Broadcasting & Cable News

CBS-Viacom Merger Set to Close Dec. 4

December 01, 2019

CBS and Viacom on Monday said their merger is expected to close after the market closes on Dec. 4. Related: Viacom, CBS Move Closer to Closing Merger The merger combines to media companies controlled by the family of Sumner and Shari Redstone and is designed to create an entity big enough to ...

Videosys Broadcast Provides Cloudbass with 4K Digital Transmitter Systems

December 01, 2019

Videosys Broadcast, a leading supplier of quality camera control systems, RF links and camera backs to outside broadcast providers has announced that it has supplied two DTC 4K AEON-CC digital video transmitter systems to Cloudbass, a leading provider of broadcast solutions. Specifically designed ...

Disney+ Names Loveall VP Content-International

December 01, 2019

Chris Loveall has joined Disney+ as VP content-international. Loveall, who had been VP of international programming for AMC Networks, will work on the development and production of original scripted and unscripted series, as well as acquisitions for all markets outside the U.S. He will report to ...

PBS Premieres ‘Expedition With Steve Backshall’ Jan. 15

December 01, 2019

PBS debuts Expedition With Steve Backshall, a look at “unclimbed peaks, unexplored cave systems and uncharted landscapes,” according to PBS, Jan. 15. The network is on board for ten hour-long episodes. Six air weekly beginning in mid January and four more run in the spring. “In Expedition With ...

Frame.io Raises a $50M Series C to Reinvent Video Collaboration

December 01, 2019

New York City, NY – November 25, 2019 – Frame.io, a leading video review and collaboration platform used by over one million filmmakers and media professionals, today announced it has raised a $50 million Series C round to help support its next big push into cloud-enabled motion picture workflows. ...

Meg Oliver Named CBS News Correspondent

December 01, 2019

Meg Oliver has been named correspondent at CBS News. She will be based in New York and will report for all CBS News programs and platforms, including CBS This Morning, CBS Evening News with Norah O’Donnell and CBSN. She has been a correspondent at CBS Newspath, a newsgathering service for CBS ...

Bannister Lake Provides On-Air QR Code Functionality to Canada's 'Today's Shopping Choice'

December 01, 2019

CAMBRIDGE, Ontario — Nov. 25, 2019 — Bannister Lake announced today that it has successfully added QR codes to "Today's Shopping Choice" (TSC, tsc.ca) on-air graphic presentation, creating exciting new purchase possibilities for viewers. Bannister Lake has a long-standing relationship with the ...

Primetime Ratings: Strong ‘Sunday Night Football’ Beats ‘AMA’s Easily

December 01, 2019

NBC won the Sunday ratings race, NFL action leading the net to a 4.2 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and an 18 share. That blasted the 2.6/11 put up by Fox. NBC’s Football Night in America went up 37% to 2.6 and the pre-game climbed 21%. The game, Packers versus Niners, did a ...

‘CBS Evening News’ to Air From D.C. Starting Early December

December 01, 2019

CBS News will begin airing CBS Evening News from Washington, D.C. the first week of December. Norah O’Donnell has anchored the newscast since mid July. She has strong connections in the nation’s capital, where she covered the White House, Congress and the Pentagon before becoming an anchor. ...