Broadcasting & Cable News

Petition Filed to Delay FCC's T-Mobile-Sprint Decision

October 06, 2019

Opponents of the T-Mobile-Sprint merger have petitioned the FCC to pause its review of the deal--actually an order approving the deal has already been circulated and is widely believed to already have gotten enough votes for approval once the Democrats have cast their votes. Related: FCC's ...

Red Giant Releases Epic Finish to Game of Thrones VFX Tutorial Series: Dragons

October 06, 2019

Portland, OR – October 3, 2019 – Red Giant has just released the fourth and final installment of its special edition tutorial series for recreating the award-winning visual effects from Game of Thrones. In episode 11 of Cheap Tricks, Hashi shows viewers how to add a dragon into their shot. Using ...

Primetime Ratings: Fox Wins With ‘Thursday Night Football’

October 06, 2019

Fox won Thursday prime ratings by a mile, Thursday Night Football leading the net to a noisy 3.7 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 17 share. In second was ABC at 0.9/4. Rams-Seahawks took up all of Fox’s prime, the Seahawks winning by a point. A week before, Eagles-Packers got a ...

Justice: We Want Un-Secret, Front Door to Encrypted Info

October 06, 2019

The Justice Department continues to preach the evils of warrant-proof encryption, or what privacy advocates call more secure devices and platforms. But a top Justice official says the agency has never sought to weaken encryption, and says reports that it wants "secret back doors" is not accurate. ...

SCTE•ISBE Drills Down Into 10G, Smart Cities and More at Cable-Tec Expo 2019

October 06, 2019

OCT. 4, 2019 (New Orleans, LA)— A laser focus on 10G and the technological breakthroughs that will shape the future of the industry and society overall defined this year’s SCTE•ISBE Cable-Tec Expo® organized by the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) and its global arm, the ...

Senators Warn FTC Against Weakening COPPA

October 06, 2019

The Federal Trade Commission said Friday it will launch its review of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act Oct. 7 with a public workshop and already a bipartisan group of senators is warning against weakening the rule, saying they are afraid the early update may not sufficiently calculate ...

Broadcast Pix chooses Medialooks MFormats and WebRTC to power its next generation remote solutions

October 06, 2019

Broadcast Pix chooses Medialooks MFormats and WebRTC to power its next generation remote solutions Boston, MA – October 2, 2019 -- developer of remote integrated production and streaming solutions for all kinds of Video Content, has selected Medialooks’ MFormats Software Development Kit (SDK) and ...

Bob Saget to Host ‘CMT’s Nashville Squares’

October 06, 2019

CMT will premiere game show CMT’s Nashville Squares Nov. 1. Bob Saget hosts the show, which puts a country twist on Hollywood Squares. CMT said the show stays true “to the beloved tic-tac-toe format and infuses it with some of the most influential and charismatic personalities in country music, pop ...

Fox Reaches Long-Term Distribution Deal with Cox

October 06, 2019

Fox Corp. said it signed a new long-term renewal of its distribution agreement with Cox Communications. The deal covers retransmission of the Fox-owned stations and carriage of Fox News Channel, Fox Business Network, FS1, FS2, BTN and Fox Deportes. Fox is currently in a carriage dispute that has ...