Broadcasting & Cable News

National TV Ad Revenues Post Gain in May, Says SMI

June 30, 2019

Ad spending on national TV rose 2% in May to $912 million, according to new figures from Standard Media Index. The figures are another sign of renewed vitality of the TV advertising business in the face of streamers pulling away viewers and digital competitors drawing ad dollars. TV networks have ...

Primetime Ratings: Dem Debate Leads NBC to Win

June 30, 2019

NBC won the Wednesday ratings, as the Democratic debate led the network to a 1.3 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 7 share. That beat the 0.9/4 that CBS scored. Ten presidential hopefuls faced off Wednesday on NBC, MSNBC and Telemundo, and 10 more debate Thursday. On NBC, an ...

Two IHSE USA Solutions Receive Best of Show Awards at InfoComm 2019

June 30, 2019

CRANBURY, N.J. — June 26, 2019 — The Draco ultra DP 240 esports KVM extender and R488 Secure IP Remote Access (SIRA) Gateway — both high-end KVM (keyboard, video, mouse) display management solutions from IHSE USA — were honored with Best of Show awards at InfoComm 2019. Designed specifically for ...

Evertz Wins At Royal Ascot Racing

June 30, 2019

Evertz DreamCatcher™ Production Suite technology made its Royal Ascot debut this year when it was deployed by RaceTech to televise this world-famous racing event for live production, archiving and VAR support for racecourse officials. RaceTech, a company owned by the British Racecourse Association, ...

Speedcast Achieves Advanced Consulting Partner Status in the Amazon Web Services Partner Network

June 30, 2019

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. — June 26, 2019 — Speedcast International Limited (ASX: SDA) announced today that it has achieved Advanced Consulting Partner status in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner Network (APN). This achievement demonstrates Speedcast's ability to deliver proven customer solutions ...

Telestream Demonstrates Intelligent Media Processing, Secure Delivery & Intuitive Video Analytics at IBC 2019

June 30, 2019

Nevada City, California, June 27, 2019 – At IBC 2019, Telestream (Booth 7.C16 & 7.C14), a global leader in file-based media workflow orchestration, media streaming and delivery technologies, will showcase end-to-end live streaming solutions, strategic advances in video encoding and transcoding ...

Bill Lamb Named VP/GM at KTTV-KCOP Los Angeles

June 30, 2019

Bill Lamb has been named VP and general manager of the Fox-owned duopoly in Los Angeles, KTTV and KCOP. He succeeds Bob Cook, who will head up distribution at parent Fox Television Stations. Lamb was VP of Block Communications Broadcast Group, where he oversaw the operations for eight stations in ...

Over 15 Million Watch Democratic Debate on NBCU Nets

June 30, 2019

Fully 15.3 million people watched the Democratic debate on NBC, MSNBC and Telemundo, according to Nielsen, which NBC News said beat every primary debate during the 2008 and 2012 election cycles. The June 26 debate also attracted more than 9 million live streams, with users spending an average of 40 ...

CBS, Viacom Merger ‘Probably Inevitable’ Says Moody’s

June 30, 2019

A deal that would re-combine CBS and Viacom is “probably inevitable,” according to a report from Moody’s Investor Service analyst Neil Begley. Merging the companies would fit in with industry trends in which media companies aim to get bigger in order to have leverage with distributors and scale to ...