Headlines
Larry Ellison Plans to "Revitalize" CBS if FCC Approves Skydance Deal
Larry Ellison, the tech mogul and father of Skydance CEO David Ellison, will have voting control of the new Paramount, the filing notes.
Locked Out Of Local TV: The Streaming Bundle We Still Can’t Get
In the age of streaming, viewers can get just about anything on demand — except, oddly enough, the seemingly simplest thing: a dedicated bundle of broadcast television stations.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Deal Digest - September 5, 2024
José Villafañe’s Costa Media Boston has filed a $1.25 million deal to buy Spanish CHR “Exitos” WCCM (1490) from Costa-Eagle Communications.
Judge Approves Rothschild Broadcasting’s Deal To Buy Bankrupt Lake Tahoe Combo
Despite some 11th-hour interest by Educational Media Foundation and three other potential buyers in the Lake Tahoe, CA market, stations owned by D&H Broadcasting, in the end each opted to remain on the sidelines.
Television
The Carriage Fee Negotiations Between Disney & DirecTV May Take Awhile
With a new football, Diseny and DirecTV are involved in a contentious carriage fee negotiation with Disney pulling their content incluidng ABC & ESPN from the satcaster.
Dallas Mavericks & Tegna Set Multi-Year Broadcast Rights Agreement
The 70 or so games will reach approximately 10 million people in Texas, nearly tripling the current number of households the team can reach across the state.
Radio
AM/FM Has Overwhelming Reach To Voters In Battleground States
With two months until election day, both political parties are ramping up ad spend on national and state levels.
Radio Ad Guide Unveiled As Millions In Political Dollars Remain At Stake.
In Pennsylvania, the top radio format among all voters is rock. But it is AC that rules in Arizona, and urban in Georgia. With tens of millions of dollars on the line as the election season enters the homestretch, those are the kinds of insights that Katz Media is providing to political ad buyers.
FCC
FCC Poised to Adopt Digital Radio Asymmetric Sideband Operations
The Federal Communications Commission says it is improving digital FM radio service in the United States by modifying its rules.
Verticals
August Was First Billion-Dollar Political Ad Month Of 2024.
With Labor Day now behind us, the political advertising floodgates are expected to open in the coming weeks. It begins with momentum.