Broadcasting & Cable News

Towers of Power: Litepanels' Gemini Lights Up the Stars of ITV Hit Series 'Dancing on Ice'

February 24, 2019

LOS ANGELES — Feb. 20, 2019 — Litepanels' Gemini 2x1 Soft LED panel is the behind-the-scenes star of the U.K.'s popular "Dancing on Ice" (DOI) program, currently airing its 11th series on ITV. For the latest series, the show's producers turned to an innovative new lighting strategy — 40 Gemini ...

Charter to Launch Streaming Video Service to Broadband-only Customers

February 24, 2019

Charter Communications said it plans to launch an over-the-top streaming video service at the end of March dubbed TV Essentials to its broadband-only customers without a video service, in the cable industry’s latest effort to recapture pay TV subscribers. TV Essentials will be available to Charter ...

Jussie Smollett Charged With Filing False Police Report

February 24, 2019

The Cook County State's Attorney's Office Wednesday approved felony charges against Empire star Jussie Smollett for filing a false police report and disorderly conduct. Chicago Police Department Chief Communications Officer Anthony Guglielmi shared on Twitter. The charges, which came hours after ...

Mittman Named CEO at Turner’s Bleacher Report

February 24, 2019

Turner Sports said it is promoting Howard Mittman to CEO of Bleacher Report. Mittman, who had been chief revenue officer and chief marketing officer, will report to Bleacher Report CEO of founder Dave Finocchio until Finocchio leaves the company in June. After that, Mittman will report to Matt ...

Smollett Arrested

February 24, 2019

Jussie Smollett is under arrest and facing felony charges for allegedly falsifying police report, according to Tom Ahern, deputy director of news affairs and communications for the Chicago Police Department. Chicago police said Smollett staged the attack over an Empire salary dispute and rehearsed ...

OTT-Only Subs Could Reach 15.5M Homes by 2024: Report

February 24, 2019

The number of consumers getting their video programming from over-the-top subscriptions only will grow over the next five year to more than 15.5 million subscribers by 2024, according to a new report from Concentric, a simulation software company. Driving the growth of OTT will be live sports and ...

Connected TVs Driving Bigger Share of Video Ads

February 24, 2019

Connected TV ad impressions grew to 44% of all video impressions served by Extreme Reach in the fourth quarter of 2018 from 15% a year ago, a 193% jump, according to a new report. The share of 30-second ads delivered by Extreme Reach’s AdBridge continued to grow. In the first quarter, 30-second ...

Sorenson Acquisition Boosts Nielsen’s Addressable Ad Biz

February 24, 2019

Nielsen said that after acquiring Sorenson Media, it is launching Nielsen Advanced Video Advertising, an initiative that will at first focus on delivering addressable advertising to smart TVs. With many companies now providing bits and pieces of the data and technology needed to deliver addressable ...

EditShare Flow 2019 Extension 2 Expands Support for Enterprise Installations

February 24, 2019

Basingstoke, UK – February 21, 2019 - EditShare®, a technology leader in intelligent scale-out storage, AQC and media management solutions, today announced the release of Flow 2019 Extension 2. The software-defined media asset management (MAM) solution simplifies media sharing and collaboration ...