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The venerable all-News station led by SVP/GM Joel Oxley and Director of News and Programming Julia Ziegler is getting a new wave of weather reporting to provide its listeners, and it comes courtesy of Sinclair Broadcast Group's ABC-affiliated television station serving the Nation's Capital.

She's the Chief of the FCC's Media Bureau, and the legal advisor to Jessica Rosenworcel. Holly Saurer is also the individual that put the TEGNA transaction's fate in the hands of its Administrative Law Judge. Saurer is planning to be at the 2023 NAB Show for a Q&A session. But, don't expect her to deviate from the main topic.

Add Western New York's second-largest market to the list of locales where ATSC 3.0-powered NEXTGEN TV is now available to those with a television capable of receiving the signals, or consumers that have a new add-on feature that brings access to current-model TV sets.

Scripps News has moved forward with an effort that will "significantly expand" its documentary programming by creating a new longform unit devoted to producing cinematic offerings for Scripps News platforms and its distribution partners.

Christopher Ruddy has much to cheer about today. A lengthy battle over carriage fees that led to the removal of the Newsmax MVPD-distributed cable TV news channel from all DirecTV platforms has ended. 

The 52-member bargaining unit approved a four-year contract, which includes such benefits as minimum annual salary increases of 3% in the first year of the contract, and 2% increases in each of the following three years.

Covering more than 1,000 brands, 80 categories, 30 metrics and 10 years of analysis, "25 Ways TV Grows Brands: Powering Performance Through Full-Funnel Business Outcomes" distills a decade of analysis into how, according to the VAB, TV grows brands at each stage of the purchase funnel.

Fubo TV co-founder and CEO David Gandler, CFO John Janedis and the rest of the executive leadership team have signed off on a rebranding of its products by eliminating any "TV" references. It's doing so via a national ad campaign co-produced by Ryan Reynolds' Maximum Effort Productions. 

Thanks to artificial intelligence, "digital voice, likeness and performance simulations" are quickly becoming a reality. What does that mean to real-life actors? SAG-AFTRA bargaining is a necessity, the union says.

NewsNet's owner has been rapidly agreeing to acquire broadcast TV properties, rather than lease digital multicast channels tied to other owners. Now, it is agreeing to purchase a Class A digital TV property serving the Tidewater region of Virginia.

With teams including Princeton and Florida Atlantic University in the Sweet 16, anything goes in the next round of NCAA Men's College Basketball Tournament games. Could that see increased activity for one of America's biggest retailers at Spot Television?

Captivating content created by storytellers and filmmakers from around the world was judged online by NYF’s TV & Film Awards Grand Jury panel. Shortlisted entries included content in primetime entertainment, documentaries, investigative journalism, sports coverage, promos, streaming media, and brand image films.

Formerly known as Atlantic Broadband, Breezeline has been building out a new cloud-based IPTV platform for customers. Now, it is being made available across several Keystone State cities.

The FCC at its March Open Meeting on Thursday moved ahead with a proposal to widen audio description regulations to all remaining market areas where the requirement does not already apply. Commissioner Geoffrey Starks, in particular, was in favor of the Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.

Free, ad-supported television, or "FAST" channels, are growing at a fast pace. Is there an opportunity for broadcast television companies to capture audiences, and ad dollars, in this space? Perhaps a 2023 NAB Show session moderated by a veteran media and entertainment business journalist will provide answers.