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A media executive with more than four decades of leadership experience who serves as Chairman of NBCUniversal Local, overseeing both NBC and Telemundo-branded owned stations and the NBC Sports Regional Networks, has been selected as the recipient of the 2026 RBR+TVBR Lifetime Leadership Award.

The NAB has released the first public report from the NextGen TV News Technology Lab that illustrates local broadcast TV stations are already using ATSC 3.0-powered channels to deliver interactive news, "smarter weather" and emergency alerts to consumers.

Audio advertising shop AdLarge has appointed a Chief Revenue Officer, tasked with overseeing revenue strategy and sales leadership across both AdLarge and the female-focused content platform fwd. network.

The Triton Digital tool is compatible with other digital measurement platforms via DSP

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To commemorate 250 years of U.S. independence, Hearst Media Production Group (HMPG) is moving ahead with production of an original series that will air weekend mornings on NBC stations, starting August 22, featuring an iconic actor known for his portrayal as "Dr. Frasier Crane."

Introducing Bradley Smith, Chief Executive Officer of Carlsbad, Calif.-based Wise Support Services. He's poised to become the owner of a noncommercial FM radio station in Bethany, Mo., based on a Form 314 filing awaiting FCC regulatory approval.

A bipartisan bill that would establish a federal intellectual property right allowing individuals to authorize or block digital replicas of their voice and likeness has cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee, setting up a full floor vote in the upper body of Congress.

Have a conversation with any brand manager or Chief Marketing Officer, and they'll likely chat about such topics as addressable advertising, GRPs, KPIs and other sorts of measurement tools Radio has, in their minds, sorely lacked. Now, iHeartMedia says it has a solution for Radio's advertiser/marketer shortfall.

The availability of Akta on OCI gives media organizations a new way to modernize video infrastructure without stitching together separate tools, cloud environments or workflow systems, the company says.

At WorldDAB Automotive, CRA's Lizzie Young spoke on the fight for the dashboard

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