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While some industry observers may ask why Upfront Week persists, one thing is for certain: NBCUniversal likely has no plans to cease its Upfront negotiation cycle's pomp and circumstance, given the windfall of dollars it has attracted for its 2025-2026 content window.

It's a private equity group based in New York that placed its dollars in enterprises "supporting the future of technology." This includes sectors such as media and entertainment. Now, this entity using rented workspaces at 45 Rockefeller Plaza is seeking the FCC's approval to buy a group of Monte Spearman's radio stations.

At 540 kHz from Islip, N.Y., Radio Zindagi has targeted South Asian communities with in-language programming since its return to local radio in late December 2020. That transpired with its purchase by its current licensee — an entity the FCC found to have engaged in an unauthorized change of control.

CPB is sharing the results of a newly conducted national survey that concludes voters "place more trust in public media" than media overall. And, the data show, these voters "hold a more favorable opinion of public media compared with for profit media."

FOX News is moving ahead with a new media expansion effort that includes a licensing agreement with the "Ruthless" podcast which will be aligned with the division’s existing roster of on-demand audio offerings. This will see FOX News Digital's President and Editor-in-Chief add New Media to his role.

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With offerings targeting media in the digital and OTT space, Deltatre's D3 VOLT, FORGE, AXIS, and DIVA integrated video offerings will now be paired with Endeavor Streaming’s pure-play OTT product, VESPER.

The company led by CEO Jennifer Witz has introduced "a new low-cost, ad-supported subscription plan" — a move seen by Netflix, Hulo and HBO Max that some critics may argue makes Sirius XM more like Radio. The ad-supported SiriusXM option will bring "the company's flagship audio service" at a fee of "less than $7" per month.

The world's biggest Spanish-language audio and visual content creator and distributor has confirmed that it is in active discussions with its commercial bank lenders to refinance its term loan A facility that matures in 2027. In addition, TelevisaUnivision is seeking to extend the maturity of its revolving credit facility that matures in 2027.

When it was simply Univision Communications, it had ambitions of a sizable initial public offering of stock. That never transpired, as Univision merged with iconic Mexican media brand and longtime content partner Televisa to become TelevisaUnivision. The company regularly offers its quarterly earnings results, even though it isn't publicly traded. Now, it has shared what it expects to report for the three months ended June 30.