Broadcasting & Cable News

Fox Corp. Names Chief Litigation Counsel

March 24, 2019

Apparently, what's good for General Motors is good for the new Fox. Fox has tapped Jeff Taylor to be EVP and chief litigation counsel for the company, which has re-launched as Fox Corp. following the March 20 close of Disney's purchase of its 21st Century Fox assets. In addition to litigation, ...

Content Ratings Are Hot Topic at FCC

March 24, 2019

Turns out there is much interest in the FCC's congressionally mandated review of the TV content ratings system, driven in part by the followers of groups familiar in the fight for what they see as the need for more family-friendly programming--Parents Television Council, Concerned Women for ...

FCC 24 GHz Spectrum Auction Nears $1B in Proceeds

March 24, 2019

The FCC's auction of continues to rake in the bucks, at $926.3 million already well topping the take from the previous 28 GHz auction millimeter-wave auction--the FCC's first-ever--after only six-plus days of bidding--the 28 GHz auction drew a little over $700 million in over nine weeks of bidding. ...

Primetime Ratings: CBS Wins With March Madness

March 24, 2019

CBS won the Thursday primetime ratings, as its March Madness hoops offerings across prime gave the network a 1.0 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 5 share. In second was ABC at 0.9/4. NBC got a 0.7/3 and Fox a 0.6/3. Telemundo and Univision both did a 0.4/2. The CW rated a ...

ABC Orders Second Season of ‘The Conners’

March 24, 2019

ABC has ordered season two of The Conners, a spinoff of Roseanne. The comedy averaged 9.5 million total viewers and did a 2.2 in those 18-49. The Conners came to be after Roseanne was cancelled following star/executive producer Roseanne Barr’s racist tweets. “We are proud to be continuing the ...

Broadcast, Cable News Gang Up on Mueller Release

March 24, 2019

"Special Report" graphics blanketed screens Friday (March 22) as broadcast and cable news nets dropped regular programming to cover the submission of the "Russia probe" report from special counsel Robert Mueller to the Justice Department. The next move in terms of making some or all of the findings ...

Dazn Media Climbs Into Advertising Ring

March 17, 2019

Dazn Group said it has renamed its Perform Media unit as Dazn Media and it will start to sell sponsorships and advertising on the streaming sports platform. Dazn has also renamed its VOD platform ePlayer as the Dazn Player. The company is also launching Dazn+ which will aggregate the reach from ...

NABEF ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR 2020 BROADCAST LEADERSHIP TRAINING PROGRAM

March 17, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The NAB Education Foundation (NABEF) is accepting applications for the 2020 Broadcast Leadership Training (BLT) program. The BLT program is the foremost executive training program for the broadcast industry and is designed to prepare senior-level broadcasters to advance into ...

TV Stars Charged in College Admissions Scandal

March 17, 2019

The college admissions scandal dominating the news cycle involves a few highly visible TV stars. Lori Loughlin, who stars in Fuller House on Netflix and in various Hallmark projects, is accused of having her daughters classified as crew recruits for the University of Southern California, despite ...