Broadcasting & Cable News

IMTDragonFly Transmitter Shoots and Scores at Champions Hockey League Final

March 17, 2019

GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN, MARCH 14, 2019 — When the puck dropped on the Champions Hockey League final last month, IMT Vislink and Movicom teamed up to provide a compact referee camera solution that gave ice-level points-of-view during the game between the Frolunda Indians and Red Bull Munich at the ...

CuriosityStream Adds Four Litton Shows

March 17, 2019

Science-focused streaming service CuriosityStream has picked up four teen-targeted programs from Litton Entertainment: Jack Hanna’s Wild Countdown, Ocean Mysteries with Jeff Corwin, Innovation Nation and Rock the Park. All four will premiere on the service next month. “CuriosityStream’s family ...

‘Catastrophe’ Star Delaney on ‘Wild’ Series Finale

March 17, 2019

The fourth, and final, season of comedy Catastrophe begins on Amazon Prime March 15. Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan star in this very funny comedy. There are six more episodes. The show began with Rob, an American, on a business trip to London. He has a fling with Sharon, an Irish lady living in ...

IP Coalition Gives Hill Some Help on Priorities

March 17, 2019

An eclectic coalition of over 70 chambers of commerce, limited government groups and others have sent an open letter to the new Congress with their priorities for protecting intellectual property as they consider any changes or updates to current law. Among the key takeaways are that IP rights are ...

Primetime Ratings: Fox Wins With ‘Empire’ Return

March 17, 2019

Fox got the win in Wednesday ratings, with the return of Empire leading the net to a 1.2 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 5 share. In second were ABC and CBS at 0.9/4. Empire scored a 1.3, off 13% from its last new airing in December. It was the first episode since cast ...

Ex-FCC Press Secretary Joins Perkins Coie

March 17, 2019

Justin Cole, former press secretary to then-FCC chair Tom Wheeler and most recently with CTIA, has joined Perkins Coie. Cole will be senior media relations manager at the law firm, based in Washington. Perkins Coie has a big tech and communications practice, including blockchain, e-commerce, IoT, ...

Fox's Shep Smith Receives Zeidenberg Award

March 17, 2019

Fox News anchor's Shep Smith was the recipient of the Radio Television Digital News Foundation (RTDNF) Leonard Zeidenberg First Amendment Award at a ceremony in Washington Wednesday (March 13), telling a crowd of Washington journalists that he was committed to the primary mission of journalism, ...

Netflix Cancels ‘One Day at a Time’

March 17, 2019

Netflix has cancelled the comedy One Day at a Time, which ends at three seasons. Netflix called it a “very difficult decision.” Gloria Calderón Kellett and Mike Royce created the series and were showrunners, and Norman Lear an executive producer. Michael Garcia and Brent Miller also executive ...

Streaming Service Tubi Adds 'The Bachelor' Franchises

March 17, 2019

Ad-supported video on demand service Tubi is adding The Bachelor, The Bachelorette and Bachelor in Paradise starting April 1 as part of a deal with Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution. “Bachelor Nation will soon get to see how it all started when both debut seasons launch on Tubi,” said ...