Broadcasting & Cable News

FTC Pressed to Crack Down on Noncompetes

March 24, 2019

More than a half dozen Democrats have asked the Federal Trade Commission to take the point on noncompete clauses and issue a rule limiting their use. The clauses have long been a standard for broadcast employees, particularly on-air employees in which a company invests to build a brand, though a ...

Dems to FTC: Show Us the (Privacy) Money Plan

March 24, 2019

Leading Democrats on the House Energy & Commerce Committee want to know how the Federal Trade Commission would use the money if it got extra funds to help protect consumer privacy. That comes in a letter to FTC Chairman Joseph Simons and in the wake of a Feb. 26 Protecting "Consumer Privacy in ...

Frequency Debuts Cloud-Based ‘Studio’ Platform on Liberty’s Horizon 4 Service

March 24, 2019

Liberty Global-backed internet video startup Frequency has announced the launch of Studio, a new cloud-based solution for creating both OTT and linear channels. Competing directly with Wurl and Amagi, the new software product includes Frequency’s cloud-based linear scheduling and playout system. ...

FCC Resolves White Spaces Issues

March 24, 2019

The FCC has sent the signal that allowing the so-called white spaces between TV channels to be used for fixed and mobile wireless devices are ready for prime time. That came in a report and order adopted Wednesday, March 20. The FCC also resolved a number of petitions to reconsider (recon) the TV ...

Northeast Team at Chesapeake Systems Expands

March 24, 2019

Chesapeake Systems, the premier workflow solutions architects for highly advanced media technology systems in media and entertainment, has added industry veterans Chris May and Peter Price to the company’s Northeast team. May serves as Director of Business Development and Price has assumed the role ...

Daytime Emmy Noms Announced

March 24, 2019

CBS, with 61, and Syndicated TV collectively (55) topped the list of most-nominated networks for Daytime Emmy Awards, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences said Wednesday. Right after them came streaming services Amazon Prime Video and Netflix with 49 nominations each. Then ...

BITMAX LAUNCHES NEW CONTENT AND ORCHESTRATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AT NAB 2019

March 24, 2019

Los Angeles, March 21, 2019: Bitmax, the digital media management and licensing company, today announced the launch of its new content orchestration and management system - Maestro. The newly minted Maestro platform represents a leap forward for Bitmax Content Provider customers and Distributor ...

V-Nova and Xilinx® launch high-quality PERSEUS™ dense transcoder and accelerator

March 24, 2019

• Solution natively delivers live 4Kp60 encoding on a single FPGA card or accelerates existing HD software and hardware codec workflows by a factor of 4x. • PERSEUS Plus provides up to 50% compression efficiency at 4x the density of previously available solutions coupled with broad consumer device ...

Univision Signs New Ratings Agreement With Nielsen

March 24, 2019

Nielsen and Univision said they signed a new long-term agreement for audience measurement. The new deal includes national and local TV ratings plus Nielsen’s SVOD content ratings and out of home viewing. Univision’s broadcast network, UniMas, Univision Deportes, Galavision, El Rey and 36 local TV ...