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The Media Bureau reminds television broadcasters that the audio description rules will extend to DMAs 71 through 80 on January 1, 2022

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Roger Wahl Termination Order

National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE), the global business association for content producers, distributors, streamers and buyers across all platforms, has unveiled the recipients for its 2022 Iris Awards. 

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NEW YORK — With the transition in power from Vince Sadusky to Wade Davis at Univision Communications in January 2021, a veteran sales executive exited the multimedia company devoted to serving U.S. Hispanic consumers.

Now, he’s resurfaced at one of the fastest growing competitors to Univision.

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Meredith Corporation as you knew it is now another faded company of broadcast media’s past, as Gray Television on Wednesday completed its $2.8 billion merger and subsequent spin-off of its non-local broadcast television assets to the Barry Diller-led IAC.

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The last remaining properties tied to Red River Broadcast Co. have been spun, in a transaction that saw Kalil & Co. serve as the exclusive broker in the transaction signed off by Kathy Lau and John Exline.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — For the first time since 1992, reauthorization of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) could be at hand.

A bill introduced Wednesday by the Senate Commerce Committee’s Ranking Member and the top Republican on the House Subcommittee on Communications, Media and Broadband would do so. And, the legislation would also reform NTIA’s role in a way.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Russell Senate Office Building is just a one-mile walk from the FCC’s new headquarters. Yet, the path for Gigi Sohn in earning the role of a Democratic Commissioner at the agency may be as wide as the Anacostia River.

With vocal support from some and vehement opposition from others, Sohn’s selection by President Biden to fill out the FCC has become one of the most controversial in modern times. On Wednesday, Senate Commerce Committee Members scrutinized Sohn, along with three other nominees for governmental agencies.

While there were some fireworks, the midday session was as emblematic of a Capitol Hill nomination hearing.

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Nautel announced topics for its next round of webinars.

These are part of the company’s “Transmission Talk Tuesday” series that is live on Tuesdays at noon Eastern time. Jeff Welton hosts.

Putting 1+1 Together airs on Dec. 7 and features Kurt Gorman of Phasetek to discuss multiplexing and some of the challenges and benefits of combining multiple AM signals.

Doing More with Less (Dec. 14)  sees Jeff digging into  Modulation Dependent Carrier Level (MDCL) implementations and how the different aspects of installation can affect both quality and savings.

 

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Xperi believes that the radio industry is at an inflection point in how its product is delivered to consumers in the vehicle — or to put it more bluntly, that radio is being outgunned, outmanned and out-financed by Big Tech and other competitors when compared to what broadcast radio offers in the dashboard.

In this special webcast on Dec. 15, co-produced by Radio World and Xperi, we talk with experts about how the connectivity environment is changing and why Xperi believes its DTS AutoStage offering is the most powerful global radio solution to ensure radio’s continued prominence.

Xperi’s Joe D’Angelo, Radio World’s Paul McLane and guest panelists will discuss broad trends in connectivity in vehicles, and the implications of these trends for the media landscape; how forward-looking radio organizations are preparing for the digital future; what’s being done to assure radio’s integration with Android Automotive; the role of services like Quu that improve the listener’s user experience; and the value proposition for DTS AutoStage, which Xperi believes brings powerful benefits to broadcasters and radio listeners to address this pressing question.

Viewers of the webcast will also have access to the new companion e-book that explores these topics in more detail

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NEW YORK — The Coalition for Innovative Media Measurement (CIMM), in conjunction with Project X Institute’s Jon Watts and Alan Wolk of TVREV, have announced the development of a “Guide to Converged TV Measurement Providers.”

Upon completion in early 2022, the guide seeks to provide a landscape of the entire Converged TV measurement ecosystem in the U.S, as well as a comparative analysis of the companies who are conducting converged TV audience measurement.

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Acting FCC chair Jessica Rosenworcel at her Nov. 17 confirmation hearing. (C-SPAN)

Acting Federal Communications Commission chairperson Jessica Rosenworcel was approved by the Senate Commerce Committee Wednesday (Dec. 1) on a voice vote for a new, five-year term, meaning only a likely swift full-Senate confirmation remains before she becomes the regulator‘s first non-acting woman chair.

The vote was not quite unanimous, with Sen. Ron Johnson (R–Wis.) voting no, as he did on several other nominations being voted as a package. Also considered at the business session was Alvaro Bedoya to be the fifth member of the Federal Trade Commission. The panel split 14–14 on Bedova, but he is still allowed to advance to the full Senate for consideration.

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Committee chair Maria Cantwell (D–Wash.) introduced the vote as on Rosenworcel as commissioner, leading Sen. Jon Tester (D–Mont.) to ask whether that should not have been as chair. Cantwell pointed out that the chair post was a presidential designation, and that she had been so designated — meaning confirmation as “commissioner” was correct.

“We congratulate Chairwoman Rosenworcel on her approval by the Senate Commerce Committee for another term at the FCC,” NCTA—The Internet & Television Association President and CEO Michael Powell said in a statement. “During her time at the commission, Jessica has been a champion for connecting every American to broadband and she has only heightened this focus during her time as acting chair. We encourage the full Senate to swiftly move ahead with her nomination.”

