Broadcasting & Cable News

Viewers Paid Attention to Ads in ‘Lethal Weapon’

August 18, 2019

Viewers paid more attention to the commercials in Fox’s Lethal Weapon than any other broadcast show in the first half of the year, according to a new report from TVision. Lethal Weapon also scored high in ad viewability, according to TVision. Ad viewability shows if people are in the room when the ...

OVBI: Broadband Usage Patterns Provide Clues to Imminent Cord-Cutting

August 18, 2019

Hoboken, NJ; August 15, 2019 – Subscribers’ broadband usage patterns can be predictors of cord-cutting, according to the Q2 2019 OpenVault Broadband Industry (OVBI) report issued today by OpenVault, a leading provider of industry analytics and technology solutions for broadband operators. The ...

Telestream Announces the Next Generation of Wirecast Gear

August 18, 2019

Nevada City, California, August 15, 2019 –Telestream, a global leader in file-based media workflow orchestration, media streaming and delivery technologies, today announced the latest version of Wirecast Gear, a new generation of the company’s award-winning live video streaming production hardware. ...

Stephanie Ramos Named ABC News Correspondent

August 18, 2019

Stephanie Ramos, reporter at ABC News, has been promoted to correspondent at ABC News. A military veteran, she was an anchor at KMBC Kansas City before shifting to ABC. She had been based in Washington but is relocating to New York. “Stephanie is a terrific and versatile reporter who has covered ...

New Australian Sci Fi Film Quanta Shot on URSA Mini Pro and Graded with DaVinci Resolve

August 18, 2019

Fremont, CA - August 15th, 2019 - Blackmagic Design today announced the new sci fi film “Quanta” was shot entirely on an URSA Mini Pro, while grading was done using DaVinci Resolve Studio. The film is one of the first globally distributed films by the new Melbourne based film production company and ...

Marshall Electronics’ Cameras Head to the Rodeo

August 18, 2019

CALGARY, ALBERTA, CA, AUGUST 15, 2019 – Mason Goodchild, owner of Morsando Media, knew he needed a compact POV camera that could outlast the elements to film the Calgary Stampede. For the second year in a row, Marshall Electronics’ cameras captured high-octane footage of the rodeo to complement the ...

More Housewives in Marc Cherry Show, But They’re a Different Kind of Desperate

August 18, 2019

Why Women Kill, a new drama from Marc Cherry, begins on CBS All Access Aug. 15. Lucy Liu, Ginnifer Goodwin and Kirby Howell-Baptiste play three wives in three different eras--’60s, ‘80s and present day. They live in the same Pasadena home, at different times, and each one deals with a philandering ...

Nevion adds JPEG XS video compression to Virtuoso media node

August 18, 2019

Oslo, Norway, 15 August 2019 – Nevion, award-winning provider of virtualized media production solutions, announced today that it has added a new JPEG XS encoding and decoding media function to its flagship software-defined media node, Nevion Virtuoso. The new functionality is already being ...

Alex Martinez Discusses his Role at Univision Noticias and the Future of Audio Mixing

August 18, 2019

Q: Tell us a little bit about who you are and what you do. A: I’m the audio operator for Univision Noticias, the news wing of Univision Network, where I’ve had the privilege of working for roughly seven years. I mostly cover our live network news shows. This includes Primer Impacto, Noticiero ...