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The Commission will consider rules to implement the Low Power Protection Act and provide eligible LPTVs with an opportunity to apply for primary status, a move the FCC feels will better protect the ability of LPTVs to deliver local programming to underserved audiences. The LPTVBA is against the proposal.

The vMVPD pay-TV services totaled 14.7 million subscribers in Q3 2023, Leichtman Research Group data show. That figure is key to understanding the cable TV consumer trends impacting America, as sports is driving consumer demand for vMVPDs as traditional cable TV service providers' losses continue.

TV streaming platform Roku has forged a strategic product and commercial partnership with a platform designed for the creation and operation of "real-time 3D" content — something Roku believes will help mobile app businesses in growing their app install campaigns to TV streaming inventory.

It's being billed by a Los Angeles-based TV software maker as "a major software update" that gives advertisers some of the most advanced tools in what's called "Performance TV," just in time for the 2023 holiday shopping season.

OpenX Technologies, an omnichannel supply-side platform provider, has launched what it calls "an ongoing initiative to unlock the full potential of Connected TV." How so? OpenX seeks to combine the top aspects of linear and programmatic buying models into its new "TV+" offering.

AudienceXpress, a Comcast Advertising company, has partnered with Epsilon, a global advertising and marketing technology company, to introduce a new capability for enhancing audience-based, convergent television buying.

With an official Public Notice distributed Thursday, the FCC's Media Bureau says all ATSC 3.0 multicast licensing rules adopted in the Third Next Gen TV Report and Order are now in effect. As such, the Bureau is now ready to accept NextGen TV license applications that involve simulcast multicast streams and/or non-simulcast 1.0 multicast streams.

Bridge Media Network is one of the biggest acquisitors of broadcast television stations in 2023. To learn more about its aggressive growth plans and the vision for both NEWSnet and its fledgling sports operation, RBR+TVBR sat down with CEO Vince Bodiford for an exclusive one-on-one conversation.  LISTEN HERE

A provider of "currency-grade" smart TV data based in Los Angeles has found that some 94% of total streaming time during the third quarter of 2023 was driven by viewers who only (64.6%) or mostly (29%) streamed on their smart TVs.

For the first time in the U.S., students of the Atlanta University Center will have the opportunity to complete a four-year college degree in which the last two years of the curriculum are devoted to equipping them with the skills to succeed in media sales, operations, and marketing starting in the Fall of 2026.

An AI watermark and content measurement and enhancement technology firm has introduced a watermarking system to digitally authenticate and track “trusted” news sources for video.

It's the parent of DTS AutoStage, TiVo and HD Radio, and in Q3 2022 saw a nearly $400 million operating loss. This year, there was revenue growth, and a loss that shrunk considerably year-over-year.  The biggest takeaway from Xperi Corp.? Adjusted EBITDA in Q3 2023 was positive, demonstrating that the company is making significant strides toward profitability.

When it comes to the timely placement by every noncommercial educational TV licensee of an issues/programs list detailing shows " that have provided the station’s most significant treatment of community issues during the preceding three month period," the FCC isn't fooling around with its Online Public Inspection File deadline enforcement.

The financial sector's quest to grow its consumer base now appears to include a big focus on Spot Cable, new data from iHeartMedia-owned Media Monitors show. Could banks be in for the long haul when it comes to Spot Cable activity?

TelevisaUnivision has expanded an exclusive agreement with SBT (Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão), a company within the Silvio Santos Group, that secures the presence of Televisa's telenovelas on free-to-air television in Brazil for the next five years.