FCC Could Recommence Race and Gender Reporting for Broadcasters
GettyImages/wildpixel FCC Form 395-B is intended to gather workforce composition data from broadcasters, including race and gender, but hasn’t been collected since 2001. It might be coming back. The FCC has been contemplating its return since releasing a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) in July to refresh the existing record regarding collection of the […]
LYNX Technik Unveils Second-Generation yellobrik Sync Pulse Generator
The portable SPG 1708 offers genlock and UHD support as well
IATSE Members Vote to Strike
Union says 90% of voters cast ballots and 98% voted to authorize a strike
Korea Content Platform Builds Global Media Brand with Dalet Flex
This user report explains how KCP’s KOCOWA used Dalet Flex to build a successful global streaming service
Surge in FM Translators Continues
The number of FM translators and boosters in the United States continues to surge. The latest quarterly raw numbers of the various types of broadcast licenses have been released by the Federal Communications Commission. There are now 8,771 translators and boosters, 5% more than just a year ago and 43% up from 10 years ago. […]
It’s Time To Tear Down The Ad Silos
ABC-owned TV stations, NBCUniversal, Nexstar Media Group, Sinclair Broadcast Group and Hearst Television are among the major station groups that are adopting an impressions-based ad sales model
Here’s To The ATSC 3.0 Bootstrap
The very most important aspect of the standard may be its most fundamental: the ATSC 3.0 bootstrap
DRM Shortwave Will Serve Amazon Region
National Radio of the Amazon plans to use DRM shortwave transmissions to serve indigenous populations in the northern Amazon region, according to the Digital Radio Mondiale Consortium. Public broadcaster Empresa Brasil de Comunicação (EBC) ordered a 100 kW BT transmitter to broadcast in DRM at 11,780 kHz in the 25-meter band, a shortwave channel used […]
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: September 25, 2021 to October 1, 2021
Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the last week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. ViacomCBS and its subsidiary Pluto TV agreed to pay $3.5 million and enter into a consent decree with the FCC […]
User Report: Apex Serves Buenas Nuevas Network
The author is general manager of GMF-Christian Media, Buenas Nuevas Network. I have been a client of Arrakis Systems and automating stations using their software and hardware since 2005. Four years ago, when I learned of the new Apex automation system, my first impression was that this was the automation we’d been waiting for. When […]