National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE), the global business association for content producers, distributors, streamers and buyers across all platforms, has unveiled the recipients for its 2022 Iris Awards.
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NEW YORK — With the transition in power from Vince Sadusky to Wade Davis at Univision Communications in January 2021, a veteran sales executive exited the multimedia company devoted to serving U.S. Hispanic consumers.
Now, he’s resurfaced at one of the fastest growing competitors to Univision.
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Meredith Corporation as you knew it is now another faded company of broadcast media’s past, as Gray Television on Wednesday completed its $2.8 billion merger and subsequent spin-off of its non-local broadcast television assets to the Barry Diller-led IAC.
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The last remaining properties tied to Red River Broadcast Co. have been spun, in a transaction that saw Kalil & Co. serve as the exclusive broker in the transaction signed off by Kathy Lau and John Exline.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — For the first time since 1992, reauthorization of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) could be at hand.
A bill introduced Wednesday by the Senate Commerce Committee’s Ranking Member and the top Republican on the House Subcommittee on Communications, Media and Broadband would do so. And, the legislation would also reform NTIA’s role in a way.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Russell Senate Office Building is just a one-mile walk from the FCC’s new headquarters. Yet, the path for Gigi Sohn in earning the role of a Democratic Commissioner at the agency may be as wide as the Anacostia River.
With vocal support from some and vehement opposition from others, Sohn’s selection by President Biden to fill out the FCC has become one of the most controversial in modern times. On Wednesday, Senate Commerce Committee Members scrutinized Sohn, along with three other nominees for governmental agencies.
While there were some fireworks, the midday session was as emblematic of a Capitol Hill nomination hearing.
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Nautel announced topics for its next round of webinars.
These are part of the company’s “Transmission Talk Tuesday” series that is live on Tuesdays at noon Eastern time. Jeff Welton hosts.
Putting 1+1 Together airs on Dec. 7 and features Kurt Gorman of Phasetek to discuss multiplexing and some of the challenges and benefits of combining multiple AM signals.
Doing More with Less (Dec. 14) sees Jeff digging into Modulation Dependent Carrier Level (MDCL) implementations and how the different aspects of installation can affect both quality and savings.
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Xperi believes that the radio industry is at an inflection point in how its product is delivered to consumers in the vehicle — or to put it more bluntly, that radio is being outgunned, outmanned and out-financed by Big Tech and other competitors when compared to what broadcast radio offers in the dashboard.
In this special webcast on Dec. 15, co-produced by Radio World and Xperi, we talk with experts about how the connectivity environment is changing and why Xperi believes its DTS AutoStage offering is the most powerful global radio solution to ensure radio’s continued prominence.
Xperi’s Joe D’Angelo, Radio World’s Paul McLane and guest panelists will discuss broad trends in connectivity in vehicles, and the implications of these trends for the media landscape; how forward-looking radio organizations are preparing for the digital future; what’s being done to assure radio’s integration with Android Automotive; the role of services like Quu that improve the listener’s user experience; and the value proposition for DTS AutoStage, which Xperi believes brings powerful benefits to broadcasters and radio listeners to address this pressing question.
Viewers of the webcast will also have access to the new companion e-book that explores these topics in more detail
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NEW YORK — The Coalition for Innovative Media Measurement (CIMM), in conjunction with Project X Institute’s Jon Watts and Alan Wolk of TVREV, have announced the development of a “Guide to Converged TV Measurement Providers.”
Upon completion in early 2022, the guide seeks to provide a landscape of the entire Converged TV measurement ecosystem in the U.S, as well as a comparative analysis of the companies who are conducting converged TV audience measurement.
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Acting Federal Communications Commission chairperson Jessica Rosenworcel was approved by the Senate Commerce Committee Wednesday (Dec. 1) on a voice vote for a new, five-year term, meaning only a likely swift full-Senate confirmation remains before she becomes the regulator‘s first non-acting woman chair.
The vote was not quite unanimous, with Sen. Ron Johnson (R–Wis.) voting no, as he did on several other nominations being voted as a package. Also considered at the business session was Alvaro Bedoya to be the fifth member of the Federal Trade Commission. The panel split 14–14 on Bedova, but he is still allowed to advance to the full Senate for consideration.
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Committee chair Maria Cantwell (D–Wash.) introduced the vote as on Rosenworcel as commissioner, leading Sen. Jon Tester (D–Mont.) to ask whether that should not have been as chair. Cantwell pointed out that the chair post was a presidential designation, and that she had been so designated — meaning confirmation as “commissioner” was correct.
“We congratulate Chairwoman Rosenworcel on her approval by the Senate Commerce Committee for another term at the FCC,” NCTA—The Internet & Television Association President and CEO Michael Powell said in a statement. “During her time at the commission, Jessica has been a champion for connecting every American to broadband and she has only heightened this focus during her time as acting chair. We encourage the full Senate to swiftly move ahead with her nomination.”
“Charter applauds the Senate Commerce Committee on today’s vote approving the nomination of Chairwoman Rosenworcel for another term at the FCC,” said the cable broadband operator in a statement. “Throughout her tenure at the FCC, Chairwoman Rosenworcel has proven herself a tireless advocate for consumers and we look forward to continuing to work together.”
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