Broadcasting & Cable News

CBS Orders More ‘Young Sheldon’

February 24, 2019

CBS has ordered two additional seasons of comedy Young Sheldon. Chuck Lorre and Steven Molaro created Young Sheldon, a spinoff of The Big Bang Theory. The show debuted in September 2017. “Thanks to Chuck Lorre’s and Steve Molaro’s outstanding creative leadership, Young Sheldon has been a powerful ...

‘Charley Pride: I’m Just Me’ Premieres on PBS Feb. 22

February 24, 2019

The American Masters documentary Charley Pride: I’m Just Me, about Pride growing up a sharecropper’s son in Mississippi before making it as a trail-blazing country music superstar, airs on PBS Feb. 22. Barbara Hall directed, and Michael Kantor is the executive producer on behalf of American ...

'Empire' EPs Pull Jussie Smollett Character From Show

February 24, 2019

The executive producers of Fox's Empire have scrubbed Jussie Smollett's character Jamal from the final two episodes of the show's season, Fox announced Friday. Smollett was arrested by the Chicago Police Department Thursday on felony charges for disorderly conduct in filing a false police report. ...

LMT Picks Harmonic to Improve 4G Bandwidth Efficiency for its Live OTT Service

February 24, 2019

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Feb. 22, 2019 — Harmonic (NASDAQ: HLIT) today announced that LMT, the leading mobile telecommunications operator in Latvia and the first in the world to introduce Smart TV delivery over a mobile network, has deployed Harmonic's EyeQ™ content-aware encoding solution for its live ...

Sens. Markey, Blumenthal Hammer Facebook, Zuckerberg

February 24, 2019

Sens. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) were not happy with Facebook's answers about children's in-app purchases and urged the FTC to review a complaint filed Friday about the issue. The senators had sent Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg a letter citing evidence the company had ...

Witnesses Named for House Privacy Hearing

February 24, 2019

The House Consumer Protection Subcommittee has identified the witnesses who will be testifying at a Feb. 26 hearing on data privacy and security titled "Protecting Consumer Privacy in the Era of Big Data." Those witnesses are Brandi Collins, senior campaign director, Media, Democracy & Economic ...

Pai: FCC Working on New ATSC 3.0 Orders

February 24, 2019

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai signaled Friday that the FCC is preparing to start accepting next-gen TV (ATSC 3.0) license applications and that the Media Bureau is even now working on an order to wrap up some open issues, including the local simulcasting requirement for stations without a viable partner, ...

Registration Opens for the 4K 4Charity Fun Run at the 2019 NAB Show

February 17, 2019

Portland, Ore. – February 12, 2019 – Registration is open for 4K 4Charity Fun Run at the 2019 NAB Show https://4k4charity.com/nab. The official run for NAB Show, the 4K 4Charity raises funds for non-profits focused on closing the gender gap in the media and entertainment and tech industries, and ...

PTC Seeks FCC Review of TV Ratings System

February 17, 2019

The Parents Television Council is calling on FCC chair Ajit Pai to review the commission's implementation of the 1998 legislation implementing the V-chip, TV content ratings system and the Parental Oversight Monitoring Board meant, which is meant to ensure the ratings are consistently applied. That ...