Broadcasting & Cable News

'Sesame Street' Named Kennedy Center Honoree

July 21, 2019

Sesame Street has been named to the 2019 class for the Kennedy Center Honors, which will be broadcast on CBS Dec. 15. The Honors recognizes "icons" who have "left an indelible stamp on our collective cultural consciousness." The noncommercial TV icon, which now debuts episodes first on HBO, is ...

Candle in the Tomb: The Weasel Grave Promises Heart-Pounding Adventure on TOKU

July 21, 2019

TOKU, the only 24/7 live and on-demand network dedicated to that delivers the most popular and sought-after live-action titles and riveting cult classics from Asia dubbed into English, The 20-part adventure TV series is the second installment in the Candle in the Tomb franchise directed by Guan Hu, ...

AGB Events Creates Spectacular Light and Sound Event

July 21, 2019

After months of anticipation and secrecy, ‘HALO’ - the light and sound experience designed specifically for Townsville, a coastal city in north eastern Queensland, Australia - has opened. Created and produced by Sydney-based AGB Events, HALO is a spectacular experience of massive proportions that ...

As Blackout Looms, AT&T Says CBS Refused Offer

July 21, 2019

With a deadline looming at 2 a.m. Saturday morning, AT&T said it made an offer to pay CBS as much as it’s paying any broadcaster to carry its signal, but it has been rejected by CBS. If no agreement is reached, CBS’s owned stations could get blacked out to subscribers of DirecTV and AT&T ...

AT&T: Locast Is Option If There Is CBS Blackout

July 21, 2019

AT&T was talking tough Friday as a retrans blackout with CBS loomed, including steering subs to the Locast over-the-top TV station streaming service as one option to preserve access to TV station signals if there is an extended outage. "If CBS pulls its channels tonight," said AT&T, "the ...

Dish Names Alagappan Chief Technology Officer

July 21, 2019

Dish named Kannan Alagappan as senior VP and chief technology officer. Alagappan, who had been CTO and head of technology for Telstra in Australia, will report to Dish CEO Erik Carlson. He succeeds Vivek Khemka who left last year. "Kannan is an incredible strategist, technologist and an inspiring ...

‘Rechanneling’ Content for Increased Revenue

July 21, 2019

"Internet-based video services don’t have the same constraints as pay TV when it comes to marathons. And perhaps more important, this is where today’s viewers are increasingly flocking for TV content." — Carl Schachter, chief revenue officer, Wurl Viewers love TV marathons. According to ...

Black Box at IBC2019

July 21, 2019

At IBC2019, Black Box will showcase products across its high-performance Emerald™ Unified KVM (keyboard, mouse, video) portfolio and introduce the new MCX AV-over-IP system in Europe. The Black Box stand, 8.B59, will feature demo areas that address the need for convenient and intuitive real-time ...

Veritone's Mike Arthur to Speak at SVG Content Management Forum on July 24 in NYC

July 21, 2019

COSTA MESA, Calif. — July 16, 2019 — Veritone, Inc. (Nasdaq: VERI) today announced that Mike Arthur, senior vice president, licensing, will participate in a session titled "AI and Machine Learning for MAM: Let's Get Real" at the 13th annual Sports Video Group (SVG) Content Management Forum on July ...