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In September 2018, the post-Les Moonves era at what was then-called CBS Corporation entered another new chapter. Dick Parsons — the former head of Time Warner — was named Interim Chairman of the company’s Board of Directors. Now, many across the broadcast media industry are paying tribute to Parsons, who died December 26 in New York.

The Christmas holiday season is now in the past, but there was one big retail chain that took to Spot TV to target last-minute shoppers in the two days leading up to Santa Claus' arrival across the U.S.

Curiosity Inc., traded on Nasdaq, was founded nine years ago by Discovery Channel founder John Hendricks and his daughter, Elizabeth Saravia. Now, Curiosity is diving into the world of free ad-supported streaming television in a big way.

The FCC has said yes to a request from the NAB for an expedited retroactive extension of the waiver of a rule that requires television broadcasters to provide an aural representation of visual, non-textual emergency information that is displayed during non-newscast programming, such as radar maps or other graphics, on a secondary audio stream.

There's a clear category that's dominating Spot TV in the days leading up to the Christmas holiday. And, to little surprise, brick-and-mortar retailers are responsible for the two top campaigns by spot count, as determined by iHeartMedia-owned Media Monitors.

The Missouri Broadcasters Association and Gray Media are celebrating a decision by a Cole County, Mo., Circuit Court Judge that finds a state law passed in 2023 requiring a blanket redaction rule for all witness and victim names in court filings is unconstitutional and unenforceable.

He was an award-winning journalist who became an iconic television figure in Southwestern Virginia. Now, many are paying tribute to Mark Spain, who has died at the age of 64 after a bout with cancer.

Comscore is "expanding its partnership" with the Atlanta-headquartered broadcast television company led by Hilton Howell Jr. and Pat LaPlatney.

Introducing "WNPT-VC," a new virtual ATSC 3.0 channel that's just been launched in Music City U.S.A. thanks to a partnership between Nashville PBS and the company that is leading the charge on the transition from ATSC 1.0 digital TV broadcasts: Sinclair Inc.

The privately held company that has proven to be a champion of new television broadcasting technology is now transmitting content in High Dynamic Range (HDR) via the FOX affiliate it owns in North Carolina's Triangle region.

For decades there's been little debate as to what station dominates the South Florida ratings for local news and FOX Sports' NFL coverage. Now, that station's owner is ensuring data provided by Nielsen only reinforces this fiercely independent broadcast property's strength in the Miami DMA — in addition to its Boston sibling.

KLAS-8 will serve as host for “Coast-to-Coast Countdown to 2025,” billed as an exclusive live New Year’s Eve special airing from 11pm Eastern on December 31 through 3:30am Eastern on January 1, allowing viewers in each time zone in the continental U.S. to enjoy a live countdown to 2025.

The competition will be available on The Roku Channel’s recently launched Roku Sports Channel. In addition, Roku has launched X Games TV FAST channel and will curate a dedicated X Games Zone, a destination for fans to browse, discover, and stream everything X Games, including programming highlights, clips, interviews, and archival content.

While FOX enjoyed consumption gains from its coverage of the 2024 World Series, which saw the New York Yankees lose to the Los Angeles Dodgers; NFL regular-season games and coverage of the 2024 U.S. presidential election, it is YouTube's popularity with consumers that broadcast TV leaders should note.

Sinclair Inc.'s local news content-focused streaming service NewsON has upgraded its app on the Roku platform, with new features and an updated user interface now available for its users.