Broadcasting & Cable News

Shana Teehan Joins CPB

June 23, 2019

Shana Teehan has been named VP of communications for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the independent entity that distributes federal funding to noncommercial media (about 15% of those outlets' annual budgets). The appointment is effective June 24. Her job will be to promote the value of ...

Primetime Ratings: Game Shows Pace ABC

June 23, 2019

ABC got first place in Wednesday prime ratings, its game shows leading to a 0.9 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 5 share. That beat the 0.6/3 that Fox and Univision tallied. The shows were up against the Stanley Cup final game on NBC a week before. ABC had Press Your Luck up 11% ...

Riedel Communications Chooses Dubai's Venuetech to Distribute Full Product Line in UAE

June 23, 2019

WUPPERTAL, Germany — June 19, 2019 — Riedel Communications today announced that Venuetech has signed an agreement to become a distributor for Riedel's full line of real-time media network and communications solutions in the Middle East. Based in Dubai, Venuetech is a leading professional AV systems ...

Bipartisan Bill Emerges to Arm Robocops

June 23, 2019

House Energy & Commerce Committee Republican and Democratic leaders have struck a deal on a bill that would strike a blow against unwanted and abusive robocalls, including by requiring carriers to provide call authentication tech at no added cost to consumers. The FCC has recently made it clear ...

Elton John’s Rocketman Graded with DaVinci Resolve Studio

June 23, 2019

Fremont, CA- June 20, 2019 - Blackmagic Design has today announced that its DaVinci Resolve Studio was used throughout the color pipeline on Paramount’s new musical biopic about Elton John’s breakthrough years produced by Marv Films & Rocket Pictures and directed by Dexter Fletcher. Lensed by ...

Ed Hauber Is Latest Addition to Digital Nirvana Executive Team, Joining as Director of Business Development

June 23, 2019

FREMONT, Calif. — June 19, 2019 — Signaling Digital Nirvana's continued momentum in the fast-growing market for compliance monitoring and metadata generation services, the company today announced the appointment of Ed Hauber as director of business development. Reporting to Russell Wise, senior ...

WOWOW ANNOUNCES SENIOR MANAGEMENT CHANGE

June 23, 2019

WOWOW, Japan’s leading premium pay TV broadcaster, today revealed senior level management changes catalyzed by the company’s growth and applied to advance its ongoing strategic initiatives. Five new members have been elected to WOWOW’s Board of Directors. They include three executives who have ...

Monroe Electronics Earns U.S. Patent for Unique Chassis Design of Its Pocket Power Supply

June 23, 2019

LYNDONVILLE, N.Y. — June 19, 2019 — Monroe Electronics, now Digital Alert Systems, has been granted a U.S. patent (No. 10291001) for the unique chassis design of the company's Pocket Power Supply™. Part of the original design for the Monroe Model R232 MultiPort RF matrix switch, the innovative ...

FCC to Vote on Carriage Election Compromise

June 23, 2019

It looks like the days of certified mail carriage elections are going the way of the pony express. The FCC will vote July 10 on adopting a broadcast and cable compromise approach to carriage elections notifications, as well as extending it to DBS carriage elections. It is expected to be approved. ...