Headlines
Connected Car Insights with Roger Lanctot
Roger Lanctot, Director, Automotive Connected Mobility in the Global Automotive Practice at TechInsights, joins our podcast this week to talk about the intersection of connected cars and local ad-supported media.
Nielsen Says It’s Now Reporting Comparable Metrics For Local OTT Feeds For Local TV
The new capability includes feeds that have unique, streamed content that is not available on the station's over-the-air channels or direct-to-cable station feeds.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Deal Digest: JVC Expands On Long Island While End Of Q1 Brings Lots Of Closings
The end of the quarter brought the traditional flood of deal closings this week. There were also a handful of new deals, including JVC Media’s move to add an FM in the Long Island, NY market. El Sembrador Ministries is adding an AM in the Bakersfield, CA market. Plus, SummitMedia has filed to donate its two AMs in the Honolulu market where it now just owns FMs.
Hearst To Acquire WBBH-TV, Southwestern Florida NBC Affiliate
Hearst is acquiring WBBH-TV, an NBC affiliate that serves the Fort Myers and Naples, Florida communities, from Waterman Broadcasting Corporation. Terms were not disclosed.
Television
NAB Show Marks Centennial With Focus On Cloud, AI, NextGen TV
Attendance and exhibitors will still fall well below the pre-pandemic high-water mark, but station groups and vendors plan to hit the Sunday-Wednesday event with packed schedules and shopping lists.
Linear TV Loses To Connect TV. Says Who?
Consumers are watching more TV on ad-supported streaming platforms and they’re more likely to watch Connected TV content with friends and family than linear TV.
Media
NPR Fires Back After Twitter Designates It As ‘State-Affiliated Media.'
After the Elon Musk-led Twitter designated NPR’s account as “US state-affiliated media,” putting the public radio network in the same box as Russia’s RT network and China’s Xinhua News Agency, NPR fired back, calling the classification unacceptable and incompatible with the social media platform’s own guidelines.
FCC
GOP Legislators Grill FCC’s Rosenworcel on Standard General-Tegna Hearing Designation
Lawmakers question motive and fairness of move
Senators Urge FCC to Expedite NextGen TV Rollout
The NAB applauded the letter from a bipartisan group of 27 U.S. Senators
