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Founded in 2023, Crush Yard is growing via a franchise model focused on "community, connection, and premium experiences on and off the court." That's convinced Sinclair Inc. to align its Sinclair Ventures arm with the pickleball-themed eatery and entertainment center brand.

In recent weeks, the Spot Ten Cable crown has been taken by a brand that until recently had been largely quiet with its marketing efforts. That's what makes Coca-Cola's Spot Cable activity noteworthy, and last week's spot play totals are certainly headline-making.

He most recently served as Local Sales Manager for WRTV-6 in Indianapolis and exited with its sale to DuJuan McCoy's Circle City Broadcasting. Meet the new VP/General Manager of Sinclair Inc.'s two stations in the Cedar Rapids-Iowa City market.

It is an award bestowed annually that honors individuals or teams who demonstrate exemplary leadership in advancing the ATSC’s mission "and embody the vision, tenacity, and commitment" that defined the legacy of former longtime broadcast standards association's president, Mark Richer.  The 2026 recipient has been named.

Fuse Media is celebrating the signing of a new strategic partnership with cross-platform measurement and outcomes specialist iSpot — a pact Fuse says is aimed at validating and proving value across their owned and operated Connected TV and free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) channel environments.

A market-oriented think tank in Portland, Ore., is urging the FCC to treat broadcast ownership rules, retransmission consent, content regulation, and sports distribution policy as a single interlocking problem, cautioning that fixing any one without the others risks making the broader regulatory picture worse.

Cox Media Group is facing a nearly $1 million settlement with the Federal Trade Commission over an AI-powered "Active Listening" advertising service that the agency says falsely claimed to harvest conversations from smart devices to serve targeted ads to consumers.

A prominent conservative media figure and political commentator with close ties to the Trump orbit is on the hook for $41,000 after an FCC investigation found one of his broadcast television stations serving the Susquehanna Valley filed or missed dozens of required public file documents over its license term.

An entertainment attorney with deep Academy roots, a dealmaker behind some of the streaming era's most consequential content transactions, and the chief executive overseeing one of the largest independent production footprints in the Western Hemisphere are bolstering the board of the Television Academy's philanthropic arm.

EstrellaTV has a new full-power address in San Antonio. MediaCo Holding launched the Spanish-language network on KYVV (Ch. 10) on May 19, planting a full-power flag in one of the country's largest Hispanic markets and adding to the company's must-carry distribution across top-10 Hispanic DMAs nationwide.

The President/GM of the CBS affiliate in Kentucky's largest market, owned by Hearst Television, is retiring. The role will be filled by the station's ND, who has been associated with the station for some 14 years. As Hearst Television President Michael J. Hayes says, “She knows this community like few other journalists ever have.”

Six Democratic senators are demanding that the FCC explain how it intends to review Paramount Global's request to authorize sovereign wealth funds from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar to hold up to 100% of the equity in its broadcast television stations and whether Chairman Brendan Carr can evaluate it impartially.

A federal appeals court has given the FCC 30 days to respond to a mandamus petition seeking to force the agency to rule on a request to repeal its news distortion policy, escalating a legal fight that began when a bipartisan group of former commissioners filed for the policy's elimination last fall.

Television had a notable presence among the honorees at the 51st Annual Gracie Awards, as the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation marked its 75th anniversary on Tuesday night at the Beverly Wilshire, honoring women who have reshaped media.

Paramount Skydance Corp. is headed for a one-notch credit downgrade at the close of its merger with Warner Bros. Discovery, and S&P Global Ratings says the combined company has a long road back thanks to an enormous debt load.