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
Global OTT Content Market to Top $276B by 2028
OTT revenue will more than double from $101B in 2021, according to Coherent Market Insights
FCC Orders Unlit Antenna Structure Dismantled
The city of Pine Bluff, Ark., is home to an unused and still-unlit antenna tower originally built to provide radio service from KPBQ(FM). (credit: Creative Commons) Even though the land has changed hands several times over the years, the Media Bureau at the Federal Communications Commission has made it clear that an unsafe and unused […]