Thursday, July 23, 2026

FCC

EchoStar, Hauppauge Get FCC No-Analog OKs

Each of the company's requests were unopposed
E.W. Scripps Company

E.W. Scripps Loves TV: Here’s Why

The company's radio properties got zero attention at a UBS conference session featuring E.W. Scripps' CEO and SVP/Television

EZ TV Platform’s Next-Gen Platform Set For Sports Summit

The EZ TV 8.0 IPTV, will be ready for its closeup at next week's Sports Video Group (SVG) Summit in New York

SintecMedia Just Bought This Digital Ad Management Firm

The combined company brings together TV and digital ad management for media companies and publishers on a global level

First-To-Market TV DMP Launched By Lotame

Lotame and Pearl TV have just taken a step that will help provide the most accurate viewer data -- something essential as OTT grows
Les Moonves

Les Moonves: ‘You Can’t Live Without CBS’

Nary a word was said on CBS Radio, which is now on track for a Q1 2017 spinoff from CBS Corp.
Ed Markey

Sen. Markey To Comcast: Show Me The Coverage

The shift of NBC affiliation from WHDH-7 in Boston to a New Hampshire station boosted by an LPTV station in Boston is at issue

Viacom: An ‘Incredible Company’ With ‘Clear Issues’

Interim CEO Robert Bakish talks up Viacom at the UBS conference, while a new head of global content distribution is named

NAB To FCC: Reevaluate Your Media Ownership Rules

The NAB sent the FCC a 32-page petition for reconsideration of its quadrennial review of its broadcast ownership rules
Media General

LIN Television Extends Change Of Control Offer

The offer was scheduled to expire at 11:59 p.m. Eastern on Nov. 30. It has been extended to 11:59 p.m. Eastern on Dec. 7
Greg Walden

On Walden Pond: Oregon Rep New House E&C Chair

Oregon Congressman Greg Walden officially got the nod to succeed Rep. Fred Upton on Thursday
FCC

Reverse Auction Ends Stage 3 With $40B Clearing Cost

The new clearing target is 108 MHz, representing 80 MHz of licensed spectrum.
Sumner Redstone

Are Analysts Newly Wary Of Viacom?

Two analysts cut their ratings on Viacom shares on increased suspicions that a reunification with CBS isn't happening
SBG / Sinclair Broadcast Group

This Toledo TV Station Is Set For Out-Of-State Control

Master control and tech aspects for the newscasts of Toledo, Ohio's NBC affiliate are soon to be handled by a South Bend, Ind., station

‘Bland and Boxy’ New Digs For Tribune Media?

WGN America, WGN-9, and Tribune Studios are heading to the opposite side of the Chicago River