Broadcasting & Cable News

‘Lodge 49’ Back on AMC Aug. 12

August 11, 2019

Season two of dramedy Lodge 49 begins on AMC Aug. 12. Jim Gavin created the show, and executive produces along with showrunner Peter Ocko, Paul Giamatti, Dan Carey and Jeff Freilich. Wyatt Russell plays Dud, an ex-surfer drifting around Long Beach after the death of his father. He finds solace in a ...

Primetime Ratings: Fox Wins With Potent ‘MasterChef’

August 11, 2019

Fox won a tight ratings race Thursday, MasterChef leading the net to a 1.1 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 6 share. Just off the pace was NBC at 1.0/5. MasterChef got a 1.2 and Spin the Wheel a 1.0. The high ratings reflect preemptions for pre-season football on multiple ...

White House Tech Meeting on Extremism Raises Yellow Flags

August 11, 2019

The White House was hosting a meeting with tech companies Friday (Aug. 9) to talk online extremism and violent rhetoric and images, a conclave that was prompting some warning flares around D.C., and a call to call out the President for his rhetoric. It was unclear who was at the meeting from either ...

Tim Kring Thriller Series ‘Treadstone’ on USA in October

August 11, 2019

USA Network will premiere spy-thriller series Treadstone in October. Set amid the CIA black ops program Operation Treadstone, the series explores the origin story of a covert program that uses behavior modification protocol to turn recruits into nearly superhuman assassins. The series stars Jeremy ...

Chinese Telecoms Unwelcome in Government Contracts as of Aug. 13

August 11, 2019

Huawei, ZTE, Hytera, Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co., and Dahua Technology Co. are the five Chinese companies named in the Trump Administration's new rule revision implementing Congress' decision to ban Chinese telecoms from government contracts as potential security threats. Related: ...

Busted Pilot Podcast: TCA Summer Press Tour, Showtime's 'The Loudest Voice', AMC's 'Lodge 49', and More

August 11, 2019

Broadcasting & Cable's Kent Gibbons and Michael Malone discuss what happened at the Television Critics Association summer press tour, Showtime's The Loudest Voice, how AMC's Lodge 49 avoided the "never gonna get made" pile, and more.

GEMINI AND ASTRA SOFT LEDS BRING LIGHTING FLEXIBILITY AND VERSATILITY TO 'DAN PATRICK SHOW'

August 04, 2019

LOS ANGELES — July 30, 2019 — Litepanels' Gemini 2x1 Soft RGBWW and Astra 1x1 Bi-Color LED panels are lighting up the action for the popular "Dan Patrick Show," a syndicated radio and TV sports talk show hosted by former ESPN personality Dan Patrick. Produced by the AT&T Entertainment Group, ...

SMPTE Names Frank Kunkle Director of Marketing

August 04, 2019

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — July 30, 2019 — SMPTE®, the organization that is defining the future of storytelling, today announced that Frank Kunkle has joined the Society as its new director of marketing. Kunkle, who officially assumed his new role on July 22, is guiding development and implementation of ...

Sonnet Technologies at IBC2019

August 04, 2019

NEW: Echo Pro 10G Thunderbolt™ 3 Dock At IBC2019, Sonnet's upcoming Echo™ Pro 10G Thunderbolt™ 3 Dock will make its European debut. Designed for pro video and audio users who need to copy files to and from multiple drives, the Echo Pro 10G dock features three USB-C ports plus three USB-A ...