Broadcasting & Cable News

Calrec Steps Up to the Plate to Deliver Big Results for Veteran A1 Sports Mixer Andrew Stoakley

May 12, 2019

TORONTO, MAY 8, 2019 — For the past two decades, freelance A1 Mixer Andrew Stoakley has worked on many of the major sports and entertainment shows produced in Canada. With assignments ranging from MLB baseball to NHL hockey and curling (among others), Stoakley has come to rely on the flexibility ...

Shaquille O’Neal to Host ‘NBA Awards’

May 12, 2019

Shaquille O’Neal will host the 2019 NBA Awards, which happens June 24 on TNT. O’Neal played in the NBA for 19 seasons, suiting up for the Orlando Magic, Miami Heat, Phoenix Suns, Cleveland Cavaliers, Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics He is in his eighth season as a studio analyst for TNT’s ...

FX, BBC One Pair Up on ‘A Christmas Carol’

May 12, 2019

FX and BBC One are teaming with Ridley Scott’s Scott Free and Tom Hardy’s Hardy Son & Baker on a three-part special of A Christmas Carol. The cast includes Guy Pearce as Ebenezer Scrooge, Andy Serkis as Ghost of Christmas Past, Stephen Graham as Jacob Marley and Charlotte Riley as Lottie. Nick ...

House United on Need for 5G Security

May 12, 2019

The security of 5G networks has been much on the mind of Washington this week, including a bipartisan cadre of House Energy & Commerce Committee members. In a letter to FCC chairman Ajit Pai, the chairs and ranking members of the principal oversight committees urged the commission to "closely ...

Fox Sports Puts Chips Into Gambling Business

May 12, 2019

Fox is jumping into the legalized gambling market. Speaking at Fox’s investor conference on Thursday, Fox Sports head Eric Shanks called the new Fox Bet venture "the most ambitious and most exciting” of the company’s new revenue opportunities. Fox on Wednesday bought a 4.9% stake in Stars Group for ...

FCC Denies China Mobile Interconnect

May 12, 2019

The FCC has voted unanimously to deny China Mobile U.S.'s petition to provide telecommunications services between the U.S. and "foreign destinations," but both Republican and Democratic commissioners signaled the FCC needs to do more to address the 5G security threat more broadly and ...

Adult Swim Hatches Spinoff Series from ‘Harvey Birdman’

May 12, 2019

Adult Swim’s long-running Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law, has spawned a spinoff. The new half-hour animated series Birdgirl stars Paget Brewster. She plays the new CEO of a huge company who is also a superhero. Birdgirl was created and executive produced by ME Productions, produced by Susan ...

Primetime Ratings: Fox Wins With ‘Empire’ Season Finale

May 12, 2019

Fox got top spot in Wednesday ratings, the Empire season finale leading the network to a 1.1 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 5 share. That beat the 1.0/4s that both CBS and NBC rated. Empire got a 1.2 and the Star finale a 1.0, both up a tenth of a point from last week. CBS had ...

Sens. Seek FTC Investigation of Amazon's Kids Echo Dot

May 12, 2019

A bipartisan quartet of Senators has added their voices to the request by privacy groups that the Federal Trade Commission investigate Amazon's Echo Dot Kids Edition for potential violations of children's online data privacy protections. In the letter, Sens. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Richard Blumenthal ...