Headlines
Local Broadcasters Form Joint Venture To Provide High-Speed Data Transmission
Scripps, Gray, Nexstar and Sinclair launch “EdgeBeam Wireless,” which will use ATSC 3.0 to provide faster, more secure and less expensive data delivery.
Study: Total U.S. TV Station Revenue To Decline in 2025
The S&P report also forecasts major downtick in pay TV subs, shift of ad dollars to streaming
Television
Cord-Cutting Will Continue To Pressure TV in 2025
Video consumption will continue to transition from traditional pay TV networks to streaming platforms in 2025, which will pressure linear TV networks in the U.S.
New NextGen TV Receivers, Expanded Services Launched At CES
According to ATSC, the Broadcast Standards Association, a host of new ATSC 3.0 receivers and enhanced broadcast services will reach U.S. consumers this year, with RCA launching a lineup of NextGen TV sets and new ATSC 3.0 accessory receivers from ADTH, MyVelo, Stavix, Vbox, Zapperbox and Zinwell among the new consumer products showcased at ATSC’s 2025 CES exhibit at Central Hall 20340.
Inscape & TVision Unlock Personified Cross-Platform Viewing Behavior For The TV Marketplace
Vizio’s Inscape, a provider of currency-grade smart TV data, and TVision, the company measuring every second of TV and CTV viewer engagement, announced they have extended their data partnership.
Radio
Jessell: Conservative Radio Undercuts Carr’s Fairness Argument
If the public interest requires the broadcast TV networks to be unbiased, doesn’t it also require right-wing radio stations to be, too?
Radio Listeners and Resolutions
As the new year enters, many adults make resolutions or plans. Some of those resolutions involve the denial of a product or its reduced consumption.
For Radio, What Is The Future Of Nostalgia?
Hopefully, you “got” my pun in the title of today’s post. How can a movement that looks back in time to an earlier period of pop culture even have a path into tomorrow?
Media
With Fubo Sale To Disney, Could Retrans Rules Be Coming?
FCC watchers and D.C. pundits are buzzing with the possibility that more, not less, Washington regulation over virtual MVPDs such as Hulu + Live TV — which will soon merge with Fubo in a multi-million deal announced early Monday — is on the way.
