Broadcasting & Cable News

Fox Reaches Carriage Agreement With NCTC

January 05, 2020

Fox reached a new carriage agreement with the National Cable Television Cooperative, averting a New Year’s blackout. The NCTC represents more than 700 small and rural cable operators covering about 3 million subscribers. The deal covers the Fox owned broadcast stations, Fox News Channel, Fox ...

Former NBA Commissioner David Stern Dead at 77

January 05, 2020

Former NBA commissioner David Stern has died, the league said Wednesday. He was 77. Stern died after suffering a brain hemorrhage about three weeks ago. During his record 30 years at the helm, the league went from having its finals aired on TV in late night tape delay to becoming a broadcast, cable ...

Gracenote Providing Data to OTT Program Guides in Europe

January 05, 2020

Gracenote said it is providing data to help over-the-top services in Europe develop program guides and deliver better search and navigation capabilities to viewers. The Nielsen unit said the expansion makes it the leading OTT guide provider, covering 13 markets in North America, Europe, Latin ...

‘Surviving R. Kelly Part II’ Begins on Lifetime

January 05, 2020

A new series of episodes exposing R&B singer R. Kelly begins on Lifetime Jan. 2. Surviving R. Kelly Part II: The Reckoning features five episodes. The first is entitled “It Hasn’t Stopped.” Part II details Kelly’s legal troubles and how his accusers’ lives have changed since they spoke out ...

FOR THE SIXTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR, NIPPON TV CAPTURES THE ANNUAL RATINGS TRIPLE CROWN TITLE FOR 2019

January 05, 2020

TOKYO, JAPAN – January 2, 2020 –Nippon Television Network Corporation (Nippon TV), Japan’s leading multiplatform entertainment powerhouse, proudly announced today that the company has captured the annual viewer ratings Triple Crown title for 2019, topping the charts in the All Day, Golden Time, and ...

Linear TV Ad Spending Down 5% in 2018-19, SMI Reports

January 05, 2020

Advertising spending on linear TV fell 5% to $44.2 billion during the 2018-19 television year, according to a new report from Standard Media Index. In its review of the last broadcast year, SMI noted that the upfront accounted for just 49% of linear ad spending, dropping below 50% for the first ...

2019 Concerts And Music Festivals Delivered With Blackmagic Design

January 05, 2020

Fremont, CA - December 20, 2019 - Blackmagic Design today announced that live production workflows, featuring its products for acquisition, control and delivery, have been used on some of this year's biggest music festivals and concert tours. Artists and events included Little Mix, Billie Eilish, ...

NY Gov. Cuomo Vetoes Municipal Broadband Study

January 05, 2020

New York governor Andrew Cuomo has vetoed a bill that would have explored how to deploy government-run broadband in the state, saying that while well-intentioned, the approach was not practical and would require funding better debated during budget negotiations. The bill, which passed ...

Verance Adds Video Watermarking To Its Suite of Advertising and Interactivity Technologies

January 05, 2020

San Diego, CA, January 2, 2020 - Verance®, a global provider of standards-based watermarking solutions, today announced the availability of video watermark technology as part of its Aspect™ platform. The Aspect video watermark provides a high-performance, commercial implementation of the ATSC ...