Broadcasting & Cable News

V-Nova and NGCodec® ship industry’s lowest cost real-time UHD encoding

April 07, 2019

• Joint solution offers PERSEUS™ Plus enhanced HEVC, with VP9 and AV1 coming soon • Broad range of deployment options including AWS and a variety of form factor cards for private clouds from Xilinx and Advantech • Companies to offer combined solution to video operators worldwide NAB 2019, Las ...

Former Sling Head Lynch Named Condé Nast CEO

April 07, 2019

Roger Lynch, who helped launch Dish’s Sling TV and was most recently CEO of Pandora, has been named global CEO of Condé Nast, a new position. Lynch, who was picked for his ability to understand media and technology, will also join the board of directors when he assumes his new post on April 22. ...

Highest-Rated UK Program of 2019 - BBC One and Acorn TV’s Highly Anticipated Thriller LINE OF DUTY Returns - Season 5 Makes Exclusive U.S. Premiere on Monday, May 13, 2019

April 07, 2019

Series Acclaim Previous season is 100% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes with the Critics Consensus calling it, “an adrenaline-fueled thrill ride from start to finish” “As a brilliant whodunit… Is Line of Duty the best cop show EVER?” -Daily Mail “Stomach-clenchingly tense, visceral, shocking - ...

Sen. Markey Seeks to Expand Kids TV Rules to Edge

April 07, 2019

Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), author of the Children's Television Act wants to extend and expand those regulations to better cover edge providers' kid-directed content as well. He is unveiling the bill Thursday (April 4) at the Truth About Tech Conference, sponsored by Common Sense, which has been ...

Telemundo, NBCU Face Liberty Puerto Rico Blackout

April 07, 2019

NBCUniversal has begun warning viewers in Puerto Rico that subscribers of Liberty Cablevision might lose access to the local Telemundo station and NBC’s cable networks at 6 p.m. ET Thursday. The agreement between NBC and Liberty Cablevision was set to expire at the end of the year, but Liberty ...

T-Mobile's Legere: Sprint Deal Will Create Jobs, Period

April 07, 2019

T-Mobile CEO John Legere is pushing back on claims that its proposed merger with Sprint will result in job cuts. In a blog post Thursday (April 4), Legere tried to put to rest what he called "REALLY creative claims." Among those making such claims is the Communications Workers of America. In ...

Cable-Tec Expo abstract count hits record high of 264

April 07, 2019

APRIL 4, 2019 (Exton, PA)—Fueled by innovation and evolution in the fields of networking, virtualization, security, analytics, business services and operational transformation, the number of technical abstracts submitted for SCTE-ISBE Cable-Tec Expohas reached a new high of 264 this year, the ...

A&E to Give Wrestling Stars ‘Biography’ Treatment

April 07, 2019

A&E Network is partnering with WWE Studios to produce five two-hour documentaries under the “Biography” banner that showcase WWE Superstars. “Macho Man” Randy Savage, “Rowdy” Roddy Piper, Booker T, Stone Cold Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels will be profiled. Through new and archival interviews ...

Diana Miller Named Exec Producer of ‘CBS This Morning’

April 07, 2019

Diana Miller has been named executive producer of CBS This Morning. She’s been with the program since 2014 and was senior broadcast producer prior to her promotion. She assumes full oversight of the broadcast and reports to Susan Zirinsky, president and senior executive producer of CBS News. ...