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The FCC has adopted an order expanding its audio description requirements to an additional 40 designated market areas (DMAs) over the next four years. The action, the Commission says, ensures that a greater number of individuals who are blind or visually impaired can be better connected, informed, and entertained by television programming.

The impact of the transformation of news online and the accompanying loss of revenue is so large that Congress needs to provide the Federal Trade Commission new authority to protect the local news industry. That's the argument presented by Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Maria Cantwell. And, we've got an Observation in response to Cantwell.

A company that's gained notice for its app-based TV video delivery platform has just finalized an agreement with Massillon, Ohio-based MCTV that allows it to bring IP-based services and streaming video content to its residential subscribers in the Buckeye State.

Election Day is a week from Tuesday in the U.S. And, the Democratic candidate for President is far and away the leader with respect to campaign spots shown on broadcast TV over the last week. Even more, Joe Biden benefited from a spot TV campaign paid for by a political action committee. Where was the incumbent? Saving his campaign ad dollars.

While the time consumers spend watching TV news has been rising since the fall of last year, it peaked at just under nine-and-a-half hours each week in April of this year—the height of the stay-at-home period in the U.S. Fast forward to September, American adults are still engaged with news, new Nielsen data show.

On Monday, RBR+TVBR reported that Ramar Communications has agreed to sell The CW Network affiliate in Lubbock, along with two low-power facilities to Gray Television. Ramar is also selling the FOX affiliate and its associated Class A facility to SagamoreHill Broadcasting. Details including the value of the Texas deals brokered by Kalil & Co. are now known.

Two broadcast TV company CEOs were joined by LG's lead PR chief and the chief executive of a big tower owner in a NAB Show New York virtual panel discussion devoted to the rollout of NEXTGEN TV.

The Advanced Television Systems Committee's annual Next Gen Broadcast Conference is coming Monday -- as a virtual event tied to the ongoing NAB Show New York. The agenda of this all-online affair includes a keynote address from one FCC Commissioner and six panels examining the status of ATSC 3.0 and future broadcast technologies.

Media brokerage Kalil & Co. is universally known across the media industry as a top facilitator of broadcast property sales. Now, it has successfully served as the exclusive broker in a transaction 100% focused on the fast-growing AVOD industry -- a sign that the rise of this form of video content and its providers could be more than just a digital fad.

A new research study published by S&P Global Market Intelligence's Quantamental Research group has pinpointed four types of executive policy that it believes drive corporate value. The report highlights policies S&P says can serve as a checklist for stakeholders to determine whether a CEO is likely to increase corporate prosperity.

Two Fletcher Heald & Hildreth attorneys on Wednesday (10/14) teamed up with the head of the Florida Association of Broadcasters and representatives from the FCC and the former FEMA Administrator for a webinar dedicated to broadcast operations in a time of heightened public concern.

A next-generation television service that is taking shape in Idaho's largest city has initiated the first over-the-air broadcast in the U.S. of a 24/7 4K UHD channel. It's being done thanks to ATSC 3.0, the new digital broadcast standard powering NEXTGEN TV and the data capabilities associated with it.

The Walt Disney Company is moving forward with a major strategic reorganization of its media and entertainment businesses. Wall Street analyst Michael Nathanson's attention was immediately grabbed, and he has some thoughts on what it means to advertisers, consumers and media company investors. "Disney will essentially now have two revenue centers," he says.

The release of The E.W. Scripps Co.'s third quarter financial results come as the company's stock seeks to establish a "new normal" on Wall Street, with values fluctuating between $10 and $12 over the last several weeks.

Here's a first, according to DoubleVerify: Inclusion & Exclusion lists for CTV, thanks to a new tool that allows brands to target, or avoid, specific CTV apps. It's yet another must-read for broadcast TV stations struggling with ways to offer addressable advertising solutions for its clients.