Broadcasting & Cable News

End of the Road for ‘The Detour’ on TBS

September 08, 2019

The Detour, an offbeat family comedy from Jason Jones and Samantha Bee, will not see another season on TBS. Season four debuted June 18. TBS describes the show as “an all-too-honest look at the family dynamic.” Season four saw the wildly dysfunctional Parker family on an epic worldwide search for ...

TVU Networks AI Technologies Help Broadcasters Deliver Customized Content

September 08, 2019

BARCELONA, SPAIN – September 5, 2019 – TVU Networks, the global technology and innovation leader in live IP solutions, will showcase its advanced Artificial Intelligence broadcast solutions, at IBC2019 (Hall 2, Stand B28) in Amsterdam. Already incorporated into several TVU products, AI is at the ...

Widespread Adoption of Embrionix IP Solutions Fuels Company Growth — 2019 Revenues Up 29%

September 08, 2019

LAVAL, Quebec — Sept. 4, 2019 — Embrionix today announced that the company's revenue has increased 29% in 2019, largely due to increased sales of its solutions that ease media entities' growing use of IP. Embrionix has experienced significant year-over-year growth and widespread adoption of its ...

Milo Ventimiglia to Play Evel Knievel in USA Limited Series

September 08, 2019

USA Network has ordered the limited series Evel, based on the life of daredevil Evel Knievel. Milo Ventimiglia, star of NBC drama This Is Us, will play Evel. The series is based on Knievel preparing to jump Snake River Canyon, which happened in 1974. “Evel is an exhilarating portrait of a complex ...

Crunchyroll Gets Majority Stake in Viz Media Europe

September 08, 2019

AT&T’s Crunchyroll acquired a majority stake in VIZ Media Europe Group, which licences and distributes Japanese animation. The Hitotsubashi Group retains a minority stake in Viz Media Europe as part of the transition. Financial terms were not disclosed. “Crunchyroll and VIZ Media Europe Group ...

Ultra Macho Burns Rubber with Two New Series About Everything Cars

September 08, 2019

Ultra Macho, Olympusat’s HD channel featuring the best in travel, extreme sports, Mexican wrestling, cars, late-night adult shows, reality series, documentaries and other programming created to satisfy the taste of the Ultra Macho, announces the network premieres of two, eye-opening, entertaining ...

TV Tokyo’s Watanuki-san-chino VTuberSitcom Series Uses Blackmagic Design Products

September 08, 2019

Fremont, CA - September 6, 2019 - Blackmagic Design announced today that TV Tokyo’s “Watanuki-san-chino,” was created using DaVinci Resolve Studio, HyperDeck Studio 12G and a number of additional Blackmagic Design products. The show is the first sitcom series where Virtual YouTubers ...

MSNBC’s Chris Hayes Takes Podcast on Tour

September 08, 2019

Chris Hayes, host of All In with Chris Hayes on MSNBC, goes on a podcast tour in the fall. He stops in Austin in September, Los Angeles in October, Chicago in November and New York in December. His podcast is “Why Is This Happening?”, where he interviews top thinkers, newsmakers and cultural ...

InSync Technology Partners With Qvest Media for Cloud-Based Standards Conversion

September 08, 2019

AMSTERDAM — Sept. 5, 2019 — InSync Technology today announced a new partnership with Qvest Media enabling integration of FrameFormer, InSync's motion compensated frame rate converter, into the multicloud management platform Qvest.Cloud. Qvest.Cloud is an advanced management platform for media that ...