Intelligence Briefs

A cynical person reading this analysis of broadcast contract schedules by communications law expert John M. Pelkey of Garvey Schubert Barer might conclude that...

A 24-hour excursion to New York inspired RBR+TVBR Editor-in-Chief Adam R Jacobson to pen a column about his latest Uber, Lyft and hired driver experience when it came to the audio entertainment of choice each ride provided. In every instance, for the first time, a local radio station was playing. It led Adam to two conclusions: Radio is alive in New York, and marketers need to know this.

The worldwide coronavirus outbreak is forcing sports fans to stay at home, leading consumers to be in more desperate need of entertainment content during quarantines. With broadcasting scheduling being left practically barren, an opportunity arises for fans to view digital allegories of their favorite sports, says Futuresource Consulting. They say it is through esports.

There is a tectonic shift undermining the very foundation of broadcast radio. Multiple metrics make it clear that serious threats imposed on the FM/AM platform by new online competitors are escalating exponentially. For more than 25 years I’ve helped build audiences for some of the radio industry’s most successful brands. But today, as online competitors like Pandora, iTunes Radio and Spotify add fuel to their astonishing rise, it’s questionable whether the strategies broadcasters have chosen can foster healthy growth.

Erwin Krasnow and Doug Ferber have penned a four-part series of articles exclusively for RBR+TVBR readers on ensuring a smooth closing. In this concluding article, Krasnow and Ferber discuss how to make the closing of a broadcast deal a dream, as opposed to a nightmare.

In early 2011, this D.C. Communications lawyer warned broadcasters that the FCC was not the only Washington regulatory agency that had to be on their radar. At the time, he was talking about the Federal Trade Commission. Given the widespread, now critically important use of social media, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (the EEOC) has emerged as another agency one must have on their radar, at all times. We revisit this lawyer's words, as they continue to resonate with the media industry's C-Suite.

Broadcast consultant Mike DeLier of The DeLier Group critiques the first GOP debate.

Randy Michaels says the recent AM order actually hurts owners.

As successive generations of young adults in the United States cope with rising student debt and housing costs, multigenerational living is increasingly providing a respite from the storm. That's the key finding of new data from Pew Research Center that finds 25% of U.S. adults ages 25 to 34 resided in a multigenerational family household in 2021 — up from 9% in 1971.

In response to TVfreedom.org’s letter to U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill on the 2014 service failures experienced