Broadcasting & Cable News

PTV Execs Push for Blanket Waiver from ATSC 3.0 Simulcasting

July 28, 2019

Executives representing noncommercial TV stations and PBS have met with FCC Media Bureau officials in person and by phone in the past two months to press their case for exempting noncom stations from simulcasting requirements in the transition to next-gen (ATSC 3.0) TV transmissions, according to ...

Pew: Videos Featuring/For Kids Are YouTube's Most Popular

July 28, 2019

According to a new Pew Research Center analysis of every video posted to "high-subscriber" channels in the first week of this year found that children's content and content featuring children was most viewed than any other type of video, with videos about video games topping the list. That is ...

‘Designated Survivor’ and ‘Tuca and Bertie’ Won’t See Sophomore Seasons on Netflix

July 28, 2019

Netflix has canceled Tuca & Bertie and Designated Survivor, which both offered their first seasons on the platform this past spring. Animated comedy Tuca & Bertie, about the friendship between two bird women in the same apartment building, premiered May 3. Lisa Hanawalt created the show. ...

Masque Sound Launches Production Services Division

July 28, 2019

EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ, JULY 25, 2019 – Masque Sound, a leading theatrical sound reinforcement and installation company, announced the launch of its Production Services division (MPS). The newly created division provides equipment rentals and production services for live and recorded events for ...

Primetime Ratings: ABC, CBS, Fox Ride Unscripted to Shared Win

July 28, 2019

ABC, CBS and Fox split the Wednesday ratings crown, each riding an unscripted lineup to score a 0.6/3. That rating beat the 0.5/3s that NBC and Telemundo tallied. ABC had its game shows. Press Your Luck did a flat 0.7 and Card Sharks grew 20% for a 0.6, then Match Game scored a level 0.6. CBS had ...

ESPN Brings Back ‘The Ocho’ With Live Cornhole Tourney

July 28, 2019

ESPN is bringing the fictional ESPN8: The Ocho back to real life as a stunt on Aug. 7. Programming on what is usually ESPN2 (once known as The Deuce) will include the 2019 WCO World Cornhole Championship, the first live event on The Ocho, inspired by the 2004 film Dodgeball: A True ...

Vitec Production Solutions at BIRTV2019

July 28, 2019

Coming Soon! Autoscript WinPlus-IP Features Autoscript is set to release new features within WinPlus-IP, the Intelligent Prompting software adopted by broadcasters worldwide. Intelligent Prompting offers a fully IP-enabled workflow that can also accommodate video workflows. The new features harness ...

Heartland Video Systems Expands Engineering and Installation Team to Support Growing Customer Base Across the U.S.

July 28, 2019

PLYMOUTH, Wis. — July 23, 2019 — Heartland Video Systems (HVS), an industry-leading broadcast equipment supplier for professional AV studios, is expanding its engineering team to address increasing demand for HVS services with even greater agility and even greater depth of expertise. The company ...

nanocosmos to Demonstrate nanoStream Cloud, Including H5Live Player, for Delivering Ultra-Low Latency Live Video at IBC2019

July 28, 2019

Live video streaming with ultra-low latency (ULL) is becoming more and more popular in the media environment. ULL enables new types of interactive applications and use cases to be explored, such as auctions, gaming, and webcasting. Through these interactive applications, media companies can boost ...