Broadcasting & Cable News

James Holzhauer Breaks His Own Record for Total Cash Won in Single 'Jeopardy!' Game

April 21, 2019

In his 10th straight win, Jeopardy! contestant James Holzhauer broke his own record for single-day cash winnings with a total of $131,127. The previous record was also set by Holzhauer just eight days prior when he won a total of $110,914 on April 9. Holzhauer’s winnings now stand at $697,787 as he ...

SpotX Connecting Ad Buyers to Philo Platform

April 21, 2019

SpotX said it is working with the Philo streaming TV service to provide programmatic ad sales for its live and on-demand over-the-top inventory. "Philo has clearly captured a large portion of the market that is looking to enjoy VOD and live linear content, and their evolution is an amazing growth ...

Senate Democrats Introduce Digital Equity Act

April 21, 2019

A trio of Senate Democrats have launched the latest legislative effort to close the digital divide, this one aimed at funding state and community group efforts. That would be in addition to the billions of dollars in federal broadband aid dollars already being given out through the Universal ...

CBS News Correspondent DeMarco Morgan to Anchor at KCBS

April 21, 2019

DeMarco Morgan, CBS News correspondent, has been named co-anchor of KCBS Los Angeles’ 4:30-7 a.m. and 11 a.m. newscasts. Morgan has been a CBS News correspondent, based in New York, since fall 2015. He will shift to Los Angeles and starts at the CBS-owned station May 6. He will join co-anchor ...

Beachfront Launches MVPD VOD Programmatic Platform

April 21, 2019

Ad tech company Beachfront said it has developed a new system that enables programmatic advertising sales for multichannel video programming distributors' set-top-box video on demand inventory. Beachfront said the new tech stack has been directly integrated with what it described as a top-ten MVPD, ...

TCA Summer Press Tour Starts July 23

April 21, 2019

The Television Critics Association (TCA) has set its summer Press Tour schedule. The tour begins July 23 and ends Aug. 8. July 23-28 will be CTAM, short for Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing, and featuring cable networks. PBS goes July 29-30. July 31 is Studio Day and set ...

Barr Repeatedly Repeats No Collusion, No Conspiracy Conclusions

April 21, 2019

The highly anticipated redacted report from special counsel Robert Mueller was released Thursday (April 18) and news outlets scrambled to pore over the almost 400 pages of what was described by Barr as a report with limited redactions. The report was an investigation into Russian attempts to ...

‘Queen of the South’ Back on USA June 6

April 21, 2019

Season four of Queen of the South begins on USA Network June 6. Alice Braga stars in the series, about Teresa Mendoza, who is forced to run from a Mexican drug cartel and seek refuge in America. The show is based on the book La Reina Del Sur, by Arturo Perez-Reverte, and is inspired by the ...

ShortsTV To Premiere Academy Award-Winning Short Film Skin

April 21, 2019

Coming off Skin’s Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film at the 2019 Oscars, ShortsTV, the world’s only Short Film Channel (www.shorts.tv) and official distributor of the OSCAR® Nominated Short Films, will air the film across the United States. Skin’s strong story strikes a powerful chord as ...