Broadcasting & Cable News

Trump Tech Tariffs Loom

May 12, 2019

The Trump Administration moved a step closer to upping its tariff on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods from 10% to 25% while computer companies urged it to delay that move. President Donald Trump said Sunday (May 5) that he would be raising the tariff on that $200 billion worth of Chinese goods ...

NTIA Chief Redl Resigning

May 12, 2019

David Redl, who heads up the Trump Administration's chief telecom policy and government spectrum oversight body,has resigned, a Department of Commerce spokesperson confirmed. Diane Rinaldo, deputy assistant secretary, will be acting assistant secretary and NTIA Administrator. Also exiting is ...

Telemundo Shares Upfront Strategy

May 12, 2019

Telemundo Enterprises will offer more than 900 hours of original content for the 2019-2020 season, the network announced. That includes Super Series El Señor de los Cielos, limited series No Te Puedes Esconder and the return of popular series El Final del Paraíso, La Doña and Enemigo Intimo. ...

SMPTE May Webcasts

May 12, 2019

Monthly Technology Webcast — Open to SMPTE Members TITLE: ATSC 3.0 Webcast Part 2: ATSC 3.0 – a Deeper Dive https://www.smpte.org/monthly-technology-webcast SPEAKER: S. Merrill Weiss is a consultant in electronic media technology and technology management. He is also a Standards Committee Member ...

CRAS & Dolby Bring Suns Into the Atmos-Phere During Live NBA Game Broadcast; Featured at 2019 NAB Show

May 12, 2019

Gilbert, Ariz., May 9, 2019 – Conservatory of Recording Arts & Sciences (CRAS; www.cras.edu) students continue to have top-shelf opportunities to learn from the very best audio engineers and producers in the industry while on-site in real time. They also get to train on new industry ...

FCC Forecasts More Spectrum for 5G

May 12, 2019

It doesn't take a weatherman to tell which way the spectrum winds are blowing at the FCC. The commission has voted to propose opening up even more spectrum for 5G, allowing sharing of spectrum now used for weather forecasting by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. That came in a ...

DPA Hits it Out of the Park for New York Mets Pregame Broadcasts

May 12, 2019

NEW YORK, MAY 9, 2019 – Before every New York Mets home baseball game at Citi Field, SNY, the Mets’ official television network, takes to the air with its pregame broadcast. In a search to find a microphone that would provide superior sound quality, SNY’s Senior Studio Director, Luis Pantoja, found ...

HHS Mandates Price Disclosures on DTC Drug Ads

May 12, 2019

Those drug company TV ads that already need a fast-talker to work in all the disclaimers, will be getting another disclosure mandate, though it can be in text form. Drug companies will have to disclose the list price to patients for prescription drugs and biological products in their TV (broadcast, ...

Nixer’s Smart PD Dante Gives a Big Hand to Audio Network Troubleshooters and Operators

May 12, 2019

Setting up and configuring new DANTE audio networks is now much easier thanks to Nixer Pro Audio’s PD Dante, a handheld portable audio monitoring tool that has been specifically designed for this task. PD Dante, which is exclusively distributed in the UK by Aspen Media, provides engineers with ...