CNN-YouTube GOP Debate scores record 4.49 million viewers
CNN’s YouTube Republican debate Wed. night a record 4.49 million viewers—the most-watched primary debate in cable history. According to Nielsen live-plus-same-day data, the debate...
Gen2Media and Regent partner to for radio websites
Gen2Media signed a Joint Venture agreement with Regent Communications to create, develop and manage an ad-supported online television channel for each of Regent's 60...
Hitch Radio launches as social media listening platform
It’s a new social media platform for searching real-time broadcast radio worldwide: Hitch Radio offers 20,000 searchable (by format, location, etc.) stations and enables...
A Product Development Director is Named at Wheatstone
He was formerly a VP of Broadcast Operations for Townsquare media, overseeing the technical operations of some 349 radio stations across 74 markets. Now, he is the Director of Product Development at Wheatstone Corporation.
Now From Nielsen: Audience-Based Forecasting For Linear Television
Nielsen has unveiled its latest tool designed to help marketers best determine where their target audience will be when marketing and advertising messages are meant to reach them. Now available is Advanced Audience Forecasting, designed to give clients forecasts of TV audiences defined by "advanced audience segments," which have been gaining traction in the marketplace.
Chicago Tribune offering mobile job listings
Starting this week, Chicagoland job seekers can get help wanted listings sent directly to their cell phones as part of the Chicago Tribune Media...
Kramer Brings Full Distribution To ‘All-in-One’ Matrix
Audio-visual tech company Kramer has brought to market it new MTX3-88-PR-PRO all-in-one matrix, a product that is designed to high-performance video processing and scaler-based clean switching capabilities to its users.
Nexstar Links With FreeWheel to Use Its Strata Platform
The Nexstar Digital arm of the largest local television broadcaster in the United States has entered into a multi-year agreement with Comcast's FreeWheel to use its Strata platform.
The new agreement provides advertisers and agency partners easy access to Nexstar’s premium digital inventory and the ability to send orders electronically directly in their Strata workflow.
iHeartRadio taps The Echo Nest for custom music channels
Clear Channel’s iHeartRadio has been promoting its Pandora-like personalized music ability on CC Radio stations for weeks now. The Echo Nest, a music intelligence...
GatesAir Assists In A Maple Leaf ATSC 3.0 Test
The Broadcast-Broadband Convergence B²CLab infrastructure at Humber College in Toronto is squarely focused on bringing the benefits of ATSC 3.0-powered digital broadcast television technologies to Canada. Helping as a key supplier is Thomson Broadcast-owned GatesAir.
Analysis shows CRB Internet Royalty increase "inconsistent with business reality"
Music portal Rock.com announced an analysis to demonstrate how inconsistent the recent CRB Internet performance royalty increase is with its ability to actually pay...
Why Pandora, Ticketfly Are Merging Listeners
The concert business is booming, according to Pandora.
Broadcast-grade Integrated IPTV In VITEC’s Spotlight
VITEC, the advanced video encoding and streaming solutions company, is ready to demonstrate what it's calling the industry's first broadcast-grade integrated IPTV and digital signage...
NBCU O&Os Win Tech, Engineering Emmy For ‘StormRanger’
The parent company of NBC and Telemundo is being honored for pioneering the development of StormRanger, or CazaTormentas, a first-of-its-kind mobile X-band weather radar truck for television weather forecasting and reporting.
Now Available: ATSC 3.0 Certification for Broadcast Engineers
The association for broadcast and multimedia technology professionals and the Advanced Television Systems Committee has launched a cooperative effort to develop a new Specialist level of SBE certification that will benchmark an individual's proficiency in the ATSC 3.0 System standard.