Broadcasting & Cable News

Viacom: No Word on CBS, But 3Q Earnings Increase

August 11, 2019

Viacom reported higher earnings in the quarter, but remained quiet about a potential combination with CBS. The company also delivered the long-promised turnaround in advertising sales, with domestic ad revenues rising 6%. Viacom and CBS are both controlled by the family of Sumner and Shari Redstone ...

CBS and AT&T Reach Deal Ending Three-Week Blackout

August 11, 2019

CBS and AT&T said they reached a new multi-year agreement that ends a blackout that began July 19. The new deal returns CBS-owned stations to AT&T DirecTV and U-verse platforms, as well as CBS’s cable networks including CBS Sports Network and Smithsonian Channel. CBS affiliates available ...

BITMAX at IBC 2019

August 11, 2019

LA, London and Amsterdam, August 8, 2019: Bitmax, the digital media management and licensing company, will be at IBC 2019 showcasing its Maestro content orchestration system. They will be meeting with content owners, distribution partners and technology suppliers in the IABM lounge in Hall 4, ...

Warren Pledges $85 Billion for Public Broadband

August 11, 2019

Saying that "big broadband companies exclude entire communities — especially tribal communities and rural communities of color — from access to high-speed Internet," presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has unveiled her plan for closing the rural broadband gap--billions for ...

SCTE•ISBE Promotes Geoffrey Matt To VP, Finance and Accounting

August 11, 2019

AUG. 8, 2019 (Exton, PA)—The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) and its global arm, the International Society of Broadband Experts (ISBE), today announced the promotion of Geoffrey Matt to Vice President, Finance and Accounting. Matt, who most recently had been director of finance ...

Reports: White House Implementing Chinese Telecom Tech Blocking Rule

August 11, 2019

The White House reportedly will comply with Congress' ban on tech from Chinese telecoms Huawei and ZTE in government contracts, which goes into effect next week. That is by implementing an interim rule for making sure agencies are complying with the new law. The technology includes everything from ...

NCTA: Leased Access Fans Claims Are Specious

August 11, 2019

Dismissing its critics as purveyors of specious claims, irrelevant data points, and cherry-picked examples it suggests are, well, the pits, NCTA-The Internet & Television Association still says leased access rules need to go. Those are the FCC rules mandating cable operators over a certain ...

Marshall Electronics Brings Next Generation Miniature and Compact Cameras into Focus at IBC 2019

August 11, 2019

TORRANCE, CA, AUGUST 8, 2019 – Marshall Electronics, a leading provider of professional cameras, monitors, and accessories for broadcast production, will be showcasing the latest additions to its award-winning line of miniature and compact cameras at IBC 2019 (Stand 12.D20). Marshall Electronics’ ...

Netflix Lands ‘Game of Thrones’ Creators Benioff, Weiss in Production Deal

August 11, 2019

David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, creators of HBO smash Game of Thrones, have inked a production deal with Netflix. Deadline reported that it looks like a five-year deal worth as much as $300 million. The Hollywood Reporter called it a multi-year pact worth $200 million. Benioff and Weiss follow other ...