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Production professionals in radio, television, and streaming should be able to ensure that dialogues are always clearly understandable to the audience. Therefore, the Fraunhofer IDMT-HSA in Oldenburg developed the "Listening Effort Meter" (LE-Meter) for the objective evaluation of speech intelligibility.

At CES 2026, DirecTV Advertising introduced the programmatic enablement of inventory from DirecTV Remote, a move it says makes it easier for brands to reach TV audiences on the go.

She's largely viewed as a leading media research and analytics expert and was first appointed to a key role in the field for CBS in November 2017. Before that, she was associated with iHeartMedia. Now, many across the media industry are in mourning, as Radha Subramanyam has died of cancer.

The partnership will allow Weigel Broadcasting Co. to provide programming across several of its digital multicast networks in 2026. Already, Weigel's Start TV network has added HMPG series "Journey with Dylan Dreyer" and "Recipe Rehab with Evette Rios" to the lineup.

As the ATSC 3.0 Security Authority, or "A3SA," sees it, we live in an era when content providers are under continual threat from piracy. That's what led a pair of electronics manufacturers to develop Home Gateway content viewing options for NEXTGEN TV consumers that wish to watch "free secure broadcast NEXTGEN TV signals" throughout the home.

Sports content delivery for such businesses as hotels, bars and lounges, restaurants, salons, private offices, senior residences and airlines has become big business. That explains why direct broadcast satellite TV provider and broadcast TV industry consolidation foe DirecTV is introducing a streaming TV tool for SMBs.

“This is a meaningful win for Xfinity subscribers, and we look forward to welcoming even more fans into the world of MeTV Toons, a television destination unlike any other,” said Weigel Vice Chairman Neal Sabin.

MediaCo Holding Inc.-owned Estrella TV has struck a strategic content collaboration with a 12-year-old news organization founded by journalists who fled the regime of the late Hugo Chavez. The move gives the Spanish-language broadcast TV network direct access to expanded coverage of Venezuela.

The new year has brought a whole new crop of advertisers to the top of the brand activity report for Spot TV as determined by iHeartMedia-owned Media Monitors. On top? A P&G brand since 1985 it acquired in order to prevent rival Unilever from plucking it themselves.

DirecTV, in a filing tied to the FCC's exploration of broadcast TV network affiliation relationships, contends that consumers should be able to pay for the channels they actually watch and desire to receive, abolishing the tiers and group pricing seen for decades by a fading business losing customers to FAST channels and OTT.

The Hearst Television station considered to be its flagship property, an ABC affiliate branded as "Boston's News Leader," is bumping a game show to the wee hours of the morning in order to accommodate a new midday local newscast.

Nexstar Media Group shares are poised to finish 2025 on a high note, with eight months of steady upward momentum super-charged by its announcement that it seeks to acquire TEGNA in a game-changing deal awaiting FCC regulatory approval — and a necessary local ownership rule thaw.

It's the last week of 2025 for brands to build consumer awareness and sales through TV spots, and at cable TV networks tracked by Media Monitors, the play count crown goes to an auto insurance specialist that was barely a household name 15 years ago.

New Year's Eve 2025 is rapidly approaching, and broadcast TV stations that are developing plans for their on-air, online and social coverage of New Year’s Eve now have access to this year’s official Times Square New Year’s Eve content, courtesy of Countdown Entertainment and the Times Square Alliance.

Broadcast television station ownership group Gray Media has signed a multi-year agreement with NBCUniversal that extends and renews NBC network affiliation agreements with the company's affiliate stations.