Broadcasting & Cable News

Pop TV Orders More ‘Florida Girls’

October 06, 2019

Pop TV has renewed comedy Florida Girls for a second season. The series, which debuted in July, is inspired by the life of creator Laura Chinn. It’s about four friends who are making the most out of life while living poor in Clearwater, Fla. The cast includes Chinn, Melanie Field, Patty Guggenheim ...

AVIWEST Broadens Reach in Middle East With New Office in Dubai

October 06, 2019

SAINT-GRÉGOIRE, France — Oct. 3, 2019 — AVIWEST, a global provider of video contribution systems, today announced it has opened a new sales and services office in Dubai, expanding the company's presence in the Middle East. To ensure that regional customers' requirements for reliable, powerful live ...

‘Sesame Street’ Shifts to HBO Max

October 06, 2019

Sesame Street is shifting to HBO Max, with five new seasons, four spinoff series, specials and its 50-year library moving from HBO. The streaming platform is set to launch in spring 2020. Beginning with season 51, Sesame Street will premiere on HBO Max and then air for free on PBS Kids. HBO will ...

Steve MacDonald to Head Licensing at A+E Networks Group

October 06, 2019

Steve MacDonald has been named president, global content licensing and international, said Paul Buccieri, president, A+E Networks Group, to whom he will report. In this new role, MacDonald will oversee A+E’s global multiplatform and library content licensing initiatives, as well as the company’s ...

Pai: Streaming Video is Effective Competition to MVPDs

October 06, 2019

In what could signal a big change in regulatory approach, FCC chair Ajit Pai has plans a vote on an item that would set the precedent that streaming services qualify as "effective competition" to MVPDs sufficient to trigger basic rate deregulation of those MVPDs. Charter had asked the ...

Conway Corp to Launch Multi-Viewing, nDVR, Live IP, Start-Over and Catch-Up TV with Vecima’s MediaScaleX™ Platform

October 06, 2019

NEW ORLEANS, LA – Vecima Networks Inc. (TSX:VCM) announced today that Conway Corporation, a North American cable provider, has selected Vecima’s MediaScaleX™ solution to power its new IPTV multiscreen service. Moving from QAM to IP delivery systems, Conway Corp will be able to introduce new ...

Pallone Seeks GAO Investigation of FCC Response to Hurricane Maria

October 06, 2019

House Democrats have called for a Government Accountability Office investigation of communications failures in U.S. territories following Hurricane Maria in September 2017, including how the FCC responded to the problems in Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands, and how it is tracking spending of new ...

Sanders' Wife Says He Plans to Make Oct. 15 Televised Debate

October 06, 2019

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders's wife, Jane, said he plans to be ready to debate Oct. 15, the next scheduled televised debate will be Oct. 15 on CNN. During a campaign stop Oct. 1, Sanders experienced what was described as "chest discomfort," after which he had what was described ...

Netflix Orders Final Season of ‘Dear White People’

October 06, 2019

Netflix has ordered a fourth and final season of satirical comedy Dear White People. Set against the backdrop of an Ivy League university where racial tensions bubble just below the surface, Dear White People “is a send-up of the now post ‘post-racial’ America that weaves together a universal story ...