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One of the largest global marketing and advertising agency networks has agreed to become the first agency partner of NBCUnified, a "holistic first-party data and identity platform" that brings together NBCUniversal’s assets into a scaled offering for marketers within its One Platform offering.

The integration of SPI INTERNATIONAL within CANAL+ Group is now complete. The transaction, which sees CANAL+ Group acquire 80% of SPI, comes following regulatory approval in each of the European jurisdictions concerned.

Diamond Sports Group LLC and Diamond Sports Finance Company, two indirect subsidies of Sinclair Broadcast Group, have completed the final settlement of their previously announced private debt exchange offer.

For 20 years, the son of legendary Major League Baseball play-by-play announcer Jack Buck and a former Dallas Cowboys quarterback proved to be a winning combination for FOX Sports, which paired the two men as their lead National Football League commentators in the broadcast booth. On Wednesday, a new era began for Joe Buck and Troy Aikman.

Among the companies actively pushing ATSC 3.0, and the dollar stream it presents, is low-power TV broadcaster and "Broadcast Internet" pioneer ARK Multicasting. What is it up to? The company chose the National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) conference in Nashville to share the latest with the industry.

As Byron Allen sees it, it's a cultural lifestyle destination and leading sports media provider capturing the history, diversity, perspectives, and cultural experiences at Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Now, the HBCU GO app has a multi-year partnership in place with a NCAA Division I conference linked to such institutions of higher learning.

ATSC 3.0-powered television broadcasts for the Michigan market's Big Four networks and its affiliate for The CW Network are now live and available for the lucky few who can tune in to enjoy the beefed-up over-the-air transmissions.

The quick-service restaurant category has long been a fan of Spot Cable. In the latest report, a one-time competitor of Roy Rogers is present thanks to a revved-up Reuben campaign.

For Paramount, it appears that a caped crusader has lifted the company's riches on Wall Street, and concurrently brought new hope to a battered box office. Paramount Global shares were up by nearly 11% in Monday's trading on Nasdaq. "The Batman" seems to be the big reason for the new optimism in the company led by Bob Bakish.

In a day-and-age where cord-cutting continues across the U.S., having a more-powerful digital UHF signal than a digital VHF facility is more essential than ever for a broadcast TV station owner. Just as The E.W. Scripps Co., which has asked the FCC to give it the OK to shift five of its Big Sky country stations from VHF to UHF.

A Howard Shirk Holdings-owned Heroes & Icons-affiliated station using digital Channel 34 has become the "lighthouse" facility for ATSC 3.0-powered NEXTGEN TV signals in DMA No. 94.

A 19-year veteran Allen Media Group employee who first joined as Vice President of Advertising Sales has been given the new role of Chief Revenue Officer. Before his 2003 arrival at the Byron Allen-owned operation, he spent over a decade in national broadcast buying.

The "Big Four" broadcast television network affiliates and the low-power TV station airing Azteca América programming across Palm Beach County and the Treasure Coast of Florida have collectively made the leap to deliver "a revolutionary new digital broadcast technology" to local consumers.

The Director of Content at the TEGNA-owned CBS affiliate located on Gandy Blvd. in St. Petersburg, Fla., will soon be trading in her Bolts and Bucs jerseys for Flyers and Eagles attire. That's because she's just been named President/GM of CBS News and Stations’ local businesses in Philadelphia.

Brian Handrigan, co-founder and CEO of St. Louis-based Advocado, shares in this InFOCUS Podcast how the company's November 2021 purchase of VEIL watermarking software is moving forward, and what Advocado's acquisition of Kantar BVS means, too. LISTEN HERE