Broadcasting & Cable News

Testronic Expands Leadership Team to Facilitate Boom in Demand for OTT Platform Testing

October 06, 2019

Los Angeles, October 3, 2019: Testronic, a leader in quality assurance (QA), localization services, and compliance for the film, television and games industries, announced today they have enhanced their strategic leadership team by appointing Ken Kiers and Ignacio Fernandez to join the ...

Warren Proposes Tax That Would Have Cost Comcast, AT&T $100M-Plus

October 06, 2019

Presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has proposed a tax that she said would "end lobbying as we know it." According to a realclearpolitics.com poll of polls, Warren is in pretty much of a dead heat with former VP Joe Biden for the Democratic nomination at 24% to Biden's 26.2%. ...

EU Court Says Member Countries Can Order Worldwide Facebook Takedowns

October 06, 2019

The European Union Court of Justice has ruled that member states can request worldwide takedowns of stored Facebook content. That came in a ruling Oct. 3. "EU law does not preclude a host provider such as Facebook from being ordered to remove identical and, in certain circumstances, equivalent ...

Trump Downgrades Fake News to 'Corrupt'

October 06, 2019

Peppered with questions about the whistleblower-prompted impeachment investigation during a press conference with Finnish President Sauli Niinistö Wednesday (Oct. 2), the President went off on news media, appearing to yet-again ramp up his efforts to marginalize his media critics. He said he wasn't ...

PTC Takes Issue With F**k in AMC Series Title

October 06, 2019

The Parents Television Council has called on advertisers to boycott AMC's just-picked-up series Kevin Can F**k Himself. AMC has bought eight, hour episodes of the series that looks at the world through the eyes of a stereotypical TV sitcom wife who breaks out of that mold and asserts herself. ...

‘Snowpiercer’ to Air on TNT

October 06, 2019

Futuristic thriller Snowpiercer will debut in the spring of 2020 on TNT. Jennifer Connelly and Daveed Diggs star. The series was initially to run on TBS. Both networks are part of WarnerMedia. “We’ve had the unique opportunity to more thoroughly test and explore where this show will best perform. ...

AMC Greenlights ‘61st Street’ and ‘Kevin Can F**ck Himself’

October 06, 2019

AMC has greenlit courtroom drama 61st Street and quirky dramedy Kevin Can F**k Himself. Chicago-set 61st Street comes from Peter Moffat and is executive produced by Michael B. Jordan and Alana Mayo of Outlier Society. Kevin Can F**k Himself comes from Valerie Armstrong and is exec produced by ...

Charter's Greg Babinski Wins Fifth Cable-Tec Games Title in 12 Years

October 06, 2019

OCT. 3, 2019 (New Orleans, LA)— Charter Communications’ Greg Babinski continued his dominance of the International Cable-Tec Games yesterday morning, rolling to his second straight and fifth overall gold medal in 12 years, the Society of Cable Telecommunications (SCTE) and its global arm, the ...

Starz Acquires Geena Davis Documentary ‘This Changes Everything’

October 06, 2019

Starz is set to debut six projects, including the Geena Davis documentary This Changes Everything, about the under representation and misrepresentation of women in Hollywood. The film features interviews with Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett, Anita Hill and Power creator Courtney A. Kemp, among ...