Broadcasting & Cable News

Call for Proposals Issued for 2020 HPA Tech Retreat

September 15, 2019

The Hollywood Professional Association has issued the call for proposals for the 2020 HPA Tech Retreat, which marks the 25 anniversary of this unmissable event in media and entertainment technology. The annual gathering of professionals from around the world who work at the intersection of ...

DOC MARTIN, Series 9 Kicks Off Show’s 15 Years On-Air: Exclusive Premiere On Acorn TV in US, Canada & Mexico on September 26, 2019

September 15, 2019

Starring BAFTA Winner Martin Clunes (Manhunt, Arthur & George, Men Behaving Badly) Co-starring Caroline Catz (Murder in Suburbia) and Eileen Atkins (The Crown) with guest stars Danny Huston (Yellowstone), Conleth Hill (Varys in Game of Thrones), Tom Conti (Reuben, Reuben),and the return of ...

WNYW New York Names ‘Good Day Wake Up’ Hosts

September 15, 2019

Kerry Drew and Bianca Peters have been named co-hosts of Good Day Wake Up on WNYW New York. The show airs weekdays 4:30 a.m. to 7 a.m. The pair begins Sept. 23. WNYW is owned by Fox. “Good Day Wake Up viewers want interesting stories presented by interesting people and this new team embodies that ...

EditShare Appoints Stuart McGeechan Vice President of Customer Success

September 15, 2019

Boston, MA - September 12, 2019 - EditShare®, a technology leader that specializes in collaboration, security, and intelligent storage solutions for media creation and management, today announced the appointment of Stuart McGeechan to Vice President of Customer Success. Responsible for building ...

Meet Frame.io v3.5 at IBC 2019

September 15, 2019

New York City, NY – September 12, 2019 – Frame.io, the world’s leading cloud-based video review and collaboration platform, debuts powerful new features today at the IBC Show. Packaged as Frame.io v3.5, it includes secure sharing via email with access control, advanced media asset search and ...

For Interactive OTT Ads to Come to Fruition, We Need a Solid Underlying Framework

September 15, 2019

Over-the-top (OTT) advertising offers marketers a chance to rewrite how television advertising works. And therein lies the industry’s greatest opportunity — and its biggest challenge. For starters, most agree that the rapid emergence of ad-supported OTT offers media companies and brands a much ...

ITV Leverages Imagine’s Landmark II for Enhanced Ad Management

September 15, 2019

AMSTERDAM, 13 SEPTEMBER, 2019 — Imagine Communications, which provides open, end-to-end ad-tech solutions for broadcasters, content owners, MVPDs and vMVPDs, today announced that a new generation of its Landmark™ Sales solution will improve advertising management for ITV, the UK’s largest ...

William McGorry Elected to the Broadcasters Foundation of America Board of Directors

September 15, 2019

New York, NY – September 13, 2019 – William McGorry, Chairman of Broadcasting & Cable’s Hall of Fame, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Broadcasters Foundation of America, during a meeting of the Board earlier this week. McGorry oversees Broadcasting &Cable’s Hall of Fame ...

Sonnet and Archiware Team to Offer Sneak Preview of Long-Distance Thunderbolt 3 Optical Cable at IBC 2019

September 15, 2019

IRVINE, Calif. — Sept. 11, 2019 What's New:Sonnet Technologies (Stand 7.D41) and Archiware GmbH (Stand 7.D35) will team up at IBC2019 to demonstrate a Mac-based media asset management backup and archive system using Sonnet hardware and Archiware software. The twist? A Mac mini® computer with ...