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Hemisphere Media Group has signed a multi-year content agreement with the public broadcasting service in the Dominican Republic that allows HMG to distribute nearly 30 hours per week from Televisión Dominicana.

In a statement, Sinclair said, "Free speech provides broadcasters with the right to exercise judgment as to the content on their local stations. While we understand that not everyone will agree with our decisions about programming, it is simply inconsistent to champion free speech while demanding that broadcasters air specific content."

BIA Advisory Services has forged a new strategic partnership with the Media Financial Management Association. "This collaboration aims to provide MFM members with enhanced value through a range of professional development opportunities, exclusive resources, and insightful analyses of the rapidly evolving media landscape," the two groups shared on Monday.

Live TV streaming service Philo has again expanded its free TV lineup, adding six channels  — five from Lionsgate and one from QVC Group — to its standalone, no-cost-to-access channel lineup.

It's being heralded as "a groundbreaking innovation in broadcast audio capture." Introducing a product from Shure that's designed for sports and studio, delivering "front-row sound to viewers while reducing the number of microphones and cables required."

Tomorrow, at long last, the "AM Radio in Every Vehicle Act" is getting a full consideration by the House Energy & Commerce Committee — an important step in getting a mandate on free-to-access kHz-band radio broadcasts in all cars, trucks or vans sold in the U.S.

A Sinclair Inc. spokesperson shared a statement with RBR+TVBR on Friday outlining how Sinclair and the Soohyung Kim-controlled and Deb McDermott-led Standard Media agreed to a Joint Sales Agreement and Shared Service Agreement for the Providence station known as "ABC6." This will make WLNE an operational sibling to WJAR.

The licensee led by Diane Sutter that includes stations tied to the family of the late Willie Davis is selling its remaining audio brand on the local dial, and the buyer is a statewide purveyor of liberal-leaning political talk and spoken word programming.

From Friday, Telos will be at Stand #8.D37 across IBC2025. At the conference and expo, Telos Alliance debut a range of AI-enhanced products designed simplify production workflows for radio, television, and streaming professionals.

Fans of the MLB club that calls Citi Field its home will be able to continue tuning to a Nexstar-operated — but not owned — TV station in New York to follow all of the play-by-play action. For the first time, stations in Upstate N.Y. and in Connecticut will join WPIX-11 in offering live broadcasts of New York Mets games. 

With the closing of Connoisseur Media's acquisition of Alpha Media, the newly expanded radio station broadcasting group has given the role of Sr. VP of Programming to a 12-year company veteran. As such, the Executive VP of Content for Alpha has exited.

The company led by Jim Schwartzel is investing even more dollars into local media by creating a duopoly that some may already be raising their eyebrows over. While it creates a permissible duopoly, the close relationship between the McBride Family's radio and TV stations and Sun could be reviewed.

The Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology have announced that they will lead a September 9 hearing focused on U.S. public safety communications.

A potential loss of access to all FOX-branded cable television channels and FOX Television Stations properties for those who subscribe to YouTube TV has been prevented — officially.

Gray Media has agreed to partner up with the producer and primary rights holder for the play-by-play coverage of the National Hockey League club serving North Texas by bringing 15 TV markets across the team's territory — other than Dallas — several games via a broadcast simulcast.