Radio+Television Business Report

His previous stops include K Media Consulting and at Audiology, which he founded. Now, he's opened what he's calling "a next-generation content, distribution and media sales company" targeting podcasting, streaming audio, digital, in-app, Connected TV and video destinations.

A new collaboration with a space-branded real estate specialist is bringing "next level offshoring agility" to broadcasters, OTT platforms, ​media tech and software companies by managing complete lifecycle of content. Skandha says.

Some have labeled it a "shell company." Others simply believe it is an independently owned broadcast licensee who has decided to enter into shared services agreements with larger, more established players. However you label it, Deerfield Media and its owner, Stephen P. Mumblow, are about to shrink the asset stable.

A series of asset purchase agreements have been submitted to the FCC for its regulatory approval that, if it gives its OK, would shift ownership to an organization under the direction of Luther Pate IV.

An AM/FM combo in Warrenton, Mo., and an accompanying trio of FM translators — including one licensed to St. Louis — are being transferred to the personal representative to the estate of the individual who owned them. The change in control comes after the owner's recent passing.

In a major policy speech delivered in Sioux Falls, S. Dakota, at a tower climber training center, on Wednesday, the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission addressed the need for "cutting red tape and modernizing FCC operations." There's new news on this front.

ATSC, the Broadcast Standards Association, has named a broadcast engineering and standards veteran as its Vice President of Standards Development. He will succeed longtime ATSC Vice President Jerry Whitaker, who is retiring at the end of August.

In September 2024, he joined one of the nation’s leading video systems integration and consulting firms as Director of Business Development and Technology after serving as Chief Technology Officer at Byron Allen's Allen Media Group. Now, he's the owner of HVS.

The legal representatives of the President of the United States, as a private citizen, and the owner of CBS News & Stations have come to an agreement that ends a legal tussle between the company seeking to complete its merger with Skydance Media and the person who is again Commander-in-Chief.

The lone Democratic vote maker on the FCC has lashed out at Paramount Global for settling a lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump before his re-election over alleged defamation and "news distortion" conducted by 60 Minutes, calling the legal challenge "meritless."

A NYSE-traded technology platform that brings performance marketing to Connected TV has forged a partnership with a "go-to-market intelligence platform" in a way that is designed to help business-to-business marketers "reach the right business decision-makers through streaming TV ads."

According to a new Horowitz Research report, some 85% of American consumers watch at least some live TV content. And, in a boost to the Connected TV purveyor, some 40% of live viewers say they typically watch live TV on free, ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) services.

The multi-year agreements extend Mediacom’s carriage of Paramount’s broadcast TV stations under the CBS banner and such cable TV networks as BET, Comedy Central, MTV and Nickelodeon. As part of the renewal, Mediacom can now make the Paramount+ Premium plan available to Mediacom customers.

A Class B AM serving an area of Ohio between Sandusky and Cleveland is about to change hands. For longtime listeners, however, a shift to an all-digital online platform has transpired, keeping the locally focused chat intact.

It's the home of the University of Kansas' main campus. And, it is also the city of license for a low-power television station that is being acquired by the licensee led by Matthew Davidge. It is a deal that sees Julie Huang sell the property.

In early March, a former Bally Sports sales executive who between 2009 and 2013 served as CEO of television broadcast station owner PBC Broadcasting, agreed to a deal returning him to the ownership ranks. However, that transaction was challenged — not because of him, but because of Sinclair Inc.

Civic Media has struck an agreement with J&J Broadcasting, headquartered in Iron River, Wisc. Interestingly, the purchase will be completed by the newly formed Michigan Civic Media Alliance — led by Civic Media with additional support and investment from the Michigan Independent Media Group (MIMG).

At the start of 2024, he became Times-Shamrock Communications CEO. Before that, he served as COO of 7 Mountains Media; as President/CEO of WBEB-FM in Philadelphia under the ownership of Jerry Lee; and in a previous tenure spent nine years as Times-Shamrock's COO. As of today, he is now retired.

The prolific entrepreneur of low-power broadcast televisions is at it again when it comes to signing off on a transaction. This time, he's struck a deal to purchase a property serving Salt Lake City.

A Tennessee not-for-profit religious corporation has agreed to sell a low-power television station licensed to the largest city in California's Central Valley to an individual with a rich history in Golden State broadcasting and a desire to operate the mini facility.