“Charter applauds the Senate Commerce Committee on today’s vote approving the nomination of Chairwoman Rosenworcel for another term at the FCC,” said the cable broadband operator in a statement. “Throughout her tenure at the FCC, Chairwoman Rosenworcel has proven herself a tireless advocate for consumers and we look forward to continuing to work together.”

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As the media and entertainment tech industry reels from the cancellation of another important trade show, a new report from the Bubble Agency concludes that in-person industry events are still a main source of business networking and transactions.

The report, Marketing Media Technology: Revealing what broadcast and media technology buyers want from their suppliers, was researched by Caretta Research in partnership with U.K.-based Bubble Agency — a PR company with a number of video technology vendors as its clients — and is based on the analysis of detailed focus group interviews and survey data gathered from a broad range of industry leaders in the third quarter of 2021.

The report concluded that, despite the cancellation of industry trade shows, in-person events remain the most popular channel for buyers to keep up with industry trends and vendor news, chosen by 83 percent of respondents. But it also noted that as the options of connecting buyers and vendors have increased through social media and email marketing campaigns, the role of trade shows evolved, even prior to the pandemic.

“Trade shows increasingly play a more important role in closing sales than in generating pipeline, with content-based marketing raising awareness long before the convention begins,” the report noted.

The increasing focus on software has driven the shift to SaaS and cloud services, smaller projects, faster buying cycles, and increasingly-informed buyers cherry picking the vendors they want to work with.

The report also found that media still plays a critical role, with trade press magazines and websites serving as important channels of information for 71 percent of sellers and 69 percent of buyers. LinkedIn is the most popular social media platform for the industry, with 98 percent of technology providers and 88 percent of buyers using it for industry research “often” or “sometimes.”

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YouTube is another popular platform for providing information but is underutilized, according to buyers.

“In general, we think YouTube is an underused resource by many marketing teams. Bite-size videos are an effective way to communicate product capabilities, customer case studies and industry know-how,” the report said. “Yet very few industry suppliers have an actively-updated YouTube channel, and almost none have equipped their spokespeople with even the most basic video and audio kit for recording and streaming.”

The report also noted, however, that there appears to be a disconnect between how information is communicated to customers, with 81 percent of sellers thinking their company is good at understanding potential customers’ needs, and only 61 percent of buyers agreeing.

Buyers are also not big on high-level “thought leadership” pieces on general industry problems, which can appear vague, the report noted. “The problem with lots of content is it turns out to be deceptive,” said one buyer. “Very generic words about an industry topic like ST 2110, but not about what that particular supplier can actually do.”

The report confirms what many in the media and entertainment industry have known for years — that even before the pandemic, trade shows were becoming less focused on the all-important once or twice a year product launches and were becoming more important for networking and maintaining personal business relationships.

“This research reveals the fundamental shifts in the broadcast and media technology buying process that we’re tracking,” said Rob Ambrose, co-founder of Caretta Research and the report’s author. “Buyers want honest, transparent marketing communications from potential suppliers so they can clearly understand what vendors can do, and gauge their ability to deliver. In an increasingly-virtual world building trust has never been more important.”

Sadie Groom, Bubble Agency CEO added, “the industry is changing rapidly, and as a result the successful sales and marketing strategies that the leading companies are deploying are changing too,” comments “Modern marketing communications needs to be a two-way process with a clear strategy developed for engaging with customers and prospects and hearing what they want, and it is fascinating to see both the similarities and the differences in emphasis between the two sides of the conversation.”

“This is great insight and aligns with data we have gathered over the last year around how much media technology buyers value trade shows like NAB Show,” said Chris Brown, executive vice president and managing director, Global Connections and Events for NAB Show. “People in our industry have missed the opportunity that shows provide to efficiently get a comprehensive view on major trends — it is tough to get that complete view otherwise. And, as this study also highlights, trade shows provide a unique opportunity for sellers to gather critical insight from their customers in real-time, as well as build trust through direct face-to-face interaction.”

The free report is available here.

A version of this story appeared previously in our sister publication TV Tech. Send your show news and updates to radioworld@futurenet.com

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It uses a 250-watt FM translator covering much of the Huntsville, Ala., metropolitan area, even parts of Decatur.

Soon, it will no longer be the home of an iHeartMedia “ALT”-branded modern rock presentation relaying broadcasts found on the HD3 signal of Class C2 WQRT-FM “100.3 The River.”

That’s because the FM translator’s licensee is selling the facility to Educational Media Foundation.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Outside, the weather couldn’t be more perfect for the first day of December, with bright sun and temperatures in the mid 50s.

Inside the Russell Senate Office Building on the north side of Capitol Hill, things couldn’t be sunnier for acting FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, who is one step closer to having the “acting” title removed from her business cards.

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He was a husband, a father, and a “Poppy.” And, he was the founder and President of the Daystar Television Network, a faith-based operation seen on owned-and-operated stations across the U.S. and a channel nationally distributed on Comcast, DirecTV and Dish Network. In Canada, it is available on Bell TV.

Marcus Lamb has passed away at the age of 64.

The cause of death: COVID-19.

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