Smith to Receive NAB Distinguished Service Award
Gordon Smith in an image from the 2021 State Leadership Conference. Gordon Smith, who recently stepped down as president/CEO of the National Association of Broadcasters, will receive the NAB Distinguished Service Award in April. “It is an honor to present him with the Distinguished Service Award in recognition of the immense impact he has left […]
WGY Celebrates 100 Years
iHeartMedia Albany’s News Radio 810 and 103.1 WGY will celebrate the station’s 100th anniversary on Feb. 20. WGY was founded by General Electric in 1922. Dame Media sold the station to Clear Channel, now iHeart, in 1999. “The Capital Region’s Breaking News, Traffic and Weather Station” will mark the occasion with a special broadcast and […]
IBC Paper Submission Deadline Extended
The IBC Technical Papers Committee has extended the deadline for its 2022 call for papers. Proposals are now due by 12 noon EST (17:00 GMT) on Feb. 16, and the 300-word synopses must be submitted online. [Previously: “IBC2022 Conference Opens Call for Technical Papers”] “This year the competition is high. We are looking for original, […]
Television Jamaica Launches NextGen TV Broadcasts
The launch makes Jamaica the third country in the world after Korea and the U.S. to offer ATSC 3.0 broadcasts
U.S. Consumers Spent a Record $32B on Home Entertainment in 2021
Streaming video subscription revenue also set a record, rising by 19.8% to $25.3B last year
MediaProxy To Begin Offering LogServer Compliance, Monitoring System As Rental
The new option enables broadcasters and facilities to deploy LogServer for special, temporary uses
Nielsen, P&G Launch Initiative to Advance Diverse Media Equity
The Diverse Media Equity program will help diverse media get better audience measurement and other tools to raise their profiles with advertisers and agencies
Heil Sound Has New Leadership
From left: Ash Levitt, Bob Heil, and Steve Warford Microphone manufacturer Heil Sound has new top leadership for the first time in its 56-year history. The Illinois-based company said Bob and Sarah Heil have transferred ownership to current President/CEO Ash Levitt and Director of Operations Steve Warford. “Sarah Heil has retired, but Bob will continue […]
NAB Supports Directional FM Modeling
An image from Dielectric shows a scale model of an antenna and an HFSS virtual version The National Association of Broadcasters supports the idea of allowing computer simulations for FM antenna directional patterns — as long as certain guardrails are in place. “NAB believes that computational simulation of FM directional antennas is already mature and […]
Innovid Buys TVSquared for $160M
The deal for the TV measurement provider will position Innovid as a single source for ad-serving and measurement for converged TV