Broadcasting & Cable News

Primetime Ratings: CBS Wins With Growing Dramas

December 01, 2019

CBS posted the top score in Tuesday prime ratings, NCIS leading the Eye to a 1.0 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 5 share. That squeaked by the 0.9/5 that NBC tallied. NBC won the previous Tuesday, when it had This Is Us. NCIS got a 1.1, FBI a 0.9 and NCIS: New Orleans a 0.8. ...

Netflix Agrees to Take on Paris Theater in New York

December 01, 2019

Netflix has signed on to rent the Paris Theater in New York. The famed movie house, which opened 71 years ago and the New York Times noted is New York City’s last surviving single-screen theater, closed in August. Marriage Story began showing in the Paris Theater Nov. 6. The Netflix film becomes ...

‘The New Pope’ on HBO Jan. 13

December 01, 2019

The New Pope, the follow-up series to The Young Pope, premieres on HBO Jan. 13. Paolo Sorrentino created both series, and the new one “dives into the inner workings of the Vatican, while exploring the very human desires, vices and fragilities of those in power and the complexities inherent in faith ...

Glaser Joins NBC News’ Tech Investigative Team

December 01, 2019

NBC News has hired April Glaser to be part of the network’s tech investigative team in San Francisco. Glaser, who had been with Slate, where she focused on labor and workplace culture, online hate groups and tech policy, She will join Olivia Solon and Cyrus Farivar as part of the tech team, which ...

Draper Media Implements Remote Production Environment Using Sony’s Equipment

December 01, 2019

In a first-of-its-kind implementation, Draper Media, which operates television, radio and digital properties on the Delmarva Peninsula, recently standardized on a suite of Sony’s remote integration (REMI) products. Sony’s all-in-one solution enables NBC affiliate station WRDE-LD to originate local ...

Comcast Uses ‘E.T.’ in Spot to Urge Families to Connect

December 01, 2019

Comcast is recreating the relationship between E.T. and former child actor Henry Thomas in a new campaign aimed at urging families to connect in an era marked by cord-cutting. A new commercial breaks Thursday during the usually highly viewed Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade. The two-minute version of ...

Customer demand for personalized TV services is spurring majority of broadcasters to offer tailored ads

December 01, 2019

PARIS, DENVER, SINGAPORE, SAO PAULO, 28 November 2019 – Four-fifths (80%) of broadcasters are considering implementing ads tailored to the consumer but are increasingly falling behind streaming services due to hesitance around adopting cloud technologies, according to research carried out on behalf ...

Pai Proposes Dual-Use 5.9 GHz Band

November 24, 2019

FCC chair Ajit Pai has come to a decision on the 5.9 GHz band, the one currently reserved for vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications: He is proposing to make the lower 45 MHz of the available for unlicensed use, including WiFi, while reserving the upper 30 MHz for the new Cellular Vehicle to ...

Holly Hunter Joins Tina Fey Comedy on NBC

November 24, 2019

Holly Hunter is on board with a Tina Fey comedy that has Ted Danson as the mayor of Los Angeles. NBC has greenlit the series, which has Fey and Robert Carlock as executive producers. The project does not have a title. Hunter will play a liberal councilwoman who battles with the mayor. She has a ...