Broadcasting & Cable News

University of Sydney Learning Media Team Goes 4K with EditShare EFS Storage Solutions

June 02, 2019

Basingstoke, UK – May 31, 2019 – EditShare®, a technology leader in intelligent scale-out storage, media asset management (MAM) and automated quality control (AQC), today announced that the Learning Media Team at The University of Sydney (Sydney Uni), an Australian public research and teaching ...

AT&T Adds Locast App to DirecTV, U-Verse Platforms

June 02, 2019

AT&T said it is adding Locast’s app on its DirecTV and U-verse platforms, effective Friday. Locast is a non-profit, free over-the-air service that streams local station’s TV signals without payment or permission. It operates under a provision in the Copyright Act that permits secondary ...

Woodruff Gets PBS Beacon Award

June 02, 2019

PBS NewsHour’s anchor and managing editor Judy Woodruff will receive PBS' Beacon Award, the noncom service announced at its annual meeting in Nashville Friday. The award goes to an individual "whose leadership, service and work inspire Americans and enrich our nation." Related: Woodruff, Ifill ...

Camera-to-Finish Imaging Ecosystem by Panavision Featured at Cine Gear 2019

June 02, 2019

Panavision, the world-class provider of end-to-end solutions, will return to Cine Gear Expo (May 31-June 1) at The Studios at Paramount to showcase the latest innovations in the company’s ever-expanding production and post production ecosystem. Panavision, Light Iron and LEE Filters will display an ...

Tech Takes Issue with Trump Mexico Tariff Threat

June 02, 2019

Tech groups were lining up to take issue with the White House's threatened tariffs--up to 25%--on Mexican goods over border security issues. Among those was the Consumer Technology Association, which suggested it was, in part, the product of a short fuse when a longer view was needed. “This is a ...

Why FX Was Right Partner for NY Times Series ‘The Weekly’

June 02, 2019

The Weekly, a docuseries about how the New York Times gets its big, world-impacting stories together, begins on FX June 2. A day after premiere, an episode streams on Hulu. The first episode, “The Education of T.M. Landry,” is about a tiny school in rural Louisiana that has sent many students, lots ...

CWA Pans T-Mobile-Sprint 'Shaky,' 'Unverifiable' Commitments

June 02, 2019

The Communications Workers of America said the new commitments offered up by T-Mobile and Sprint in an effort to get their deal approved don't cut it. That came in a letter to the FCC Friday. The FCC's Republican majority have signaled they will vote to approve the deal, which is the three votes ...

‘Axios’ Grills Jared Kushner on HBO

June 02, 2019

Documentary series Axios launches season two on HBO Sunday, June 2. Three new episodes run on the Sundays after that, each in the 6 p.m. ET/PT slot. The season premiere features an interview with White House adviser Jared Kushner. Matthew O’Neill and Perri Peltz produce and direct the episodes. ...

Starz Orders Season Three of ‘Vida’

June 02, 2019

Starz has picked up Vida for a third season. Season two debuted May 23. Tanya Saracho is executive producer and showrunner. “It is a rarity in television today to have a series earn this level of critical praise for two consecutive seasons and spark cultural conversation in the way that Vida has,” ...