Latest articles by Tom Butts
Gray Television is Now Officially Gray Media, Inc.
BUSINESS Name change takes effect Jan. 1
M&E Not Ready to Fully Embrace AI in 2024
Year in Review Industry approached the technology with apprehension, tinged with cautious optimism
Former Grass Valley Exec Mike Cronk Joins TVU Networks as VP of Strategy
PEOPLE Exec will focus on scaling the company’s SaaS services
AI-Generated ‘Eno’ Doc To Be Livestreamed Worldwide Jan. 24
Streamers will be able to view unique versions of the music documentary for $24 over 24 hours
OpenAI Officially Launches Sora GenAI Video Tool
AI Sora Turbo is ‘significantly faster’ than beta version rolled out in February
Global Streaming Subs Expected to Surpass 2 Billion by 2029
Research Ampere predicts annual worldwide revenues to exceed $190 billion
Imagine Communications Names Steve Reynolds CEO
Retiring CEO Tom Cotney will stay on as nonexecutive chairman as part of leadership transition
CP Communications Taps New Tech To Cover NYC Marathon
Advances include first-ever IP-based aerial coverage, expansion of private wireless spectrum for improved reliability
Walmart Completes Acquisition of Vizio
World’s largest retailer eyes lucrative connected TV business
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Telstra Broadcast Services Names Karen Clark as CEO
Australian firm elevates 25-year media veteran from chief revenue officer
Advertising Research Foundation Proposes Updating TV Categories
Advertising Four segments would cover pay TV while two additional categories would separately measure over-the-air, digital
John Lawson Steps Down as AWARN Executive Director
NextGen TV Dave Arland will take alerting advocacy group’s helm in 2025
FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel To Resign
Regulatory and Standards First woman to chair commission will step down Jan. 20
Deloitte: Hollywood Still Cautious Over Implementing Generative AI
Research TV, film studios apprehensive over costs, liability and tech maturity
Comcast To Spin Off Cable Networks
Business ‘SpinCo’ will be an ‘independent’ publicly traded company owning NBCUniversal unit’s cable channels, digital assets
Memnon Archiving Services Added to AWS Marketplace
Content preservation and archiving services provider expands relationship
Trump Nominates Brendan Carr To Lead FCC
Republican commissioner expected to go after big tech, loosen broadcast ownership rules
Riedel MediorNet Streamlined ‘The Daily Show’s’ Remote Production from DNC
MediorNet's distributed routing capabilities allowed production team to overcome challenges of live broadcasts from a 100-plus-year-old theater
First All-Women’s Sports Network in the U.S. Launches Today
‘Our goal is to have the largest distributed female sports network in the world, digital or broadcast,’ Co-Founder Whoopi Goldberg says
Prime Video Remains Top U.S. Streamer for Third Consecutive Year
Parks Associates list of Top 10 streamers shows little change from 2023
Tegna Appoints Dhanusha Sivajee Chief Experience Officer
Was most recently chief marketing officer for Angi
