Headlines
How Linear TV Lost Its 'Bump' in the Second Half of 2023... and Other Delights From Samba TV's 'State of Viewership' Report
The Hollywood Strikes Really Did a Number on Broadcast and Cable TV Usage
NAB Slams Pay TV’s “Early Termination Fees”
Tells the FCC the fees “insulate MVPDs from the financial consequences of negotiating disputes”
Mergers & Acquisitions
Deal Digest: P&A Media Buys Marks Family Stations In Montana And North Dakota
Champaign Multimedia Group has filed a $2 million deal to buy eight stations in Decatur, IL and Danville, IL from Neuhoff Media.
Iowa Public Radio Adds A Capital FM Translator
An FM translator at 94.1 MHz with a signal contour blanketing nearly all of Iowa’s state capital is being acquired by Iowa Public Radio, in a transaction filed on Wednesday with the FCC for its regulatory approval.
Television
The Falling TV News Star Salary
Take-home pay for top anchors in TV news runs anywhere between a couple of million dollars a year all the way up to a reported $30 million if you’re MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow.
Byron Allen To Appeal L.A. Judge’s Dismissal of Discrimination Suit
A Miller Barondess attorney who has been at the center of an ongoing legal battle pitting the founder and owner of The Weather Channel against one of the world’s biggest quick-service restaurant chains has confirmed that the fight will continue in a California state appeals court, after a Los Angeles judge moved to dismiss a $100 million lawsuit alleging racial discrimination is at play.
FCC
Ergen To Rosenworcel: Fix ‘Broken’ Retransmission Consent Regime
In a Feb. 2 meeting with FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel, Ergen criticized one of her key pay-TV initiatives: Making cable and satellite TV operators provide consumers rebates as compensation for lost programming during contract disputes.
FCC Makes AI-Generated Voices in Robocalls Illegal
The Federal Communications Commission announced the unanimous adoption of a Declaratory Ruling that recognizes calls made with AI-generated voices are “artificial” under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA).
CTV/OTT
Why marketers should understand the differences between CTV and OTT
Many in digital advertising, including the Interactive Advertising Bureau, have begun to use connected TV (CTV) as an umbrella term to include content delivered via CTV devices or OTT services.
