Broadcasting & Cable News

Primetime Ratings: ABC Wins With ‘Bachelor’ Finale

March 17, 2019

ABC won the Tuesday prime ratings race, as The Bachelor finale led to a 1.8 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and an 8 share. That got by the 1.3/6 that NBC tallied. Part 2 of The Bachelor swan song got a 2.3, up a tenth from Part 1 the night before, and the premiere of Videos After ...

Gogo TV Takes In-Flight Entertainment Experiences to New Heights with AWS

March 17, 2019

Leading in-flight broadband internet provider Gogo recently committed to moving its entire infrastructure to Amazon Web Services (AWS), going all-in on the world’s leading cloud. Gogo is improving in-flight internet and entertainment experiences for millions of passengers around the world, ...

Crunchyroll Adds Top Events, Marketing Execs

March 17, 2019

Crunchyroll, AT&T’s anime platform, has added heads of events and marketing to its executive ranks. Mary Franklin, previously global event director of ReedPOP, was named head of events. Julia Renda, previously head of marketing and lifestyle applications for Yahoo, was named head of marketing. ...

Dazn Gets Monthly Boxing Series From Golden Boy

March 17, 2019

Sports streamer Dazn and Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy are launching a new monthly boxing series featuring top prospects and rising contenders that will air on cable in the U.S. Thursday Night Fights will launch on March 21 as a three-hour program including a two-hour block of live fights ...

Sens. Wicker, Sinema on Net Neutrality: Can We Talk?

March 17, 2019

There was some bipartisan talk out of the Hill after all this week amidst the partisan--and policy-driven--rancor. At about the same time House Communications Subcommittee members seemed far apart on a bill that would restore FCC net neutrality rules, including some non-starter elements for ...

A&E to Launch ‘Live Rescue’ From Producers of ‘Live PD’

March 17, 2019

Following up on their hit Live PD, A&E and Big Fish Entertainment, said the will be launching a new live documentary series Live Rescue. The series will appear for two hours on Mondays starting April 22 and follow first responders from across the country as they put their lives on the line ...

Daytime Emmys to Give Judge Judy Sheindlin, Jacques Pépin Lifetime Achievement Awards

March 17, 2019

Judge Judy Sheindlin and Jacques Pépin will receive Lifetime Achievement Awards at the Daytime Emmy Awards in May, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences said Wednesday. Pepin, who is the first culinary personality to receive this honor, will receive his award at the Creative Arts ...

CBS, NBC Agree to Swap Super Bowls

March 17, 2019

CBS and NBC have agreed to swap Super Bowl broadcasts in 2021 and 2022, CBS has confirmed. CBS, which broadcast the Super Bowl last month, was scheduled to next have the big game in 2022 and NBC was scheduled to have the game to be played in 2021. Instead, CBS now has the 2021 Super Bowl and NBC ...

InSync Technology Introduces FrameFormer Frame Rate Converter Plug-in for Adobe Premiere Pro Mac Users

March 17, 2019

PETERSFIELD, U.K. — March 13, 2019 — InSync Technology today announced that the company's FrameFormer motion compensated frame rate converter now is available as a plug-in for Adobe Premiere Pro Mac users. Simplifying and accelerating deployment through automated settings, FrameFormer provides ...