As Congress moves to act before its July 4 recess, former AEI visiting scholar and broadband economics expert Roslyn Layton discusses a revised spectrum bill in the U.S. Senate. In this think piece, Layton highlights why the proposal matters now—for broadband competitiveness and the restoration of FCC auction authority.
Want access to Hulu exclusives and happen to be a Charter Communications Spectrum customer? There's a tier offered by the MVPD giant that will now bring that to consumers at no additional cost, starting later this summer.
"Crafting Sound, Creating Experiences." That's the promise of a Coastal North Carolina limited liability company that has agreed to purchase a presently silent 50,000-watt FM reaching Nags Head and Kitty Hawk formerly known as "99.1 The Sound."
The FCC's newly minted third Commissioner and all-important quorum maker, Olivia Trusty, participated on Thursday in her first monthly Open Meeting. Among the agenda items is a Report and Order designed to remove "obsolete and unworkable" cable television rate rules.
In the world of carriage fee agreements and rebroadcast rights accords, an MVPD typically negotiates with a cable and/or over-the-air TV station owner on a blanket agreement. For direct broadcast satellite service provider DirecTV, that has meant an “all-or-nothing” scenario in which it must take every channel as part of a deal or none at all […]
A Sinclair-owned MVPD-distributed offering and its streaming-only sibling will continue to serve as the exclusive homes of WTA tennis in the U.S. for the next several years, thanks to a new media rights deal announced on Wednesday.
In May 2024, a digital multicast specialist is launching a new subchannel network dedicated to classic cartoons in a partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery. Now, this vintage animation offering is being added to the DirecTV lineup, thanks to a multi-year carriage agreement.
It was a partnership that started in 2023 with a Local Marketing Agreement on a single station in Oregon. Now, Hope Media Group and Worship 24/7 are set to formally unite in a merger of the two Christian radio networks, in a significant global expansion for HMG.
For a generation of broadcast radio enthusiasts, it served as the definitive online hub of classic AM and FM programs, both scoped and as-aired with full songs and commercials. Now, ReelRadio is back, and it is thanks to the North Carolina Broadcast History Museum and Beasley Media Group.
"Community, connection, and trusted journalism" is a mantra that perhaps NAB President/CEO Curtis LeGeyt may offer when advocating for local radio and TV. Soon, those qualitative features will serve as the fuel for a "one-of-a-kind coffee shop experience," courtesy of Graham Media Group's flagship broadcast TV station.
It is being described as "a strategic move" that further strengthens the nationally recognized law firm's Space & Satellite capabilities, Pillsbury is welcoming a new partner within the Communications practice of its National Capitol office.
At a community event in the Bluegrass State, Anna M. Gómez met with community leaders and the public to discuss what she believes are "recent attacks by the Administration" and the FCC itself against the First Amendment "and their ongoing efforts to censor and control speech."
It’s a group of radio stations that have served Bay County, Fla., and the one-time Spring Break hub of Panama City Beach for decades. Pending FCC regulatory approval, these four FMs will become the newest properties associated with a media company led and founded by President/CEO John Caracciolo. In an announcement distributed on Wednesday morning ahead […]
The future ownership of a Class A FM radio station serving a group of small communities due west of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, will be left up to the executrix of the estate of its owner, who passed away in mid-May at the age of 82.
The parent organization of the NPR Member stations serving Sacramento and much of Northern California, mired in a state of fiscal fragility, has confirmed that it is planning to end its operating agreements with stations serving Chico, Calif., and across Humboldt County — putting these operations in an unknown state come 2026.
The House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday recommended level funding of $40 million for fiscal year 2026 for the Next Generation Warning System (NGWS) which provides critical investment in public broadcasting’s public safety infrastructure.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Four new public radio stations are now participating in the “One Small Step” initiative from StoryCorps, thanks to a fresh grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. StoryCorps believes its One Small Step project “helps bridge partisan divides through civil conversations.” Now included in the mix of participants are KGNU in Boulder, Colo.; Tri States Public […]
Ministerio R.M., Inc., licensee of WJVE-LP in Deltona, Fla., is seeking to avoid financial penalties with a late-filed FCC transfer of control application, admitting that years of board changes were never properly reported due to a lack of understanding of agency rules.
After revamping its smartphone app experience in December, iHeartMedia is now putting live radio directly into a new kind of mobile platform: sunglasses. The company has rolled out an integration with Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, becoming the first to give users hands-free access to radio and podcasts by simply speaking to their eyewear.
The great streaming shakeout is well underway. As subscription prices continue to climb, millions of viewers are opting out - but they aren’t tuning out. Instead, a growing wave of consumers is flipping back to ad-supported streaming, embracing free services that trade commercials for cost savings, according to VAB.
