Headlines
Navigating the Shift: Exploring the Surge in CTV Advertising and Its Impact on Local Markets
As the digital landscape continues to evolve at an unprecedented rate, marketers and advertisers are faced with both new challenges and new opportunities
Sinclair explores selling 30% of broadcast stations
Sinclair is looking to sell a chunk of its 185 broadcast stations, according to people familiar with the matter.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Deal Digest: Ghettothropic Buys In Michigan
Kerri Boyens’ Adventures on The Air has filed a $275,000 deal to buy classic hits “Q-92.1” KLQP, Madison, MN from Maynard Meyer’s Lac Qui Parle Broadcasting. The deal includes a $182,000 promissory note. Boyens does not own any other stations.
Nexstar Won't Go After CBS Stations In Current Regulatory Regime
With Paramount Global and its assets currently in play, Nexstar CEO Perry Sook was asked on a call today if the nation’s biggest broadcast might look at CBS stations.
FCC
Religious Broadcasters Ask Federal Court To Block FCC’s New Employee Data Collection Rules
Following the filing of petitions seeking a reconsideration of new requirements that broadcasters report data about their employees, the Federal Communications Commission will need to defend its decision in court.
Television
ATSC 3.0: Everything You Need to Know About 'NextGen' TV
The new over-the-air technology standard is still coming … we think
Will Sports Programming Be A Factor Boosting TV's Upfront Ad Market?
With NBA playoff action fully underway -- and advertisers currently paying higher prices for that programming -- some believe that an expected soft TV upfront advertising market set to commence soon might look better for legacy TV media-owned networks that own premium sports content in the 2024-2025 TV season.
Big Linear TV Network Groups' Future?: Break 'Em Up
With linear TV networks in a disruptive and competitive streaming world comes some hard truth for legacy-based media companies with groups of a dozen or so TV networks: Break 'em up.
Radio
FCC Cancels “La Indiscreta” Licenses in Phoenix
The FCC has canceled the licenses of Radio Hogar’s 1540 KASA(AM) in Phoenix, Ariz., as well as its FM translator.
Tech
I've Got A "Crush" On You
If you weren't alive and watching the Super Bowl in 1984 between the Washington Redskins and the Los Angeles Raiders, you missed what many marketers believe to be was one of the most impactful commercials ever shown during the “Big Game.”