Headlines
BIA Releases Latest Hispanic Radio Station Directory
BIA Advisory Services has published the second edition of its Hispanic Radio Station Directory, a free comprehensive guide to the diverse cross-section of Spanish-language stations in the U.S. and Puerto Rico.
Scripps Confirms The CW Will Leave Seven Of Its Stations
Seven DMAs where The E.W. Scripps Co. presently offers The CW network as a local over-the-air offering via one of its broadcast signals will soon be parting ways with the Nexstar Media Group-owned offering.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Norsan Strikes Deal To Buy Remainder Of Genuine Austin Radio.
Austin will bring Norsan Media its first Texas stations. It already owns radio stations in the Charlotte; Jacksonville, FL; Greensboro-Winston Salem, NC; and Charleston, SC markets.
Sony Considering Bid to Acquire Paramount
Sony Pictures Entertainment is reportedly in talks with Apollo Global Management to make a bid to acquire Paramount which itself is currently discussing a merger with Skydance.
Digital
House Passes New Bill To Force TikTok Sale
The fate of TikTok in the United States is even more uncertain as the House today voted on a package that requires that parent ByteDance divest its popular social media platform or face a ban on app stores.
Tech
A Tipping Point For NextGen TV?
It was hard not to feel that this year's NAB Show represented a bit of a turning point for the ATSC 3.0 “NextGen TV” standard.
Media
Broadcast Law Blog
Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from this past week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations.
Congress Takes Action To Incentivize Diverse Broadcast Ownership
US Representative Steven Horsford (D-NV) has introduced the Broadcast Varied Ownership Incentives for Community Expanded Service (VOICES) Act, which seeks to enhance diversity in broadcast media ownership by way of restored incentives for investment.
FCC
FCC Targets Pay-TV Contract Terms Deemed Harmful to Independent Programmers
Federal regulators on Friday announced a new plan designed to advance the interests of independent video programmers that have complained for years about restrictive contract terms demanded by pay-TV distributors.
CTV/OTT
Why Netflix Will Stop Giving Subscriber Numbers: A New Story in 2025
After juicing its subscriber base to 270 million with a password-sharing crackdown, execs want Wall Street to stop focusing on subs and to look at other metrics, like its revenue, operating income and engagement.