Broadcasting & Cable News

Comcast Reports Higher Earnings in First Quarter

April 28, 2019

Comcast reported higher first-quarter earnings and its cable and NBCUniversal units posted gains. First net income increased 14% to $3.553 billion, or 77 cents per share, up from $3.118 billion, or 66 cents a share a year ago. Revenue rose 17.9% to $26.859 billion, reflecting Comcast’s acquisition ...

Tribune’s Hites Gets Promax Lifetime Achievement Award

April 28, 2019

Marshall Hites, senior VP, marketing and creative services at Tribune Broadcasting, will receive Promax’s Lifetime Achievement Award at the association’s annual Station Summit in Las Vegas on June 20. Hites was given the award by the broadcast marketing, promotion and design group for overseeing ...

Boa’s Leasure Joins SpotX as VP of People

April 28, 2019

SpotX said it appointed Jeanne Leasure as VP of people, a new position. Leasure, most recently head of the human resources department at Boa Technology, will oversee global human resources, training, career development, recruiting and employee experience at SpotX, which plans to add 100 new ...

Tremor Video DSP, RhythmOne Team for Private Marketplaces

April 28, 2019

Programmatic platform Tremor Video DSP is getting into the private marketplace business by working with RhythmOne, which offers a controlled supply of ad inventory in premium content. The move follows the $176 million purchase in February of RhythmOne by Taptica, which also owns Tremor Video DSP. ...

PadSquad Offers Guarantee Campaigns Will Work Quickly

April 28, 2019

PadSquad, which helps TV networks and brands create digital promotion content, is guaranteeing it can meet campaign goals within 45 days. PadSquad enables marketers to take more of their promotion activity in-house. Its software produces digital promotional content and can handle campaign ...

Chapple, Radnitz Join Viacom’s Music Group

April 28, 2019

Two veteran programming and production executives have joined Viacom’s Music Group in senior roles. Mala Chapple, most recently COO/executive VP, production at Eastern, was named senior VP, content strategy, operations and media partnerships at Viacom Music Group. Todd Radnitz, who had been senior ...

Biden Declares Presidential Run

April 28, 2019

Former Vice President and Senator Joe Biden has officially thrown his hat into the ring for 2020, going up against first a crowded Democratic primary field, and then, if successful, against the man whose election he helped certify. Comcast chief diversity officer David Cohen, along with his former ...

Tim Burton’s Dumbo Delivered in Dolby Vision with Blackmagic Design

April 28, 2019

Fremont, CA - April 25, 2019 - Blackmagic Design has today announced that DaVinci Resolve Studio was used throughout the full color pipeline on Disney’s live action remake of Dumbo. Directed by Tim Burton with a screenplay by Ehren Kruger, the DI was delivered by Goldcrest Post’s Adam Glasman, who ...

Comcast Says DTC Strategy Aims for Quick Scale, Profit

April 28, 2019

Comcast CEO Brian Roberts said that the company’s upcoming direct-to-consumer product will be positioned to gain scale quickly and leverage the company’s programming assets, advertising technology and millions of customer relationships. Comcast was slow to embrace streaming, but speaking on the ...