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Data and technology company Spherex has introduced what it calls "the first-ever global newsfeed that aggregates stories from around the world related to the globalization of TV and film content." Called World M&E News, the weekly newsletter is being offered free of charge as a service to the entertainment industry.

Since 1987, the NAB Crystal Radio Awards have recognized radio stations for their outstanding year-round commitment to community service. Some 50 finalists for the 35th annual NAB Crystal Radio Awards have been revealed.

What's a Class D 1kw daytime-only Gospel station and its FM translator worth in the first quarter of 2022? Here's a Georgia deal that provides such an answer — and hope for similar broadcast facilities searching for a buyer.

Much has changed for Byron Allen in the years since NBC's Real People aired in the 8pm slot each Wednesday. Today, Allen is a media mogul who wants to grow his broadcast TV assets and has an interest in owning an NFL franchise. He'll be sharing his thoughts about the Denver Broncos, among other topics, on CBS come February 20.

ViacomCBS is no more, and will now be known as Paramount. Investors may be nonplussed by the move, which in some ways puts the entire company's future on the present-day push for the Paramount+ OTT platform and a movie studio that in the not-so-distant past has seen its fair share of financial struggles.

In the three-hour interactive session, students will learn the basics of news reporting and investigative storytelling, managing a social media presence, how to look and sound their best on-camera and how to package a resume and reel.

"Against the high bar we set in our fiscal second quarter last year, we have once again delivered revenue and adjusted EBITDA growth in the second quarter of our 2022 fiscal year, while continuing to invest in our digital growth initiatives," FOX CEO Lachlan Murdoch said.

Some 20 miles to the northwest of downtown Atlanta is town of Powder Springs, Ga. It is home to an AM radio station that spent much of January off the air, and has been owned by a Vietnamese-American media and entertainment figure for nearly 8 years. He's now opting to sell the facility, and at a fraction of the price he paid for it. 

All premium subscribers to the Radio+Television Business Report are on the VIP list to receive and fully access our Winter 2022 Special Report via instant PDF download. It's the EXCLUSIVE home of the all-new Broadcast Media’s Top Tech Leaders rankings.

FreeWheel is rolling out a new Certified Partner Program, which certifies and organizes buyers, sellers, data partners and technology partners within FreeWheel’s platform to create a more efficient and effective media supply chain for the TV ecosystem.

Just how many people were tuned to CBS, and to the Gray Television-owned affiliate in Kansas City showing the Chiefs' overtime victory over the Buffalo Bills, one of the greatest in NFL history? The numbers were massive, and were strong nationally for another huge game seen on CBS the day before.

In December 2021, all seemed to tilt in favor of McDonald's as a federal judge dismissed a racial discrimination lawsuit filed against the fast-food giant by Allen-held Entertainment Studios. But, the judge left the door open for ES to file a Second Amended Complaint. Allen's team moved forward with this filing, leading McDonald's to ask the judge to dismiss it. He declined.

In November 2012, Bruce James and his Vermont Broadcast Associates engaged in a transaction that saw the sale of a 100-watt FM serving a small town some 100km south of Sherbrooke, Quebec. Just over nine years later, the FM is officially defunct.

Over half of U.S. consumers have expressed an interest in receiving features of a "NextGen Broadcast Emergency Information service." That's among the key findings from new research unveiled this week by the NextGen Video Information Systems Alliance (NVISA), sponsored by Sinclair Broadcast Group subsidiary ONE Media 3.0.