Tomorrow’s Wednesday Webinar Cancelled
The Wednesday Webinar for tomorrow, February 10, 2021, at 3pm Central time, has been canceled. We apologize for the late notice and look forward to seeing you at our webinar […]
CEO Chris Ripley Likes Sinclair’s Gamble on Local Content
Sinclair Broadcast Group has always done things its own way. It was among the first to scale up and to use hundreds of TV stations to extract cash from the […]
SBE Announces In-Person Leadership Development Course
The Society of Broadcast Engineers has announced that it will conduct its 2021 SBE Leadership Development Course from June 8-10 in person in Atlanta. The SBE event may be one […]
Shure Asks FCC to Dedicate UHF Channel for Wireless Mics
Shure Inc. has filed a petition with the Federal Communications Commission asking the agency to reverse its decision and guarantee at least one 6 MHz UHF channel in each market […]
FCC, Follow Your Own Economists’ Advice
Irving Kristol once defined a neo-conservative as “a liberal mugged by reality.” A recently published paper by two FCC economists may soon create a similar feeling among the federal regulators […]
Public TV’s early adopters prepare to put ATSC 3.0 plans into action
For several years now, broadcasters have been awaiting the real-world arrival of Next Gen TV, the new ATSC 3.0 digital TV transmission standard. Its promises of more robust home and […]
ATSC DATACASTING PAVES WAY FOR FLEXIBILITY OF ATSC 3.0 IN DISTANCE EDUCATION
Four experts working on different facets of distance education told hundreds of viewers watching an ATSC-sponsored session during early January’s CES that ATSC 3.0 and its Internet Protocol backbone is […]
Expansion of Broadband Deemed Emergency Item by Texas Governor: ATBA Members Look Forward to Be Part of Solution
The Advanced Television Broadcasting Alliance (ATBA) is looking forward to being a part of the solution through its membership of broadcast television stations to help bring broadband to rural areas […]
Gray Buying Quincy Media For $925 Million
Gray Television announced today that it is acquiring Quincy Media Inc. for $925 million in cash. Upon closing the transaction, Gray will own television stations serving 102 television markets that […]
An ‘Inflection Point’ for NextGen TV?
Our industry has weathered several transitions over the past several decades. In the early part of this century, it was the transition to OTA digital television and HDTV. Twenty years […]