Broadcasting & Cable News

Riedel at InfoComm 2019

May 19, 2019

At InfoComm 2019 in Orlando, Florida, Riedel Communications will showcase its latest innovations for communications and real-time signal distribution for a broad range of audiovisual applications, including live performance and broadcast. Riedel solutions — including the MediorNet decentralized ...

Discovery Deutschland Adds HGTV to Channel Lineup, Extends Partnership With MX1 for Media Services and ASTRA Satellite Capacity

May 19, 2019

May 15, 2019 — MX1, a global solutions provider of media services and a wholly-owned subsidiary of SES, announced today that Discovery Deutschland, a TV and digital media broadcast station based in Munich, Germany, will use MX1's managed media and distribution services to deliver an eighth German ...

Insys Video Technologies Automates Celebrity Identification and Inappropriate Content Detection through API Integration with Amazon Rekognition

May 19, 2019

May 16, 2019 — Dübendorf, Switzerland: Insys Video Technologies has added powerful new capabilities to its comprehensive, over-the-top (OTT) video solutions that enable automated identification of celebrities and detection of inappropriate content in catch-up TV programming and on-demand video ...

The CW Puts ‘Batwoman’ and ‘Supergirl’ on Sundays

May 19, 2019

The CW presents its fall schedule at the City Center in New York May 16, introducing three shows: Batwoman, Nancy Drew and Katy Keene. Batwoman, from Greg Berlanti, will air on Sundays before Supergirl. Mondays feature All American and Black Lightning. Tuesdays are The Flash and Arrow. Wednesdays ...

FCC Can't Say if TV Content Ratings Are Accurate

May 19, 2019

The industry board overseeing the TV content ratings system has not been sufficiently accessible or transparent, but there is not enough evidence to conclude the ratings are inaccurate because the FCC did not have enough time to make that determination and meet its congressional deadline (It had 90 ...

The CW Explains How it Dares to Defy

May 19, 2019

The Jonas Brothers opened up The CW upfront show at New York City Center to a robust ovation, performing two songs. Rob Tuck, executive VP of national sales, came out to slightly less fanfare. He spoke of distinguishing The CW from every other network that presented this week. That includes ...

Pai Proposes to Ax Part-Time Leased Access

May 19, 2019

Making the same arguments he has made for deregulating broadcast ownership--changed marketplace, more video options--FCC chair Ajit Pai has signaled the FCC will try to loosen cable leased access rules. Currently, cable operators with more than 100 channels have to set aside 15% of those channels ...

Standard Media Buying Two Citadel Stations for $83M

May 19, 2019

Standard Media Group agreed to buy two TV stations from Citadel Communications for $83 million, the companies said. The stations involved are WLNE-TV, the ABC affiliate in Providence, R.I., and KLKN-TV, the ABC affiliate in the Lincoln and Hastings-Kearney, Nebraska market. Deb McDermott, the ...

Primetime Ratings: CBS Wins With ‘Survivor’ Finale

May 19, 2019

CBS won Wednesday’s prime ratings, the Survivor finale leading to a 1.4 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 7 share. That topped the 1.0/5 that NBC scored. Survivor did a 1.5 from 8 to 10:30 p.m., same as its December finale did, and the reunion special got a 0.9. NBC had Chicago ...