Latest articles by Tom Butts
Amazon Prime Testing AI-Translated Closed Captioning
AI-aided pilot program will take a hybrid approach to dubbing in which localization professionals collaborate with AI to ensure quality control
BIA: Digital to Push Local Ad Revenue Up 6.1% in 2025
“Local advertising is showing resilience, despite the ongoing changes in the economic landscape"
Evergent Expands Monetization Platform with New AI Tools at 2025 NAB Show
New platform capabilities and 97% churn prediction accuracy transform revenue, retention and multiservice growth for global media businesses
Ateliere Offers $29.7M to Acquire Codemill
Companies would combine media workflow, content management platforms, powered by AI
Bitcentral to Launch AI-Powered Media Discovery Solution at 2025 NAB Show
Fusion insights tackles media asset fragmentation, helping broadcasters and digital content teams surface valuable content with unprecedented speed and accuracy
Italy's Mediaset Taps Evertz for Advanced Channel Origination and Playout
System design features highly distributed architecture within and across multiple sites while maintaining full synchronization
FCC Seeks Public Input on Loud Commercials
Starks gets exemption for streamers
CTA Chief Criticizes NAB's Request to Mandate Support for NextGen TV
'This will impose a large percentage increase in costs at a time when the TV set has proved to be the rare deflationary product'
Warner Bros. Discovery Drops Plan for Max Sports Tier
Announcement comes weeks after studio ditched its Venu sports streaming JV with Disney, Fox
Standard Media Appoints Kern Dant Chief Revenue Officer
Dant will continue to serve as General Manager of KLKN until a successor is named
Public TV Sounds Alarm Over Funding Threats
“Simply put, cuts to public broadcasting funding significantly jeopardize public safety,” says APTS president
Lawyers in CBS Bias Complaint Seeking Mediator
Paramount wants to settle $20B lawsuit
Public TV's TechConnect Joins NAB Show’s Broadcast Engineering Conference
TechConnect ’25, a premier technology education conference targeting public media professionals will be held April 4 at the Las Vegas Convention Center
MSG Returns to Optimum
After a nearly two-month standoff, MSG Networks and Altice reach an agreement on carriage fees
TMT Insights Appoints Gregory Cox VP of Sales and Business Development for the Americas
PEOPLE Cox will lead market expansion across the region
Sen. Warren Asks DOJ to ‘Closely Scrutinize’ Disney-Fubo Deal
Massachusetts Democrat thinks acquisition could violate antitrust rules
ESPN to End MLB Coverage Starting in 2026
"ESPN's demand to reduce rights fees is simply unacceptable. As a result, we have mutually agreed to terminate our agreement."
NESN Launches National FAST Channel
NESN Nation will provide nationwide access to its programming covering New England sports teams
Report: A Quarter of Broadcasters are Using AI
Haivision's annual Broadcast Transformation Report report found 41% of its 900 respondents anticipate using AI within the next 24 months
Benjamin Desbois Returns to Telestream as New Chief Growth and Strategy Officer
Debois has also held leadership positions at Avid, Dalet and Backlight
C2HR: Broadcast Engineering Among Hottest Jobs in Content Development
Broadcast techs saw a 25% boost in their pay in 2024, according to annual survey
Paramount, Youtube TV Avoid Channel Blackout, Will Continue Negotiations
Both companies took carriage dispute to the brink before last minute reprieve
YouTube TV Likely To Drop Paramount Channels Today
Carriage Virtual MVPD, programmer have reached an impasse over carriage rights
