Headlines
OTT TV Tops Revenue Sources As 2025 State of Media Sales Survey Highlights AI’s Rising Impact
SalesFuel, in partnership with BIA Advisory Services, has released the results of the 2025 State of Media Sales Survey, revealing that 58% of media sales managers are either very or somewhat optimistic about revenue growth in 2026.
FCC
Carr Stands by NPR Investigations as Gomez Warns Of Overreach
While not offering much for radio broadcasters during the formal proceedings, the FCC’s October Open Meeting underscored a growing philosophical split inside the agency over the scope of its authority and the definition of “public interest” in modern broadcasting.
FCC Takes Next Step Toward Accelerating ATSC 3.0 Adoption
A Fifth Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that seeks comment on rule changes designed to support the nation’s ongoing transition to ATSC 3.0 digital broadcast signals, which power NEXTGEN TV, has gotten an affirmative nod to proceed from all three of the FCC’s Commissioners.
Television
All TV Is Local Now: Local Television In The Age Of Streaming
Local TV is having a moment again—not because the old model is coming back, but because everything around it is changing.
Mark Aitken: ATSC 3.0 to Mobile Comes Down to Control of the Device Ecosystem
Many U.S. broadcasters have refused to see mobile as an important part of their future, Sinclair senior vice president of advanced technology and ONE Media Technologies president Mark Aitken says. But he hasn’t.
Radio
Carr Says FCC Doesn’t Need Congress To Update Radio Ownership Caps
“The ownership cap is a rule-based cap, not a statutory cap, and as a rule-based cap, it can be modified by the FCC,” Carr said.
All-News Radio Sees Growth As Listeners Seek Trusted Information.
All-news radio audiences are rising across the U.S. as listeners look for fact-based, local coverage amid declining trust in social media and television news, according to Audacy.
Out of Home
OOH Advertising, Breaking The Digital Ceiling
According to Nielsen, 90% of U.S. consumers notice OOH ads and 80% take some form of action after seeing them. That’s not background noise, that’s real attention in the real world.
Print Media
Who’s Going to Save Local Newspaper Archives?
Newspaper archives are at risk around the United States. Sometimes the threat is a natural disaster, as it was in Canadian, but archives are more commonly lost when newspapers shutter, move to smaller offices, or are purchased.