Broadcasting & Cable News

Cartoni to debut new fluid head for OB/ENG/EFP at NAB 2019 in a new Black & Gold design

March 24, 2019

Rome, Italy (March 21, 2019) – Cartoni, the Italian leader in premium camera supports for the broadcast, film and pro-video industries, is proud to announce the launch of the new Master 25 fluid head at NAB 2019 (Central Hall, Booth C9020). The Master 25 is a robust, yet lightweight fluid head ...

Survey: Edge Divided on New Zealand Video Treatment

March 24, 2019

Amidst criticism of the slowness of social media platforms to remove the New Zealand shooter video, a new poll shows that while tech employees generally agree with that criticism, employees of the relevant platforms see it quite differently. That is according to a survey March 15-18 of 3,074 users ...

Religious Broadcasters Have TV Ratings Issues

March 24, 2019

There is a bit of a schism in the video distribution industry over TV content ratings. The FCC is currently conducting a congressionally mandated review into the effectiveness and accuracy of the guidelines (assigning a rating to shows from TV-Y to TV-MA), which various groups have criticized. The ...

DOJ, FCC Officials Spar Over Roles in Antitrust Reviews

March 24, 2019

America's top trust-buster and the FCC's #2 Republican commissioner offered different perspectives on how the government should treat antitrust cases - especially in the media industry - during their presentations at the America's Communications Association (née American Cable Association) ...

GroupM Clients in Front Row at ‘Project Runway’

March 24, 2019

Three clients from media agency GroupM have been integrated into the new season of Project Runway on NBCUniversal’s Bravo. The season launched last week, with the second episode scheduled for Thursday. TRESemme is the exclusive hair care partner for Project Runway. The brand’s global stylist, ...

Data Talent the Key as Netflix, Disney, and WarnerMedia Square Off

March 24, 2019

"The competition has grown fiercer in recent years. But the key factor isn’t which service has the best show of the moment, but a matter of whether a tech company can learn how to be a media entertainment company faster than the media entertainment companies learn how to compete in tech." -Amanda ...

T-Mobile Uses In-Home Test to Push Sprint Deal

March 24, 2019

T-Mobile continues to push for its merger with Sprint by emphasizing the uncarrier angle, particularly when it comes to becoming a disruptor in home (fixed wireless) space. The company sent out an email Thursday trumpeting its new pilot home internet test, available to a limited number of its ...

Pai: ACA Risks Have Rewarded Country with Rural Broadband

March 24, 2019

FCC chair Ajit Pai told smaller cable operators in Thursday (March 21) that they have "taken the risks and helped build out broadband to thousands, millions of people across the country." He said those are the people yearning to be connected and those smaller operators, on the front lines of rural ...

Net Activists Plan New Protests

March 24, 2019

Net neutrality activists are planning a protest next week in advance of an expected vote on net neutrality rule legislation, including trying to make the live stream of the vote go viral. Fight for the Future said it is expecting that the House Energy & Commerce Committee will schedule that ...