Headlines
TV Giants Team Up for Sports Comeback vs. Streamers
Fox, ESPN, Warner Bros. Discovery will form joint venture to deliver game telecasts over the top
Nielsen Expands OOH Viewing Measure, Sports TV Benefit
Nielsen is expanding out-of-home measurement coverage this year to represent 100% of U.S. TV households -- up from 65% -- which will boost overall viewing metrics, especially for live sports TV programming.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Friends Of KEXP Completes Purchase Of KREV San Francisco.
In the first deal closing as part of the bankruptcy liquidation of Ed Stolz’s Royce International, Friends of KEXP has completed its $3.75 million purchase of classic hip-hop “The Hustle” KREV (92.7) San Francisco.
Kalil Helps Family Spin Hawaii Towers To Everest
It’s a company that exists “to reach out to the lost across the globe and to provide you and your family with an alternative to viewing secular television programs.”
Television
With Gray Swap, Marquee Shuts Down Nebraska TV Station
As RBR+TVBR first reported on February 1, Gray Television is swapping four television stations in Wyoming and Nebraska to Brian and Patricia Lane’s Marquee Broadcasting in exchange for a future Salt Lake City TV property.
Radio
Concrete Truck Brings Down WNIX's Radio Tower
It’s safe to say that the last few days have been more-than-trying for a couple AM radio stations in the south. First, WJLX in Jasper, Ala., reported that someone stole the station’s 200-foot AM tower.
Now, in Mississippi, WNIX’s 199-foot tower has been hit … but not by thieves.
Has Radio Gone To The Dogs?
What is it with our love affair with dogs? It seems like if anything, Americans have only become more obsessed with their canine friends in recent years.
CTV/OTT
Key Analysts Chime In on ‘Hulu For Sports’ Plan
On Tuesday evening, a potential game-changing initiative was announced by three longtime providers of play-by-play sports. It involves streaming, and a new joint venture that Madison and Wall’s Brian Wieser calls “Hulu for Sports.”
Media
Byron Allen Loses $100M Fraud Lawsuit Against McDonald’s Over Ad Spend
McDonald’s has defeated a lawsuit from the Allen Media Group accusing the fast food giant of lying when it pledged to increase national ad spending with Black-owned outlets to boost sales and avoid high-profile legal action over alleged racial discrimination near the height of the Black Lives Matter movement.
FCC
FCC Considers Bringing Back Radio Duplication Rule For FMs
The Federal Communications Commission has been focused on radio in a series of moves, and the latest targets one of the media modernization steps taken under the previous administration.
