Broadcasting & Cable News

Report: Burke to Step Down From NBCU CEO Post

December 15, 2019

Steve Burke, the well regarded CEO of Comcast's NBCUniversal unit, is expected to step down and be succeeded by Jeff Shell, head of NBCU Film and Entertainment, according to a published report. Variety said that Burke’s contract ended in August, but he could leave earlier in the year. An NBCU ...

Nadler Sets Up Made-for-Video Impeachment Vote

December 15, 2019

In a surprise move, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) gaveled the daylong impeachment hearing to a close late Thursday night (Dec. 12) without voting on the two articles of impeachment against Donald Trump, abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. It was actually the end ...

Ronning Joins Hudson MX as VP, Sales East Coast

December 15, 2019

Hudson MX, a cloud-based software company serving local media, named Eric Ronning as VP sales, East Coast, a new position. Ronning previously had been senior VP, strategic partnerships, at Jelli. In his new job, he will be based in New York and look to secure long-term solutions for clients and ...

2020 Vision: Getting Back to the Fundamentals of Connected TV Advertising

December 15, 2019

"With the influx of new streaming TV options, advertisers have many options to buy inventory to reach audiences that are potentially watching the same shows in different ways. Today, advertisers can go direct, work with aggregators or buy programmatically." -John Vilade, Premion As we close out the ...

Kids Advocates Say FTC Isn't Enforcing COPPA

December 15, 2019

Children's advocacy groups told the Federal Trade Commission this week that it has been failing to enforce kids online protection for years, allowing Google and others to ignore the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) for years. It suggested the issue could be exacerbated by the rise ...

NBC News, MSNBC Host Dem Debate Feb. 19

December 15, 2019

NBC News and MSNBC will host a Democratic presidential debate Feb. 19 in Las Vegas. Digital news platform The Nevada Independent is also hosting the Vegas event. Nearer term, PBS NewsHour and Politico host a Democratic debate Dec. 18 in Los Angeles. Joseph Biden, Elizabeth Warren, Pete Buttigieg, ...

House Judiciary Votes to Impeach Trump

December 15, 2019

The House Judiciary Committee has voted along party lines to send two articles of impeachment to the full House for a vote--abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, effectively recommending that he be impeached. After a 14-plus hour debate Thursday, the vote was actually something of an ...

Fuse, Ntwrk Join in E-Commerce, Ad Deal

December 15, 2019

Fuse Media said it has formed an e-commerce revenue-sharing, cross-promotion and advertising pact with Ntwrk, a youth-culture oriented commerce and content platform. The companies will offer viewers of Fuse’s original content a first look at exclusive product launches from Ntwrk. The products will ...

Nielsen Launches Metric Melding Panel, ACR Data

December 15, 2019

Nielsen has released a new metric that combines demographic data from its People Meter Panel with automatic content recognition data from smart TV collected by its Gracenote unit to provide better cross-screen measurement of advertising campaigns. Amobee will be the first demand-side-platform to ...