Broadcasting & Cable News

‘Death of A Salesman’ Playing Out at TV Networks

July 28, 2019

Like so many wing-tipped Willy Lomans, hundreds of senior television ad sales executives have been put out of their jobs in the past year and more are worried that their cushy, well-paid way of life is disappearing as the industry rapidly changes. This “Death of the TV Ad Salesman” is being caused ...

ATEME Partners with EBU to Trial Watermarking Solution at International Soccer Event

July 28, 2019

PARIS, DENVER, SINGAPORE, SAO PAULO, June 26 2019 – ATEME, the emerging leader in video delivery solutions for broadcast, cable, DTH, IPTV and OTT, is working with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) to trial a watermarking solution this week at a major international soccer event broadcasted from ...

Imagen to manage over 17,000 films for one of Germany’s leading film distributors

July 28, 2019

London, 26 July, 2019 - Imagen, the leading SaaS video management platform business, has been selected by PROGRESS, one of the oldest and largest film distributors in Germany, to manage and distribute its vast content library of over 17,000 films to global media companies. With 12,000 hours of ...

Anhui Orange Media Completes Live Grading and Streaming for China’s Douyu Carnival 2019 with DaVinci Resolve

July 28, 2019

Fremont, CA – July 26, 2019 - Blackmagic Design today announced that Anhui Orange Media completed live grading for Douyu Carnival 2019, a pan entertainment cultural festival hosted by China’s streaming giant Douyu, with DaVinci Resolve Studio and DaVinci Resolve Mini Panel. Streaming for the three ...

DOJ Says OK to T-Mobile-Sprint

July 28, 2019

The Justice Department, five state attorneys general and T-Mobile-Sprint have reached an agreement on the proposed merger of the number three and four wireless carriers, conditioned on, among other things, the spin-off of Boost Mobile and some spectrum assets to Dish. According to the settlement, ...

AES and AIMS Team Up to Host AV-over-IP Technology Pavilion at 2019 AES NY Convention

July 28, 2019

BOTHELL, Wash. — July 25, 2019 — Following a successful partnership at last year's convention, the Audio Engineering Society (AES) and the Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS) will again collaborate to create a professional media networking pavilion at the AES Convention in New York on Oct. ...

Primetime Ratings: CBS and Fox Win With Unscripted Stuff

July 28, 2019

Fox and CBS were tops in Thursday prime ratings, both networks riding unscripted hits a 0.6 rating in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 4 share. That beat the 0.5/3 put up by NBC and Telemundo. It was a pretty weak night for broadcast ratings. ABC did a 0.4/2. Univision got a 0.3/2 ...

InSync Technology Announces New Standards Conversion Solutions at IBC2019

July 28, 2019

InSync Technology at IBC2019 InSync Technology are specialists in motion compensated frame rate conversion. Content owners with assets that aren't in the format or frame rate needed for their chosen audiences' displays must carry out standards conversion in order to match the various display sizes ...

DOJ's T-Mobile-Sprint Settlement Gets Claps, Slaps in D.C.

July 28, 2019

Industry players were ready with a torrent of reaction to the Justice Department's approval Friday (July 26)--with divestitures and conditions--of the T-Mobile-Sprint deal. It must still be voted by the FCC and faces a state legal challenge from various state attorneys general. FCC chair Ajit Pai ...