Broadcasting & Cable News

Sonnet Announces Holiday 2019 Promotion; Let the Games Begin Bundle Includes Portable eGPU, $100 Steam Gift Card

December 15, 2019

What's New:Sonnet Technologies today announced its Let the Games Begin promo bundle for the holiday 2019 season. For a limited time, customers in the U.S. and Canada who purchase Sonnet's eGFX Breakaway™ Puck Radeon® RX 560 portable external graphics processor (eGPU) for computers with Thunderbolt™ ...

Next Season of ‘Brockmire’ on IFC Will Be Final One

December 15, 2019

The fourth and final season of comedy Brockmire premieres on IFC in March. Eight episodes remain. Hank Azaria plays Jim Brockmire, and Amanda Peet, Tyrel Jackson Williams and Katie Finneran are also in the cast. Brockmire follows Jim Brockmire (Azaria), a famed major league baseball announcer who ...

RUSHWORKS introduces RUSHPROMPTER: “Powerfully Simple” teleprompting software

December 15, 2019

RUSHWORKS introduces RUSHPROMPTER: “Powerfully Simple” teleprompting software Flower Mound, Texas – December 10, 2019 - RUSHWORKS, provider of cool technology for production, playback and streaming since 2001, today announced the release of RUSHPROMPTER™, a Windows-based teleprompting software ...

Friday is Deadline for Appealing Decision Upholding Net Dereg

December 15, 2019

Friday (Dec. 13) is the deadline for Mozilla and others to appeal the net neutrality decision upholding the FCC's reclassification of internet access as an information service and elimination of the rules against blocking, throttling and paid prioritization. In a victory for ISPs, on Oct. 1, a ...

VITEC Kicks Off the Ultimate Game-Day Experience at Allianz Field

December 15, 2019

ATLANTA — Dec. 10, 2019 — VITEC, a worldwide leader in advanced video encoding and streaming solutions, today announced that Minnesota United selected its award-winning EZ TV IPTV and Digital Signage Solution to control video feeds and signage to hundreds of screens installed throughout the new ...

Rhode Island Broadcasters Association Mental Health Awareness Campaign Sets Simulcast Unprecedented Broadcast

December 15, 2019

PROVIDENCE, RI- Rhode Island Broadcasters Association and the Rhode Island Governor's Office and its agencies and BH-LINK unveiled the launch of an unprecedented mental health awareness campaign and broadcast/social media special airing this Saturday evening, December 14th at 7:30pm. For the first ...

NHK World Japan to Launch on DirecTV

December 15, 2019

NHK World Japan, the 24-hour English-language channel, will join DirecTV’s basic channel lineup on Monday, Dec. 16, gaining a nationwide TV berth ahead of the Tokyo Olympics in 2020. The network, which has U.S. distribution via sub-channel carriage on public TV stations, offers an extensive range ...

Comcast, Starz Continue Carriage Talks

December 15, 2019

Comcast continues its negotiations with Starz over carriage of the premium network, pledging to keep the channels on its XFinity lineup at least until its agreement with the programmer ends on Dec. 31. Comcast began notifying customers in October that it intended to drop the Starz service -- which ...

Source: Deal Struck on STELAR Successor Bills

December 15, 2019

A source familiar with the agreement said that there is a bicameral, bipartisan deal on House Energy & Commerce and Judiciary versions of bills that would essentially end the every-five-year STELAR reauthorization cycle, which has been a goal of the National Association of Broadcasters. ...