Set-Top Box Market to Hit $20B by 2028
Despite cord cutting and the pandemic, revenue from set-top box sales will hit record levels in 2028 according to Global Market Insights
AT&T to Spin Off Its Interest in WarnerMedia in a $43B Transaction
AT&T will spin off its interest in WarnerMedia to its shareholders at the closing of the previously announced merger between WarnerMedia and Discovery, Inc., giving AT&T shareholders 71% of the new Warner Bros. Discovery company
RFE/RL Marks Radio Azadi Anniversary
Radio Azadi journalist Mohammad Homayoon Hewad at work in Kabul (from the Radio Azadi website) Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty is noting the 20th anniversary of the relaunch of broadcasts to Afghanistan in the Dari and Pashto languages. “RFE/RL’s broadcasts resumed less than five months after the September 11, 2001, attacks on the U.S. and nearly […]
PBS Digital Studios Launches First-Ever Podcasts
Based on the popular digital series `It’s Lit!’ and `Eons,’ PRX Will Distribute `It’s Lit! [Unabridged]’ And `Eons: Mysteries Of Deep Time’ podcasts
Telemundo Nuevo México Launches Its First Live Newscasts
The NBCU-owned KASA-TV is offering New Mexico’s only live, Spanish-language local newscasts
FCC Taps New Media Bureau Chief
Holly Saurer Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced several bureau staff changes on January 31, including new Media Bureau Chief Holly Saurer. Saurer has held several positions in the bureau including deputy bureau chief, associate bureau chief, senior legal advisor and attorney-advisor with the Media Bureau’s Policy Division. Saurer also has experience working in […]
Valari Dobson Staab Promoted to Chairman, NBCUniversal Local
Staab joined NBCUniversal in 2011 as president of the NBC Owned Television Stations
Rizzo Joins Audacy as Sr. VP Consumer Marketing
Adriana Rizzo will work on building audience growth for Audacy. She joins the company effective Jan. 31. As senior vice president of consumer marketing, Rizzo will work across Audacy’s brand strategy, creative, messaging, media planning and attribution, to grow the company’s audience. She will report to Paul Suchman, Audacy’s chief marketing officer. [Visit Radio World’s […]
SiriusXM Introduces AudioID, an “Identity Solution”
SXM Media, part of SiriusXM, has rolled out a “listener identity solution” called AudioID that it says will help marketers reach consumers “at scale.” “AudioID puts content and audiences first, providing an improved consumer experience across multiple platforms and a better way for brands to buy audio advertising,” the company stated. It calls this an […]
Fox News International Expands Distribution On Roku
The Roku launch has expanded the international streaming service’s reach in Chile, Costa Rica, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, Panama and United Kingdom