Broadcasting & Cable News

AT&T: Nexstar Pushes Retrans Meeting to Saturday

July 14, 2019

It looks like AT&T’s DirecTV and Uverse customers will have to wait at least another day for the possible resolution of the week-long retransmission consent battle between the pay TV giant and Nexstar Media Group. AT&T said earlier this morning that it was scheduled to meet Friday at its El ...

HBO Orders Season Two of ‘Euphoria’

July 14, 2019

HBO has renewed edgy teen drama Euphoria for a second season. Its eight-episode first season began June 16. Zendaya stars and Sam Levinson created the show, about 17-year-old Rue Bennett (Zendaya), a drug addict fresh from rehab, who is struggling to make sense of her future. Her life changes ...

'Stranger Things 3' Scores SVOD Record, Says Nielsen

July 14, 2019

The third season of Stranger Things scored record viewership for a subscription video on demand premiere, according to Nielsen. Over the four-day July 4th weekend, the first episode of Stranger Things 3 has 19.2 million U.S. viewers in the average minute, up from the season 2 premiere, which had ...

SagamoreHill Broadcasting Gets Nielsen Ratings Again

July 14, 2019

SagamoreHill Broadcasting said it signed a deal that will give its stations local television ratings from Nielsen. SagamoreHill’s stations have not had Nielsen ratings since Jan 1, 2011. “We are pleased to be working again with Nielsen,” said Louis Wall, president and CEO of SagamoreHill ...

Trump's Social Media Summit Billed as 'Bias' Bashing Exercise

July 14, 2019

The President confirmed Thursday (July 11) what most had already assumed: His Social Media summit at the White House with conservatives was about bashing social media platforms for alleged bias. The President tweeted in advance of the afternoon meeting: The President has accused Twitter, one of ...

AT&T Sues Max Retrans Over Confidential Data

July 14, 2019

AT&T has sued Max Retrans, a consultant that works with TV stations negotiating with distributors, claiming it used confidential data to get higher fees for its clients. In U.S. Court in St. Louis, AT&T said it is seeking an unspecified amount of damages, including inflated retransmission ...

Trump Looks to Enforce Fairness on Social Media

July 14, 2019

President Donald Trump has signaled that social media platforms need to be fair--specifically talking about not censoring conservative speakers--and said his Administration would try to make sure they were. He called Thursday (July 11) a "historic day" and said that never before had so many social ...

Former Adelphia CFO Tim Rigas Freed

July 14, 2019

Former Adelphia Communications chief financial officer Timothy Rigas has been released from prison after serving about 12 years of a 17-year federal sentence for fraud and conspiracy connected to the multi-billion dollar accounting scandal that shut down the former Pennsylvania cable operator in ...

A+E Networks Names Vien to Head International

July 14, 2019

A+E Networks named Patrick Vien as group managing director-international, responsible for the company’s international portfolio and businesses. Vien, who had been co-executive managing director, will report to Paul Buccieri, president, A+E Networks Group, and be based in New York. Edward Sabin, ...