Broadcasting & Cable News

NBC Sports Signs Deal For World Rugby Sevens Series Through 2023

August 25, 2019

NBC Sports has inked a four-year deal to air the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series on its platforms through 2023. The World Rugby Sevens is an annual series of seven-a-side tournaments featuring the national teams from 17 countries. The deal will provide more than 300 hours of programming on NBCSN, ...

Cartoni to debut new products at IBC 2019

August 25, 2019

Rome, Italy (August 22, 2019) – Cartoni, the Italian leader in premium camera supports for the broadcast, film and pro-video industries, is pleased to announce a new array of products which will debut at IBC 2019 (booth 12.E30). The newest release in the Cartoni Tripod range is the RED LOCK. ...

How Calrec can ‘Assist’ and ‘Connect’ at IBC 2019

August 25, 2019

HEBDEN BRIDGE, UK, AUGUST 22, 2019 — Calrec’s powerful Assist and Connect applications are both taking center stage at IBC 2019 (Stand 8.C91). As the industry embraces new standards and workflows, Calrec has expanded its suite of applications to give broadcasters more efficient tools without the ...

Tech Talk: Groups Pitch G7 on Enabling Digital Tech Including AI

August 25, 2019

Tech groups including ITI, CCIA and The App Association have published their tech policy wish list in an open letter to the G7 countries (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and the United States) headed to a Leader's Summit in Biarritz, France, at the end of the month. They outlined a ...

Hamilton Joins Spotlight as VP for National Sales

August 25, 2019

Melanie Hamilton has been named VP, national sales, at Comcast Spotlight, the ad sales division of Comcast Cable. Hamilton, who spent 11 years at Google, will set national sales strategy across media buying agencies and work with management on growing the business and building relationships with ...

Veterans-TV, VETV, Charis Fund, Dobbins Family Fund, NEP

August 25, 2019

GRASS VALLEY, Calif. — Aug. 21, 2019 — Veterans-TV Inc. (VETV), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to providing U.S. veterans with hands-on professional television production training courses, today announced that it has received a $7,500 donation from the Dobbins family's Charis Fund to ...

Fox News Signs Sarah Huckabee Sanders

August 25, 2019

Fox News has signed Sarah Huckabee Sanders, former White House press secretary, as a contributor. Sanders will provide political commentary and analysis across Fox News Channel, Fox Business Network, Fox Nation and other Fox properties. She will make her debut on Fox & Friends Sept. 6th. “Fox ...

Marshall Electronics Debuts New CV503-WP at IBC 2019

August 25, 2019

TORRANCE, CA, AUGUST 22, 2019 – Marshall Electronics, a leading provider of professional cameras, monitors, and accessories for broadcast production, introduces the new CV503-WP All-Weather HD Miniature Camera, a successor to the award-winning Marshall CV502-WPM, at IBC 2019 (Stand 12.D20). ...

FCC Will Walk LPTVs Through Reimbursement Process

August 25, 2019

The FCC has scheduled a webinar Aug. 28 on reimbursing LPTV's and translators in the incentive auction repack. Those stations were not initially included in the relocation fund, but Congress updated its incentive auction framework to include payouts to those stations. The FCC voted to allocate $150 ...