Headlines
Scripps CEO: Station Swap Is An Early Test Of FCC’s Dereg Resolve
E.W. Scripps CEO Adam Symson sees its five-station swap agreement with Gray Television as a prospective bellwether for the FCC’s vow to remake broadcast’s regulatory landscape.
Broadcasters Push AI to New Levels
As TV broadcasters shift from wary tire-kicking to increasingly enthusiastic adoption of AI technology, new ways of doing things are taking hold at lightning speed in news production and myriad other aspects of station operations across the country.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Disney And Hearst Exploring Sale Of A+E Global Media
A+E Global Media, parent of long-established cable networks A&E, History and Lifetime, is exploring a potential sale.
Gray Media, Scripps Agree to Swap TV Stations
Swaps in five markets will create new duopolies for each group and test the FCC's willingness to relax some ownership rules
FCC
A Delete Request To FCC Head On EAS Hardware-Only Mandate
One day before FCC Chairman Brendan Carr unveiled his “Build America” Agenda, the NAB and a coalition of major radio stakeholders met with his office to continue their campaign for the use of software-based Emergency Alert System encoders and decoders.
Six industry groups tell FCC to reject NAB's ATSC 3.0 transition plan
A coalition of six industry groups representing consumer electronics, pay-TV operators and broadcasters formally opposed the National Association of Broadcasters’ petition for a mandatory transition to ATSC 3.0 during a June 27 meeting with Federal Communications Commission officials.
Lawmakers Urge FCC to Make Language Accessibility a Hurricane Planning Priority
Reps. Nanette Barragán (D-Calif.), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), Sylvia Garcia (D-Texas) and 24 other House members have signed on to a letter asking the Federal Communications Commission to include language-access experts in its upcoming Hurricane Season Resiliency Roundtable set for July 7.
Television
Comscore’s Frank Friedman On Building A Smarter TV Currency
“There are so many different ways to evaluate what something is worth,” said Frank Friedman, Chief Data and Analytics Officer and Head of Measurement at Comscore. “But if we’re going to have a functioning cross-platform ecosystem, we need a currency that connects the dots—one that’s transparent, fair, and actually usable across the entire transaction chain.”
Radio
Radio Steps Up During Texas Floods With Relief and Information
As devastating and deadly flash floods swept through Texas Hill Country over the July 4th holiday, broadcasters again did what they do best.
Audio: The Ideal Platform For Reaching Passive And Active Job Seekers
Findings from a study among 1,000 U.S. adults show that nine in 10 active and passive job seekers (89%) are reached by ad-supported audio, with nearly eight in 10 (78%) by over-the-air AM/FM radio, and six in 10 (64% of actives, and 58% of passives) by podcasts.