Broadcasting & Cable News

Stephanopoulos to Anchor ABC News Impeachment Coverage

November 10, 2019

ABC News says George Stephanopoulos will anchor its coverage of the first public hearings in the House's impeachment hearings into President Donald Trump. Related: PBS Providing Multiplatform Coverage of Impeachment Hearings The network will air Special Reports beginning at 10 a.m. on Nov. ...

Wells Fargo Sponsoring AMA Performance By Thomas Rhett

November 10, 2019

Wells Fargo is sponsoring a special performance by country music star Thomas Rhett during ABC’s broadcast of the American Music Awards. The performance will help raise awareness for Wells Fargo’s Holiday Food Bank benefiting the Feeding America organization. “Wells Fargo is excited at the ...

‘America’s Got Talent: The Champions’ on NBC Jan. 6

November 10, 2019

The second season of America’s Got Talent: The Champions rolls on NBC Jan. 6. The judges on The Champions are Simon Cowell, also an executive producer, Heidi Klum, Howie Mandel and singer Alesha Dixon, who joins from Britain’s Got Talent. Klum and Mel B. were not on AGT for season 14 this past ...

OMNIMAGO Selects Xytech’s MediaPulse to Streamline Project Management Needs

November 10, 2019

Ingelheim am Rheim, Germany, November 7, 2019 — German post-production specialist OMNIMAGO GmbH, has chosen Xytech’s MediaPulse resource management software as its go-to solution for its scheduling, billing and project management needs. Recently released at IBC 2019, MediaPulse 2019 features an ...

B&C Hall of Fame Moment: Byron Allen

November 03, 2019

Byron Allen was the third inductee at the 29th annual Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame, on Tuesday night, and the room had gotten a bit quiet. Allen's arrival to the podium [pictured above] changed all that. "All right let's hear it, come on, come on," he implored, after the photo stop. "I ...

Dorsey: Twitter Will Ban Political Ads

November 03, 2019

Twitter is banning political ads on the platform, a move that has drawn a lot of attention, not all of it laudatory. Edge providers are under pressure inside the Beltway to prevent a repeat of the kind of 2016 foreign election meddling that exploited social media platforms with ad campaigns that ...

Tegna Promotes Wieder to GM at WVEC in Norfolk

November 03, 2019

Tegna said it named Doug Wieder as general manager at WVEC-TV, the ABC affiliate in Norfolk, Va. Wieder, who has been executive news director at WVEC since 2012, succeeds Kari Jacobs, who was promoted to GM Tegna’s WTSP-TV in Tampa-St. Petersburg in July. “Doug is a proven leader who is deeply ...

Networks Getting Early Season Hike in NFL Game Ad Prices

November 03, 2019

With football continuing as a TV powerhouse, networks have been able to score higher prices for commercials in NFL games this season, according to research company Standard Media Index. According to data from the first week for the season, the biggest increases for spots in games came at CBS, which ...

AMC Networks Reports Higher Third-Quarter Net

November 03, 2019

AMC also announced a new carriage agreement with Charter Communication. As part of the deal, Charter will launch all of its subscription video on demand services plus AMC Premiere, the company’s ad-free version of its channel. The SVOD services include Acorn TV, Shudder, Sundance Now and UMC. “We ...