Broadcasting & Cable News

Netflix Orders More ‘Big Mouth’

July 28, 2019

Netflix has ordered three more seasons of Big Mouth, the adult animated show about puberty. Netflix has signed Brutus Pink, the new animation production company from Nick Kroll, Andrew Goldberg, Mark Levin and Jennifer Flackett, the creative team behind Big Mouth, to a multi-year deal to produce ...

Fox Regional Sports Nets Blacked Out on Dish

July 28, 2019

Dish said that the Fox Regional Sports Networks have been blacked out to Dish and Sling subscribers. The 16 sports channels are currently owned by The Walt Disney Co., but Disney has a deal to sell them to a group led by Sinclair. Already dark on Dish are stations owned by Meredith Corp. after the ...

FCC: Dish Has Incentive, Ability to Be Wireless Competitor

July 28, 2019

FCC officials speaking on background say they are confident Dish can and will be a vigorous competitor in facilities based wireless in the wake of the spin-off of Boost Mobile and spectrum in the T-Mobile-Sprint deal. That came in a briefing on the FCC's next steps now that Justice has submitted ...

Warner Bros. TV Group, Bryan Cranston Sign Production Deal

July 28, 2019

Warner Bros. Television Group and Bryan Cranston’s Moonshot Entertainment have agreed to an overall production deal. No financial terms were shared for the multi-year pact. “I launched the company six years ago with an insatiable curiosity to discover unique, character-based storytelling, which has ...

T-Mobile/Sprint Critics Pan Dish as Fourth Wireless Competitor

July 28, 2019

Groups opposed to the T-Mobile/Sprint merger vowed to fight on Friday after the Justice Department reached a settlement it suggested would maintain four carriers and they suggested would trade an experience carrier with a weak and experience-less competitor with a checkered buildout history. In a ...

Nomination Deadline Extended to August 2ndfor MFM – BCCA’s “People to Watch” in 2020

July 28, 2019

The deadline for nominating media industry financial managers who should be considered “People to Watch” in 2020 has been extended until August 2, 2019. Organized by MFM – The Media Financial Management Association, and its BCCA subsidiary, the media industry’s credit association, the program ...

TCA 2019: Hulu Renews 'The Handmaid’s Tale' for Fourth Season

July 28, 2019

Beverly Hills, Calif. — Hulu will bring back its Emmy-winning series The Handmaid’s Tale for a fourth season, part of a series of programming announcements the streaming service made during its Friday morning Television Critics Association press tour panel. The Handmaid’s Tale, which stars ...

TCA 2019: Starz Renews ‘The Girlfriend Experience’ for Third Season

July 28, 2019

Beverly Hills, Calif. — Starz will team with producer Steven Soderbergh for a third season of the original drama anthology series The Girlfriend Experience as well as a new original show Leavenworth, the network announced during the Television Critics Association press tour Friday. The third season ...

TCA 2019: Starz to Split ‘Power’ Final Season Into Two Parts

July 28, 2019

Beverly Hills, Calif. — Starz will extend the sixth and final season of its top-rated drama seriesPower into two parts, according to Starz president of programming Carmi Zlotnik. The 15-episode final season of Power will debut Aug. 25 with the first 10 episodes, followed by the final five episodes ...