Broadcasting & Cable News

Viewership Insights: St. Louis Blues Win First Stanley Cup

June 16, 2019

Following a thrilling, seven-game series, the St. Louis Blues hoisted the Stanley Cup for the first time in franchise history. Blues fans obviously tuned in en masse during the series, as did fans of the Boston Bruins, who lost 4-1 at home in game seven. Inscape, the TV measurement company with ...

Cannes Lions Preview: How Past Winners Apple, Google and Burger King Are Spending on TV

June 16, 2019

Next week the global advertising industry will descend on Cannes, France for the annual Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity. Most of the finalists won’t be announced until the festival begins, but one accolade has already hit the press: the 2019 Creative Marketer of the Year, which goes to Apple. ...

Middle Atlantic Once Again Solves Integrators' Critical AV System Installation Challenges

June 16, 2019

Visit Middle Atlantic at InfoComm 2019, Legrand | AV Booth 2500 FAIRFIELD, N.J. — June 12, 2019 — Middle Atlantic Products, a brand of Legrand | AV, today introduced Forward, a family of installation solutions that deliver greater system reliability, efficiency, and flexibility to the rack, in ...

AT&T-DirecTV Retrans Conduct

June 09, 2019

"With that level of market control, I guess I shouldn’t be too surprised with AT&T-DirecTV’s my way or the highway attitude. But might doesn’t make right." -Armstrong Williams In deciding to discontinue the carriage of WEYI-TV, Saginaw, Michigan, and walking away recently from retransmission ...

MSG Networks to Carry ‘Thursday Night Fights’

June 09, 2019

MSG Networks will carry Thursday Night Fights, the new monthly boxing series. The series is produced by Golden Boy and streams on Dazn. “We are delighted to provide boxing fans with broader access to this new series by partnering with a regional sports network industry leader such as MSG Networks,” ...

Primetime Ratings: NBC Thrives With ‘Talent’

June 09, 2019

NBC won the Tuesday ratings race by a mile, America’s Got Talent leading the net to a 1.4 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 7 share. That doubled runner-up Fox at 0.7/4. America’s Got Talent got a 1.6 from 8 to 10 p.m., down 6% from its premiere. It averaged around 9.7 million ...

Middle Atlantic Launches Premium+ PDU with RackLink Power Distribution Solution

June 09, 2019

FAIRFIELD, N.J. — June 4, 2019 — Middle Atlantic Products, a brand of Legrand | AV, today announced the release of the Premium+ PDU with RackLink™. This next- generation power distribution and management solution builds upon the innovation first introduced in the award-winning intelligent Premium ...

Senate Takes Hard Look at Video Marketplace

June 09, 2019

For the second time in as many days Congress dove into the video marketplace, in this case its change from appointment content on TV sets, to "how, where and when" content on a variety of devices. The consensus was that the laws need to reflect the video marketplace, and currently don't. The Senate ...

Senate Commerce Slates FCC Oversight Hearing

June 09, 2019

The Senate Commerce Committee has lined up the FCC commissioners--that includes the chairman--for an oversight hearing. The committee said Wednesday the hearing would be June 12 and review ongoing "activities and proceedings." It expects a full house of commissioners--three Republicans and a pair ...