 and its importance to broadcast media? Perhaps Daniel Anstandig, CEO and co-founder of Futuri Media, offers plenty of good reasons why attending the mega conference and expo is a way to perhaps future-proof AM, FM, VHF and UHF.

Democratic House Members Anna Eshoo of California and Don Beyer of Virginia, who serve as Co-Chair and Vice Chair, respectively, of the Congressional Artificial Intelligence Caucus, on Friday introduced "ambitious legislation to promote transparency in artificial intelligence foundation models."

Rate-regulated cable operators that use FCC Forms to justify their cable rates have an important update in hand from the FCC's Media Bureau and Office of Economics and Analytics.

It was perhaps best-known as the publishing house responsible for such Dinesh D'Souza tomes as the 2020 election-focused "2000 Mules" and has been offering "conservative books for independent thinkers" for some 76 years.  Within days it will no longer be owned by Salem Media Group, which has moved to further reduce its debt with the sale of Regnery Publishing.

He's been associated with a Country radio station serving Indianapolis since 1988, and has built an audience for a morning show that saw the addition of Kevin Freeman in 1996 and Deb Honeycutt in 2003.  On December 15, Jim Denny was subtracted from the wake-up trio at this Cumulus Media property.

It's a city made famous by legendary basketball star Larry Bird. Now, French Lick, Ind., is in the news as a Class A radio station licensed to the town to the northwest of Louisville, Ky., is about to head to a new owner.

As iHeartMedia sees it, he's "best known for his charismatic presence and distinctive voice." For a generation of teens, he was known for his part on the ABC Friday night musical sitcom that aired at 8:30pm following The Brady Bunch. Now, "the luckiest guy in entertainment" has announced his retirement — effective Friday.