Broadcasting & Cable News

Bannister Lake Announces MAM Integration Into Its Zeus Digital Media Storage and Playout Solution

March 17, 2019

CAMBRIDGE, Ontario — March 14, 2019 — Bannister Lake announced today that its browser-based media storage and playout solution, Zeus, can be fully integrated with popular media asset management (MAM) systems. With minimal customization the Zeus solution can access content within a MAM and still ...

Media Links Addresses 4K/UHD Bandwidth Issues at the Network Edge at NAB 2019

March 17, 2019

At NAB 2019, booth SU3324, Media Links, Technology & Engineering Emmy® Award winner and pioneer in Media over IP transport and switching technology, will showcase its MDP3040 4K/UHD IP Media Gateway for Network Edge applications. The MDP3040 is part of the MDP3000 Series, a suite of compact, ...

Senators: FCC Should Diversify Broadband Mapping Data Sources

March 17, 2019

A bipartisan quartet of senators has introduced a bill to improve the FCC's broadband coverage maps, which have come in for a lot of criticism from the Hill and elsewhere. The Improving Broadband Mapping Accuracy Act requires the FCC to launch a rulemaking, which includes collecting and vetting ...

FCC's 24 GHz Auction Tops $300M in First Day

March 17, 2019

At the end of day one (March 14), the FCC's 24 GHz auction of millimeter-wave spectrum for 5G drew a gross bidding total of $304,359,080. That was after only two, two-hour rounds. Starting Friday (March 15), the auction moves to three, one-hour rounds. Related: FCC Launches Latest 5G Auction Not ...

Hallmark Drops Lori Loughlin Amid Bribery Scandal

March 17, 2019

Hallmark Channel has cut ties with actress Lori Loughlin, one day after her arrest for her alleged participation in a college admissions bribery scandal. In a statement Thursday, Hallmark parent Crown Media said it is no longer working with Loughlin and has stopped development of all shows that ...

Apple Greenlights Korean Family Drama ‘Pachinko’

March 17, 2019

Apple has greenlit another series, Pachinko, an epic drama following four generations of a Korean immigrant family whose story will be told in three languages, Korean, Japanese and English. The series is being produced by Media Res and is based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Min Jin ...

Senators Press AT&T/DirecTV for Small-Market, Remote Area TV Signals

March 17, 2019

A quartet of senators has asked AT&T to make the investment to get DirecTV to the dozen remaining smaller markets where DirecTV continues to import TV station signals from New York and L.A. network affiliates rather than the relevant hometown affiliate. The senators are also concerned about ...

Lilly Singh Replaces Carson Daly in NBC’s Late Late Slot

March 17, 2019

A Little Late with Lilly Singh will debut on NBC in the 1:35 a.m. slot in September. It will be a 30-minute show with Singh interviewing guests and taking part in pre-taped sketches. She succeeds Carson Daly in the time slot. Daly hosted Last Call with Carson Daly since 2002. He will focus on ...

Senate Confirms Three to CPB Board

March 17, 2019

The Senate has confirmed three members of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), the independent entity created by Congress in 1967 to oversee government's portion of funding for noncommercial TV and radio. Actually, two were new members, Janice Miriam Hellreich and Robert A. Mandell, and ...