Broadcasting & Cable News

Online Video Grows More Popular, Limelight Study Finds

October 27, 2019

The popularity of online video edged up in 2019, according to a new global survey from Limelight Networks. On average viewers surveyed said the spent 6.8 hours per week watching online video, up 0.7% from 6.75 hours in the 2018 study. Younger viewers--in the 18 to 35 age bracket--watched the most ...

Third-Quarter Media Mergers Total $30.3B: PwC

October 27, 2019

Merger and acquisition activity in the media and telecommunication business is being spurred by content deals as the industry prepares for the streaming wars. Related: 3 Things VOD Providers Need to Compete in the Streaming Wars According to PwC, deals worth $30.3 billion were announced during the ...

Disney’s Ferro Toasted at Center For Communication Lunch

October 27, 2019

Rita Ferro, president of Disney ad sales, picked up the Frank Stanton Award, given out by the Center For Communication, at a luncheon in New York Oct. 23. Every year the Center presents its Frank Stanton Award for Excellence in Communication, named for the former CBS president, and CFC founder, Dr. ...

FCC's Carr on 5G: Americans 'Ticked Off' By Lack of Choice in Home Broadband

October 27, 2019

Taking a rather unusual tack for a Republican, commissioner Brendan Carr talked about consumer frustration with lack of choice in home broadband in his speech this week to the Mobile World Congress in Los Angeles. Related: Carr Says 5G Buildout Is Key to His T-Mobile-Sprint Support Carr was making ...

Studio Technologies’ Model 205 Announcer’s Console Enhances LA Lakers Broadcasts

October 27, 2019

LOS ANGELES, OCTOBER 24, 2019 – Freelance Engineer Michael Dooley has worked on hundreds of remote broadcasts for various radio stations over the last 30 years. In 2004, he began running broadcasts for LA Lakers games, which are aired on the team’s flagship station ESPN LA 710 as well as 16 ...

Dems Debate in Georgia Nov. 20

October 27, 2019

The Democratic presidential hopefuls will debate Nov. 20 in Georgia. The moderators are Rachel Maddow, host on MSNBC; Andrea Mitchell, NBC News’ chief foreign affairs correspondent; Ashley Parker, Washington Post White House reporter; and Kristen Welker, NBC News White House correspondent. MSNBC ...

Ashton Kutcher Series on Student Debt Does One Million Views on Crackle

October 27, 2019

Going From Broke, a docuseries on Crackle about student debt, received more than one million views in the five days after it launched. Ashton Kutcher is executive producer of the series, which premiered Oct. 17. Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment and Matador Content produced the series. ...

Abrams Adding ‘Court Cam’ to Docket at A&E Network

October 27, 2019

Dan Abrams is laying down the law again for A&E Network with a new series Court Cam, which will premiere Dec. 5. Abrams, host of A&E’s hit Live PD and chief legal analyst for ABC News is executive producing Court Cam, which will show viewers wild and outrageous real-life caught-on-camera ...

ATEME and Broadpeak Enable High-Quality, Ultra-Low-Latency Live Multiscreen Video For DVB-I Services

October 27, 2019

Paris, France — Oct. 24, 2019 — Broadpeak®, a leading provider of content delivery network (CDN) and video streaming solutions for content providers and pay-TV operators worldwide, and ATEME, the emerging leader in video delivery solutions, today announced a new high-quality, ultra-low-latency live ...