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Don't call it a merger, but instead a strategic partnership. Longtime radio syndication company United Stations Radio Networks (USRN), founded by the late Dick Clark, and Key Networks, are uniting their sales forces.

For gamers, virtual reality and augmented reality are each key attraction points. But can a television news department benefit from VR and AR capabilities? WBBM-2 will soon find out.

Mediaproxy, known for its software-based IP compliance products, plans to highlight its recently acquired A3SA certification at next week's NAB Show New York. In particular, the company plans to demonstrate its family of compliance monitoring and multi-viewer systems, which now provide decryption for ATSC 3.0-based broadcasts.

The Excellence in Economic Analysis Award recognizes Commission staff for outstanding economic analysis conducted in the course of their work at the FCC, while the Excellence in Engineering Award recognizes Commission staff who have made outstanding engineering, scientific, or technical contributions.

Nic Dugger served as the technical producer for "Christmas at Graceland," produced by Los Angeles-based Done + Dusted. It aired as a live special on NBC on November 29, 2023.

DataCore-owned media workflow product vendor Perifery plans to showcase its "comprehensive workflow solution," an offering that integrates storage, asset management, applications, and artificial intelligence functionality, at the 2024 NAB Show New York.

“We are pleased to have successfully achieved all of our restructuring goals, emerging with an outstanding balance sheet, delivering industry-leading growth, serving our listeners and advertisers with excellence and honoring our commitments to employees and partners,” said David Field, who will continue as President/CEO of Audacy Inc. as it goes private.

T-Mobile has agreed to "important forward-looking commitments to address foundational security flaws, work to improve cyber hygiene, and adopt robust modern architectures, like zero trust and phishing-resistant multi-factor authentication." Oh, it will also pay a multimillion-dollar civil penalty to the U.S. Treasury.

He most recently led radio stations in Ogallala, Neb., and Sioux City, Iowa for iHeartMedia, departing earlier this month. Now this 48-year square dance caller has been named President/GM of the group of radio stations serving Omaha and Council Bluffs owned by the company led by Carl Parmer.

Some may be wondering if the combination of Dish and Sling with DirecTV — therefore resulting in only one DBS provider — will pass muster with regulatory agencies. If the combination of Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio is any guide, the answer is yes — the deal will go through.