Headlines
Where is local video advertising headed?
In this TVOT Connect session, BIA explores how broadcast TV, cable, and CTV/OTT are increasingly being planned together alongside mobile and other channels to reach audiences across screens and drive results.
BIA
Political Crowd-Out: Record Spending Squeezes Local Advertisers
Local TV can feel like the safest bet for reach, until election season turns the ad break into a bidding war.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Bay City Roller: Sinclair Seeks ‘Triopoly’ OK From FCC
Paperwork has been submitted with the FCC that would allow Sinclair Inc. to convert a shared services agreement to outright ownership of the broadcast television station branded as “CW46” in the Saginaw-Bay City-Flint, Mich., market.
Television
PBS Station Takes Iron Mountain to Court Over Archives
A PBS station in St. Louis is taking a data center provider to court to retrieve what the station says is “more than 70 years of history.”
Radio
Funding Fight, Local Focus Fuels Public Radio Audience Rebound
Public radio listening is showing signs of a meaningful rebound, with new analysis from the Radio Research Consortium finding the noncommercial radio audience has grown during the past two years — and the gains cannot simply be chalked up to Nielsen’s measurement changes.
Tech
Axios Wants to Save Local News with AI
“At the end of the day, if someone’s going to pay you for content, you say: Well, how much are you going to pay me?” Jim VandeHei, the chief executive, said of his company’s deal with OpenAI. “If that payment feels like it’s a fair transaction price, you say yes.”
FCC
ACLU Requests ABC Station Probe Documents from FCC
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has submitted a Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) request with the Federal Communications Commission for records pertaining to the decision by the regulator to require select ABC-owned stations to renew their broadcast licenses early.
Conservative Groups Urge FCC to Stay Out of Affiliate Deals
Americans for Tax Reform and other conservative leaning groups have told the Federal Communications Commission that the agency should not implement additional regulations governing the relationships between the big four broadcast networks and their affiliates.
Consumers
Consumers Plan To Spend More This Holiday Season
Thirty-five percent of U.S. consumers plan to spend more during the 2026 holiday season than they did in 2025, with inflation driving higher gift costs cited as the leading reason, according to a new study from advertising technology company Basis.