Broadcasting & Cable News

Primetime Ratings: CBS, NBC Share Tuesday Title

May 19, 2019

CBS and NBC split the win in the Tuesday prime ratings, both posting a 0.8 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 4 share. CBS was paced by NCIS and NBC had The Voice. The two also tied on top last week, with the same score. On CBS, it was NCIS up 10% at 1.1 and a pair of season ...

Dems Proposing $40 Billion For Broadband Buildout, Again

May 19, 2019

House Democrats Wednesday (May 15) are once again introducing an omnibus infrastructure bill, dubbed the Leading Infrastructure For Tomorrow’s [LIFT] America Act, which includes allocating tens of billions of dollars for broadband deployment. The bill would provide $40 billion over the next five ...

FCC's Pai Plugs Broadcast Rule Forbearance Authority

May 19, 2019

FCC chair Ajit Pai put in a plug Wednesday (May 15) for giving the FCC some fast track broadcast deregulatory authority. In a House Communications Subcommittee FCC oversight hearing Wednesday (May 15), he was asked by deregulatory minded Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) to comment on the state of ...

ChyronHego Introduces TRACAB Gen5

May 19, 2019

STOCKHOLM — May 15, 2019 — ChyronHego today introduced TRACAB Gen5, the newest generation of the company's Emmy® Award-winning TRACAB optical sports tracking system. TRACAB Gen5 features significant improvements in tracking data quality and accuracy, driven by completely redesigned tracking ...

Matsui Working on C-Band Compromise Bill

May 19, 2019

Rep. Doris Matsui (D-Calif.), co-chair of the Congressional Spectrum Caucus, said Wednesday (May 15) she is working on a bill, the WIN 5G Act, that would offer up a compromise approach to the thorny issue of freeing up C-band spectrum for wireless broadband. Cable operators and broadcasters use the ...

WarnerMedia Orders Season Two of ‘Snowpiercer’

May 19, 2019

WarnerMedia has ordered a second season for sci-fi series Snowpiercer. The first season premieres summer 2020. Jennifer Connelly and Daveed Diggs star in the post-apocalyptic sci-fi series. Snowpiercer will air on TBS, which is adding drama to its lineup. “Snowpiercer is the perfect show to ...

LITEPANELS GEMINI AND SOLA BRING EXCELLENT LIGHT QUALITY AND VERSATILITY TO TV4's 'AFTER FIVE' LIVE TALK SHOW

May 19, 2019

LOS ANGELES — May 15, 2019 — Litepanels today announced that the company's Gemini 2x1 Soft LED panels and Sola Fresnel LEDs are being used at Sweden's TV4 for "After Five," a new two-hour evening show focused on daily happenings in Sweden and around the world. Supplied by Mediateknik and installed ...

SCTE•ISBE's Derek DiGiacomo Named to 2019 Environmental + Energy 100

May 19, 2019

May 15, 2019 (Exton, PA)—Derek DiGiacomo, senior director, Energy Management Programs and Business Contunity for The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) and its global arm, the International Society of Broadband Experts (ISBE), and SCTE•ISBE lead for the cable industry’s Energy ...

CBS Focused on Staying ‘Most Watched,’ Says Nevins

May 19, 2019

Sports personalities Jim Nantz and Tony Romo kicked of the CBS upfront show, the pair starring in a “pre-game” video loaded with football/television double entendres. “It feels like a Super Bowl,” said Romo. Nantz mentioned how “new head coach, Joe Ianniello, has already put his stamp on the team” ...