Richard Wiley to get Excellence in Broadcasting Award
Richard E. Wiley, Chairman of Wiley Rein LLP and a former Chairman of the FCC, will receive the 2014 Lowry Mays Excellence in Broadcasting...
Wheeler wants net neutrality rules back
FCC Chairman Wheeler announced 2/19 that the Commission will reinstate rules to preserve a
NAB files ex parte on JSAs
Here’s an ex parte filed with the FCC from Jane Mago, NAB EVP/General Counsel Legal and Regulatory Affairs regarding a meeting
NAB urges preservation of dedicated broadcast band
Here are joint comments filed 2/18 at the FCC by NAB, the Walt Disney Company, 21st Century Fox, NBCUniversal, CBS, Univision, and the affiliates of ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC in response to draft recommendations of the Advisory Commission for the 2015 World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC). Broadcasters are standing united against a proposal submitted by mobile broadband companies that include AT&T and Verizon to end a dedicated swath of television broadcast spectrum in the U.S. If the FCC accepts the AT&T and Verizon proposal, the U.S. would become the only country in the world without spectrum dedicated to broadcast television as a primary use.
AWMF names annual Gracie National Award winners
The Alliance for Women in Media Foundation has announced the 2014 national winners of the 39th Annual Gracie Awards
“Outernet” to beam free Wi-fi across the globe
NYC-based non-profit Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF) is planning to change
Report: Comcast-TWC merger could kill ATVA
Fierce Cable says that Comcast's deal to acquire Time Warner Cable will likely result in the demise of the American Television Alliance, the coalition of pay TV distributors that TWC formed in 2010 to lobby for reform of retransmission-consent rules.
Univision Q4: Television up, radio down
Net revenue for the company increased 3.6% to $696.2 million in Q4. FY net revenue was up
Nielsen Q4 up 12%; first quarter that includes Arbitron
Q4 marked the first full quarter of Arbitron in the company’s results. Revenues in the quarter
2014 Ward L. Quall award winners named
The Broadcasters Foundation of America announced the recipients of the 2014 Ward L. Quaal Leadership Awards, to be presented at the Foundation’s
Channel sharing: A new opportunity for broadcasters
Tom Wheeler, FCC Chairman, penned a blog with the title above regarding enthusiasm for
Sony/ATV renews with BMI
Sony/ATV Music Publishing has agreed to return licensing and royalty distribution authority to Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) for all categories of public performance uses. Consistent with a recent Federal Court ruling, the new agreement will leave current licenses and the flow of royalties to songwriters and publishers from hundreds of thousands of licensees undisturbed.
Community service keeps broadcasters relevant
There was a time not so long ago when broadcasters enjoyed an exclusive franchise. Cable television was less a competitor and more a collaborator. The early cable TV systems merely relayed the signals of stations to areas with weak reception. Original programming for cable was non-existent with the exception of the “weather channel” where a camera scanned wind, temperature and barometric pressure readings to an instrumental music accompaniment. Fast forward to 2014:
Ubiquity to expand offering with ZUUS buy
The Pandora of music videos? Irvine, CA-based Ubiquity Broadcasting Corp. has entered into a non-binding deal to acquire ZUUS Media, a next generation media company operating the ZUUS multi-platform music video network. ZUUS is a music service offering 150 curated digital music video channels based on genre, decade and “mood” across mobile, tablet, web, Facebook, and connected TV platforms.