Friday, May 29, 2026

Commercial Loads Still Rising For TV

Data show commercial impressions rising 3% year-over-year in September, and it's driven by commercial loads.
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Forward Auction To Resume With High Ask Prices

A lower $54.59 billion target for wireless companies could still prove difficult to meet, given top-market spectrum pricing
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U.S. Ad Spending Up 6.3%

Forecasting firm Magna has good news for the (majority of) media

Nielsen Tables 3Q Report for Tuesday, October 25

The conference call for Nielsen’s third-quarter results will take place at 8:00 a.m. ET on October 25

Ericsson Exec Elected As Next SMPTE President

Ericsson SVP/Technology, TV and Media Matthew Goldman succeeds CBS exec Bob Seidel

Pandora Sets Q3 Results Release Date

Could a long-teased announcement about tiered subscription-based plans be revealed at this time?

TV Slips, Radio Strong, As Digital Use Grows

The average adult is spending slightly less time watching live TV while radio consumption is unchanged from 2014

Andrulonis Takes A Stand Against ECU

ESPN Fayetteville to black out Saturday's ECF-USF game to "protest the protesters" following National Anthem kneel-down stunt

Videa Brings Programmatic Platform To TV

The first supply-side programmatic platform "built by broadcasters for broadcasters" has been launched

iHeart Dissolves Central Division Regions

Texas is now in the same region as Southern California and Arizona. At the same time, Pittsburgh is now in the Northeast.

Entravision Touts Radio At Ad Week ‘Upfront’ Event

The second-annual event allows the media company to tout its radio talent and digital apps to media buyers and advertisers

Viacom Takes Step Toward CBS Inc. Reunification

Viacom's board of directors forms a special committee of independent directors to evaluate a CBS merger

FCC Streamlines Foreign Ownership Procedures

The new rules modernize the foreign ownership filing and review processes, replacing the ad hoc case-by-case procedures
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CBS Confirms Viacom Merger Ask

Investors seem warm to the idea of a CBS/Viacom merger, as Viacom shares jumped $1.60, to $42.52, on the news.
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A CBS/Viacom Wedding: ‘Still Makes Perfect Sense’

MoffettNathanson senior analyst Michael Nathanson is hopeful a Viacom-CBS Inc. reunification occurs