Broadcasting & Cable News

Primetime Ratings: Steep Slide For ‘BH90210’ But Fox Still Prevails

August 18, 2019

Fox got the top spot in Wednesday prime ratings, as a down but still hearty BH90210 paced the net to a 0.9 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 5 share. That beat NBC’s 0.7/4. MasterChef fell 11% to 0.8 on Fox before BH90210, a reboot of Beverly Hills, 90210, plummeted 40% to 0.9. On ...

The Five Brands Most in Love With ABC’s ‘Bachelor in Paradise’

August 18, 2019

Over the last 17 years, ABC’s The Bachelor has not only become one of TV’s most durable reality franchises, but a virtually omnipresent pop-culture phenomenon thanks to spin-offs designed to keep fans obsessed nearly year-round. Last month we examined viewership and advertising trends for The ...

‘The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance’ on Netflix Aug. 30

August 18, 2019

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, a series based on the Jim Henson fantasy film from 1982, debuts on Netflix Aug. 30. The series is set before the film, which Henson directed with Frank Oz. Executive producers on the series are Lisa Henson, Louis Leterrier and Halle Stanford, and ...

Production Begins on Disney+ Series ‘Love, Simon’

August 18, 2019

Michael Cimino will play the lead in the Disney+ original series Love, Simon. Production begins this month in Los Angeles. The series is based on the 2018 movie of the same name. Cimino, whose work includes film Annabelle Comes Home and series Training Day, plays Victor. Victor is a new student at ...

Cord Cutting Will Decelerate in Q3, Analyst Predicts

August 18, 2019

The U.S. pay TV business lost more than 1.5 million subscribers in the second quarter, hitting a loss rate of 5.4%. Given the obvious fault lines, the trend isn’t surprising, or even interesting, said MoffettNathanson analyst Craig Moffett. Certainly, cord cutting isn’t going to go away, but the ...

Kimmel, 'Walking Dead', Others Settle With FCC Over Alert Misuse

August 18, 2019

The FCC has settled with AMC, Discovery, ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live and a radio broadcaster over misuse of the Emergency Alert System tones. Together, the FCC is collecting over $600,000 from the offenders collectively in civil penalties, with all of them committing to a "strict" compliance regime as ...

Imagine Products Releases Industry's Only All-in-One Tool for File Comparison, Search, Report, and Verification

August 18, 2019

Visit Imagine Products at IBC2019, Stand 7.A30 INDIANAPOLIS — Aug. 13, 2019 — Imagine Products Inc., creator of software utilities for backing up, viewing, sharing, transcoding, and archiving video assets, has released TrueCheck, a one-of-a-kind file comparison, search, report, and verification ...

SMPTE 2019 Lineup Now Available

August 18, 2019

LOS ANGELES and WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Aug. 13, 2019 — SMPTE®, the organization that is defining the future of storytelling, today announced the full event lineup for the Society's annual technical conference and exhibition, the world's premier forum for the exploration of media and entertainment ...

LynTec Brings Intelligent Power Control to InfoComm Mexico 2019

August 18, 2019

LENEXA, Kan. — Aug. 13, 2019 — LynTec, a leading manufacturer of innovative electrical power control solutions for professional audio, video, and lighting (AVL) systems, announced it will showcase the latest additions to its extensive and robust power control solutions in the Oso Colmenero Booth ...