The 4 Big Trends Affecting The Media Industry Today
The second-quarter earnings season of 2017 has wound down for media companies and broadcasters, and FierceBroadcasting is rounding up the trends that highlighted the reports. 1. Streaming services gain traction, but strategies […]
Next-Generation TV Expected To Usher in New Era of T-Commerce
Next-generation broadcasting boasts any number of interactive capabilities. Among its big advantages: It could make TV-based shopping — a.k.a. t-commerce — so simple that even logging onto Amazon would feel […]
FCC Extends Net Neutrality Comment Deadline
From Broadcasting & Cable The FCC has given commenters a little more time to weigh in on the proposed changes to the FCC’s 2015 net neutrality rules, but not the […]
Sources: Pai Teeing Up Media Ownership Order
According to multiple industry sources, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai is working on a media ownership order that, according to a broadcast industry source, would allow newspaper-broadcast and radio-TV cross-ownership. The […]
Senate Commerce Moves Forward on FCC Nominations Despite Democratic Opposition
WASHINGTON — The Senate Commerce Committee moved the nominations of Ajit Pai, Jessica Rosenworcel and Brendan Carr to new FCC terms, despite Democrats’ objections. It’s still unclear when their nominations will reach the Senate floor […]
DC Circ. Kills Challenges To FCC Orders As Time-Barred
Law360, New York (August 1, 2017, 7:35 PM EDT) — The D.C. Circuit on Tuesday rejected a challenge by low-power television broadcasters to a series of orders by the Federal […]
Station Trading Roundup: 1 Deal, $21M
The sale of a full-power and LPTV by OTA Broadcasting to Entravision Communications tops the latest list of TV station transactions submitted to the FCC for its approval, according to […]
Former Bee Movie Critic Starts TV Show
A film and television critic with nearly two decades of experience with the Fresno Bee has been given his own show to discuss all things local in TV and radio. […]
ATBA Expresses Muted Praise for T-Mobile’s LPTV Move
From Broadcasting & Cable The Advanced Television Broadcasting Alliance says it is encouraged by T-Mobile’s offer to pay for the moves of some LPTV stations and translators in the post-incentive […]
Many Community Television Stations to Cease Broadcasts: ATBA Encouraged by T-Mobile Offer
July 17, 2017 — The Advanced Television Broadcasting Alliance (ATBA) is pleased that T-Mobile recognizes the tremendous hardships that the incentive auction has imposed on low power television stations […]