Bank of America Securities analyst Jessica Reif Ehrlich has initiated coverage on Paramount Skydance Corp. Investors will hardly be excited over Ehrlich's initial analysis, which points to a long, slow growth trajectory for the company led by David Ellison. What could this mean for peers of the CBS parent?
It operates a Christian Talk & Teaching network with affiliated stations in some 18 U.S. states and in such markets as Kansas City, Memphis, Nashville, Merced and Fort Wayne. Now, Bott Radio Network is poised to enter Iowa's state capital.
For the sixth consecutive year, RBR+TVBR is pleased be accepting reader nominations for its 2025 Top Local TV Leaders list. We've received more than 150 votes so far ... be sure to get yours in today, as the final day for submissions is September 9.
A memo received by staff indicates that about 15% of PBS staff will be eliminated. It's a direct result of Republican efforts on Capitol Hill to put a kibosh on federal funding of the CPB.
Havas Media Network/North America is expanding the leadership role of the Chief Executive Officer for Noise Digital by naming him Head of CSA/North America. It's an appointment that comes some 27 years after Noise Digital's creation.
With the closing of Connoisseur Media's acquisition of Alpha Media, the newly expanded radio station broadcasting group has given the role of Sr. VP of Programming to a 12-year company veteran. As such, the Executive VP of Content for Alpha has exited.
Sports fans who use Roku devices to access video entertainment will now be able to find the games they wish to watch via the integration of YouTube TV in the "Roku Sports" platform. The timing coincides with the start of the 2025 National Football League season, making access to "NFL Sunday Ticket" easier.
He brings four decades of radio and broadcast experience that includes working as a board operator for Boston Red Sox games while attending Emerson College and is the son of the founders of Pacific Recorders & Engineering. Introducing the new Director of Western U.S. Sales for Telos Alliance.
KTLM-TV, known as “Telemundo 40” to viewers across Texas’s Rio Grande Valley, has named a new News Director. He’ll be joining the NBCUniversal Local’s Telemundo Station Group property on September 29.
The Chicago-based television broadcasting company that's responsible for bringing the MeTV Network brand to screens across the U.S. and to select radio stations, too, is expanding its UHF stable. It's thanks to an agreement that will give it ownership, pending FCC approval, of a property in Portland, Ore.
There was a big surge in reduction-in-force efforts among U.S.-based employers during the month of August, with two key media advertising categories primarily responsible for the bleak year-over-year and month-to-month trends.
It's well known that, more than ever, consumers of video content are turning to digital and streaming platforms and watching it on screens of all sizes. It turns out it is now a global phenomenon — one that has led to the worldwide shrinking of linear television ad spend, new data from WARC show.
Digital radio production company Super Hi-Fi, dedicated to "high margin radio" while exploring AI opportunities, has completed an update to its core AI technology platform. It increases AI system speeds across its entire radio operating system workflow by three times, the company says.
It is a primary goal of Beasley Media Group to bring a bevy of digital dollars to the coffers. An Amazon-owned company is being tasked to help. In related news, there's a new PD for "Country 103.7" in Charlotte, and its the woman who has been programming "Kiss 95.1" for the last four years.
He's been a News Director for Sinclair Inc.'s CBS and Telemundo affiliates serving Austin, Tex., for 11 years and has nearly three decades of experience in broadcast journalism. Now, he's agreed to take on the role of VP of News for Paramount Skydance's CBS Stations in Boston.
The National Association of Broadcasters is taking its fight to "modernize" the FCC's broadcast ownership rules by sending a message to consumers that they are at risk of losing live sports on free broadcast channels. And, the NAB is doing so through a new advertising campaign.
The Alpha Media purchase, first announced on May 5, saw Brigade Capital Management contributing much of the cash to make the transaction happen. Originally, closing was anticipated to occur in late 2025.
It's been the desire of the LPTV Broadcasters Association and its founder, "SuperFrank" Copsidas, to have the FCC lift its freeze on major changes to low-power and Class A broadcast television facilities. The Commission has just turned its heat lamps on the ice, allowing these LPTV stations to engage in major modifications.
USSI Global is celebrating the recent opening of a new repair and logistics complex in Suntree, Fla. The new facility allows the company to expand beyond its warranty business and add broadcast headend and production equipment to its catalog of repair services.
With outsized attention on the rescission bill that "clawed back" preauthorized funding in FY 2025 to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the "AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act" has yet to progress to a full vote. Should that happen, supporters will be pleased to know that the bill is filibuster-proof in the U.S. Senate.
