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Sinclair Broadcast Group wholly owned subsidiary Sinclair Television Group has entered into the Fourth Amendment to its “Seventh Amended and Restated Credit Agreement.”

CANAL+ is taking a 70% majority stake in SPI International. It's a move that's also a vote of confidence in SPI, as has pledged to keep the current management team and operational structure in place.

A technology infrastructure company has been retained by one of the nation's leading noncommercial secular broadcasting operations to perform a "turnkey project" replacing its existing high-power TV transmitter atop San Francisco's famed Sutro Tower. It's the latest move that brings ATSC 3.0-powered NEXTGEN TV and such things as Broadcast Internet to the Bay Area.

National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE), the global business association for content producers, distributors, streamers and buyers across all platforms, has unveiled the recipients for its 2022 Iris Awards. 

The station's new owner — Gray Television — has purchased a vacant building along 1-270 between Lambert International Airport and the upscale suburb of Creve Coeur, Mo.

With an eye toward improving streaming, CBS News has made several leadership appointments. At the same time, there are new leaders in place at CBS Newspath, the CBS News-affiliated affiliate newsgathering service.

Today, the company's shares, which trade on the NYSE, are in the low-$23 range. That isn't stopping Nielsen's Board of Directors from rewarding its shareholders.

Radio Frequency Systems (RFS) has expanded the existing RFS antenna and combiner infrastructure atop One World Trade Center. This, RFS says, will enable delivery of next generation broadcasting to 7.45 million households across the New York City area.

In Bayou Country, the Manship Family has become well-known for its ownership of ABC affiliate WBRZ-2 in Baton Rouge. Ralph Bender, its Chief Financial Officer, is nationally recognized for his active role with the annual Media Finance Focus conference staged by MFM and BCCA. Now, WBRZ's General Manager is retiring. His successor has just been revealed by the Manships.

On April 4, "Cincinnati Bell Extended Territories LLC" — known to customers as altafiber, filed a retransmission consent complaint against the licensee of the Miami Valley's biggest broadcast TV station. The licensee of that facility, Cox Media Group, responded to the FCC's Media Division. The Policy Division Senior Deputy Chief was ready to rule on the matter. But, he won't have to.

It calls itself "an All-Inclusive TV agency that gives performance brands access to high-quality, effective TV campaigns without the traditional high entry cost and ongoing challenges of optimization, scale and measurement." To better assist its clients, this Minneapolis-based shop will continue to use Nielsen local TV measurement data.

On July 13, the Commission released a Sixth Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) seeking comment in two Media Bureau dockets on proposals to update rules pertaining to low-power TV and TV translator stations. To rule on the matter, it seeks public comments. The dates for comment and reply comment submissions are now official.

She joined one of the South's strongest CBS affiliates nearly 25 years ago as an account executive, rising through the sales ranks to the role of General Sales Manager in 2014. Now, she's been given full command of WTOC-11 in Savannah, Ga.

Though September brought a new season of television series premieres and the much- anticipated National Football League season kick-off, investment in National Linear TV remained flat. Why? Standard Media Index says the tepid 0.3% year-over-year shift upward is due to two things.

The installed base for internet-connected video devices is on course to rise at a 2.3% compound annual growth rate from 2021 through 2026 in the U.S. according to new S&P Global Market Intelligence analysis. As such, it places just slightly behind high-speed broadband household growth.