Broadcasting & Cable News

Busted Pilot: Documentaries Shake Up Pop Culture, ‘New Yorker’ Examines Fox News, ‘Catastrophe’ Signs Off

March 17, 2019

B&C's Kent Gibbons and Mike Malone discuss documentaries that shake up pop culture, The New Yorker's examination of Fox News, the end of Catastrophe, and more.

NBC to Show Six Nations Rugby Decider as Wales Faces Ireland

March 17, 2019

The final round of the Six Nations rugby championship happens on NBC March 16, with Wales, England and Ireland all holding a shot at the title. Undefeated Wales faces off against Ireland, which is 3-1, on NBC at noon ET March 16. NBC Sports Gold has the match live at 10:45 a.m. ET. The game happens ...

TV Defends Ratings; Critics Say System Needs Overhaul

March 17, 2019

Broadcasters and movie studios rate the TV content ratings/guideline system as working quite well, pointing to "public surveys" over a decade that show lots of folks are using the guidelines and that the ratings get "consistently high marks for accuracy." They also say the ratings oversight board ...

DirecTV Now Drops Hurt AMC, Discovery, Viacom

March 17, 2019

Stock prices of cable programmers AMC Networks, Discovery and Viacom dropped Wednesday after AT&T confirmed they were being dropped by DirecTV Now. AMC Networks finished down nearly 5%, Discovery dropped more than 5% and Viacom fell 3.36%. AT&T boosted the price of DirecTV Now to try to ...

Sen. Lankford: FCC Should Ponder Show-Appropriate Ad Requirement

March 17, 2019

Sen. Jim Lankford (R-Okla.) has given the FCC some further guidance on what Congress is looking for from its mandate that the FCC review the TV ratings system and that includes looking at whether TV ads should also carry at least an implied rating that matches the show. Initial comments were due ...

By the Numbers: Advertiser and Viewer Insights for ‘Tucker Carlson Tonight’

March 17, 2019

Tucker Carlson’s misogynistic comments that recently came to light are just the latest in what seems to be an endless series of gaffes from public figures. As the backlash started to grow this week, we took a look at the advertisers for his Fox News show using data from TV ad measurement and ...

TV Distribution and Newsreading Company Media Gateway Announces the Death of Founder Jeff Lyle, Little Rock AR

March 17, 2019

LITTLE ROCK, Ark., March 14, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- It is with great sadness that Media Gateway shares the news that its Founder Jeff Lyle passed away last Saturday night (March 9th) in Des Moines, Iowa. Mr. Lyle had been absent from the business since December 28th, 2018 when he had a stroke. He ...

Cartoni's new tripod legs feature innovative profile for unmatched payload

March 17, 2019

Rome, Italy (March 14, 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 Sports 200 heavy-duty tripod legs at NAB 2019 (Central Hall, Booth C9020). The new Sports 200 are a revolutionary set of ...

FCC Launches Latest 5G Auction

March 17, 2019

The FCC Thursday (March 14) was scheduled to launch its latest 5G wireless auction, the 24 GHz auction of 24 GHz high-band (millimeter wave) spectrum (auction 102). It is the second of the FCC's first-ever millimeter-wave auctions. That comes despite some pushback from legislators and science ...