Broadcasting & Cable News

FTC, Court Block House-Flipping Seminar Marketer

October 06, 2019

At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a federal court has temporarily enjoined Utah-based house-flipping seminar promoter Zurixx from "unsupported marketing claims and from interfering with consumers’ ability to review Zurixx and its products." The court has appointed a monitor and told ...

RME Ensures Compatibility with New macOS Catalina

October 06, 2019

Fort Lauderdale, Florida, October 3, 2019 – RME, German manufacturer of premium interfaces, announced today that its interfaces are already compatible with the latest macOS Catalina 10.15.x which was released this month. Since RME drivers are written in-house and not outsourced to third party ...

Amazon Inks Overall Deal with Phoebe Waller-Bridge

September 29, 2019

Amazon and Phoebe Waller-Bridge have signed an overall deal for Waller-Bridge to create and produce television content for Amazon Studios that will premiere on Amazon Prime. Waller-Bridge is a hot property, with Amazon’s Fleabag getting top comedy at the Emmys Sept. 22. Waller-Bridge also got ...

Matrix and WideOrbit Extend Partnership to Automate CRM Data Flow for Media Companies with New API Integrations

September 29, 2019

Matrix and WideOrbit announce a new, expanded partnership to automate connectivity between Matrix’s media ad sales platform, Monarch, and WideOrbit’s traffic and billing system, WO Traffic. The new partnership, a culmination of enhanced processes and workflows along with added API integrations, ...

CWA Calls For FCC Time Out on T-Mobile-Sprint Vote

September 29, 2019

The Communications Workers of America, no fan of the T-Mobile-Sprint merger in the best of times, said the FCC should pause its proposed approval of the deal given what FCC chair Ajit Pai called Sprint's "outrageous" conduct. The FCC's three Republicans have signaled they will vote to approve the ...

Red Giant Universe 3.1 Introduces Three Brand New Text and Motion Graphics Tools

September 29, 2019

Portland, OR - September 25, 2019 - Red Giant today released Universe 3.1, an update to their GPU-accelerated plugins for editors and motion graphics artists. Red Giant Universe 3.1 introduces three new tools for animating motion graphics to the collection: Numbers, Array Gun, and Progresso. Also ...

Showtime to Turn Highsmith’s ‘Ripley’ Novels Into Series

September 29, 2019

Showtime has ordered season one of drama Ripley, based on the Patricia Highsmith series of Tom Ripley novels. Andrew Scott, who played the Hot Priest in season two of Fleabag, will play Tom Ripley. Steven Zaillian will write and direct the entire first season, which will have eight episodes. Tom ...

BIA Puts Local OTT Ad Revenue at $857M

September 29, 2019

Local over-the-top advertising revenue is expected to be $857 million in 2019, up 43%, according to a new estimate from BIA Advisory Services. BIA expects OTT revenue to adjust 148% to $213 billion by 2024. “OTT offers a considerable opportunity for broadcasters to grow revenue,” said Tom Buono, ...

Globecast promotes 18-year company veteran Shakunt Malhotra to Managing Director, Asia

September 29, 2019

Globecast, the global solutions provider for media, announces it has promoted 18-year company veteran Shakunt Malhotra to Managing Director, Asia, effective immediately. In his new role, he will spearhead operations across Asia and manage four key areas of focus: teleport services, media management ...