Add the 2023 World Champions of Major League Baseball to the list of sports teams taking their game-day play-by-play in-house. On Monday, the club announced the formation of the Rangers Sports Media & Entertainment Company, and the Rangers Sports Network to produce and distribute games and other content.
Nielsen’s December 2024 Media Distributor Gauge results are driven by "a dynamic month for TV that included the seasonal uptick in demand for holiday movies, a large appetite for football with more games moving exclusively to streaming, and a post-election downturn in news viewing."
There's a new Program Director at iHeartMedia's R&B station serving the Oakland-San Francisco market. It's a Bay Area native who has been holding down the midday shift.
Rob Bertrand joins current partners Mike Dorris, Brian Sapp, Shaun Dolan, and Cameron Boswell in leading the 14-person Inrush Broadcast Services operation forward "with his technology experience and passion for sustaining strong, healthy teams."
RTW, known for its pro audio metering and monitoring products, is now offering its TouchMonitor 5 in two distinct versions — offering full compatibility with either Dante or RAVENNA/AES67/ST 2110 networked audio protocols.
A company formed in early 2024 as a joint venture between MaxxKonnect, Angry Audio and Logitek is welcoming a Director of Technical Services for MaxxKonnect and MK Technical. It's also making a promotion from within to fill the role of Regional Field Engineer.
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr on Monday ended the Commission's consideration of 2024 "Biden-Harris Administration" proposal that sought to regulate "bulk billing" arrangements — directly impacting MVPD and broadband bills in multi-unit dwellings.
In August 2024, RBR+TVBR reported on the sale of a group of radio stations in Colorado to a 50/50 partnership between Emily and Jake Rishavy for $1.75 million. On January 21, the FCC was told by the seller that the deal has failed to close.
Two Hispanic media leaders and a Cumulus Media C-Suite executive have each been appointed to the NAB Radio Board of Directors to fill vacancies. The appointments are effective immediately and were made by NAB Radio Board Chair Collin Jones in accordance with NAB bylaws.
He was retired from broadcast news management and enjoying life in Charleston, S.C. Now, many across the television industry are pausing to remember William Andrew "Bill" Payer, who died suddenly on January 21. He was 78 years of age.
A Class A radio station offering Adult Contemporary music to a rural area of the Volunteer State due east of Jackson is trading hands. What could this mean for listeners of "Sunny 106.5?"
A low-powered television station serving Florida's First Coast on virtual channel 9 is the latest property being acquired by the Norman Shapiro-owned Weigel Broadcasting, via its TV-49 Inc. subsidiary.
What does a 79-year-old federal law enacted to combat racketeering in labor/management disputes have to do with the FCC and its ability to collect forfeiture payments for rule violations or pass new rules based on delegated authority? A lot, it turns out, thanks to a case presently in front of the U.S. Supreme Court.
New data showcasing the United States’ largest radio market demonstrates how influential broadcast radio is to the automotive industry — even in a metropolitan area where mass transit and ride-share services are often the common mode of transportation.
S&P Global Ratings has assigned a series of issue-level ratings and recovery ratings in response to a "liquidity enhancing" deal Sinclair Inc. announced earlier this month. And, the credit watchdog largely believes the publicly traded company is doing the right thing.
An emu can't fly, but Liberty Mutual Insurance is soaring ahead in the ever-competitive auto insurance specialist category when it comes to advertising activity at Spot Cable. That's the latest takeaway from the Media Monitors Spot Ten Cable report for the week ending January 26, 2025.
The audio media company focused on the U.S. Hispanic consumer founded by José Villafañe has hired an individual who most recently served as President/CEO of Hispanic digital media brand MundoNow as its Chief Innovation Officer.
He's been heralded as "an industry change-maker and strategic operator." Now, this individual is in the role of Chief Data and Analytics Officer and Head of Measurement at Comscore.
Nielsen, the audience measurement, data and analytics Goliath, has reached a new multi-year renewal agreement with the radio and television licensee under majority control of Apollo Global Management.
The owner of radio stations in Kansas City and Pittsburgh has agreed to a digital advertising partnership with publicly traded Townsquare Media. Details of the arrangement were distributed early Monday.
