Headlines
Confirmed: Cruz To Convene Senate Hearing On 39% Cap
When it comes to the FCC’s current broadcast media ownership rules, unanimity over regulatory “modernization” is deficient.
Free The Airwaves: Why Local TV Should Be Streamable For Everyone
In the Boston area today, a growing number of viewers can open an app and watch local ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, PBS, and independent broadcast TV stations live — without a cable subscription, without a streaming bundle, and without paying a monthly fee.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Deal Digest: NRG Media Nets More Than $3 Million In Omaha Spin-Offs.
Usher Media has filed a $2.15 million deal to buy hot AC “Sweet 98.5” KQKQ, rhythmic CHR “Power 106.9” KPOW, “News Talk 1290” KOIL, sports “1620 The Zone” KOZN, soft AC “Yacht Rock 1180” KZOT from NRG Media.
Television
VAB: NFL Audiences Continue to Grow; Games on Broadcast TV Remain Most-Watched
In the run-up to Super Bowl LX, the VAB has released a new study filled with data bolstering the notion that primetime football is among the most powerful programming on TV, delivering massive viewership, real-time engagement and high-impact audiences across streaming and linear TV.
Radio
Nielsen: Three-Minute Qualifier Has ‘Modernized How We Credit Radio Listening.’
One year after Nielsen modernized its listening qualifier, a full-year review shows measurable gains across radio. Speaking during an RAB webinar on Wednesday (Feb. 4), Nielsen’s Jon Miller said the change has driven higher average audiences, expanded daily cume, and increased ad impressions across formats, dayparts, and key demographics.
Nissan Brings TuneIn Streaming Radio And Podcasts To The Dashboard.
Podcasters will have a new inroad into the Nissan dashboard as the Japanese automaker has formed a collaboration with TuneIn that will bring its catalog of millions of podcasts and tens of thousands of radio station to select models in the U.S.
Pay TV
Everyone is stealing TV
Walk the rows of the farmers market in a small, nondescript Texas town about an hour away from Austin, and you might stumble across something unexpected: In between booths selling fresh, local pickles and pies, there’s a table piled high with generic-looking streaming boxes, promising free access to NFL games, UFC fights, and any cable TV network you can think of.
Tech
AI Browsers: Threat Or Opportunity For News Publishers?
AI browsers are shifting from navigators to agents, forcing media executives to decide: block the threat or adapt to survive?