Broadcasting & Cable News

American Motor Sports Gears Up with Calrec’s Summa

October 13, 2019

CHARLOTTE, NC, OCTOBER 10, 2019 — Every weekend during racing season, millions of viewers tune in to the fast-paced action of stock-car racing. In order to place the viewer in the driver’s seat, the United States’ largest sanctioning body of motor sports chose Calrec Audio’s Summa digital broadcast ...

U.S. Technology Firm Variant Systems Group Receives Strategic Investment from FOR-A Company Limited

October 13, 2019

Portland, Oregon, October 10, 2019 – Variant Systems Group, a leading provider of live broadcast production tools for the sports media and entertainment industry, has received a strategic investment from FOR-A Company Limited, a worldwide provider of broadcast and video production technology. VSG ...

‘Project Runway’ Back on Bravo Dec. 5

October 13, 2019

Project Runway returns to Bravo Dec. 5. Sixteen design hopefuls do battle, and Karlie Kloss hosts. Christian Siriano is the mentor, and Nina Garcia, Brandon Maxwell and Elaine Welteroth return as judges. It is season 18. Each episode is 90 minutes. Guest judges include Cyndi Lauper, Laverne Cox, ...

Audio Test Kitchen Creates Virtual Mic Comparison Showroom

October 13, 2019

LOS ANGELES, OCTOBER 10, 2019 – Launched by co-founders Alex Oana and Ian Hlatky, Audio Test Kitchen is the world’s first online, unbiased, virtual microphone showroom. In order to provide the most comprehensive sound collection of all large condenser microphones available on the market today, Oana ...

Growing digital following set to boost investment in women’s sport by almost 100%

October 13, 2019

London, 10 October 2019 – Imagen, the leading SaaS video management platform business. The survey of more than 300 senior sports industry executives found that this development is predominately being motivated by commercial interest (29%) and new opportunities for digital distribution (25%). ...

Interest in Advanced TV Ads Growing: FreeWheel

October 13, 2019

Local media planners and buyers expect their spending on advanced TV advertising to increase over the next 12 months, according to a report by Comcast’s FreeWheel. FreeWheel surveyed users of its Strata platform and found that 79% are extremely or very interested in using advanced TV. By ...

C-SPAN/Ipsos Survey: Worries Remain About 2020 Election Interference

October 13, 2019

Only about half of the American electorate (53%) is confident that the 2020 presidential election will be "open and fair." That is according to a C-SPAN/Ipsos poll conducted Sept. 23-30. Even fewer Democrats believe so, with only 39% saying that will be the case. By contrast, 72% of Republicans ...

Facilis Shows Next Gen HUB Shared Storage System at NAB NY

October 13, 2019

HUDSON, MA (October 10, 2019) – At NAB Show NY (Booth N136), Facilis, a leading international supplier of cost-effective, high performance shared storage solutions for collaborative media production networks today announced that it will be showcasing its newly shipping HUB Shared Storage System, ...

‘The Rocketeer’ Takes Off on Disney Junior Nov. 8

October 13, 2019

The Rocketeer debuts on Disney Junior Nov. 8. The animated series, a rethinking of the Rocketeer film that premiered in 1991 as well as a comic book series, features a girl named Kit who takes to the skies with the aid of a rocket-pack to protect her community. Kitana Turnbull voices Kit, and Billy ...