Broadcasting & Cable News

Cox Sells Broadcast Group to Apollo Global Management

February 17, 2019

Cox Enterprises said it reached a deal to sell a majority interest in Cox Media Group’s broadcast stations and newspapers to fund managed by Apollo Global Management. The group involves 13 TV stations that reach a combined 31 million viewers. It also includes radio stations and newspapers in Ohio. ...

Black Box Radian Flex Software-Based Video Wall Platform Earns ISE Best of Show Award

February 17, 2019

PITTSBURGH/UTRECHT — Feb. 15, 2019 — Black Box, an industry-leading provider of pro AV connectivity and signal distribution systems, today announced that the company's Radian Flex software-based video wall platform won an ISE Best of Show Award from AV Technology Europe, a Future Publishing ...

Second Spectrum and L.A. Clippers Select AWS as Official Cloud and Machine Learning Provider of Clippers CourtVision

February 17, 2019

Seattle and Los Angeles – February 15, 2019 – Today, Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com company (NASDAQ: AMZN), announced that AWS is now the primary cloud computing, machine learning, and artificial intelligence provider of Clippers CourtVision, the live, augmented game-watching ...

FCC's Pai: TV Station Repack Is Ahead of Schedule

February 10, 2019

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai told a conference of tower-erectors in Texas Wednesday (Feb. 6) that he thinks the post-incentive auction repack of almost 1,000 full power TV stations, and twice as many low powers, is on track, and even ahead of schedule so far. The transition is being achieved in 10 phases, ...

Senate Democrats Seek FCC Investigation of Carriers' Video Delivery

February 10, 2019

A trio of Democratic senators has asked the FCC to investigate allegations that the major wireless carriers are throttling and prioritizing internet traffic, an allegation those carriers say is based on a misconception about what they are doing and why. In the wake of the FCC's deregulation of ...

Red Shows, Blue Shows

February 10, 2019

E-Score Programs has released its study of the favorite TV programs for both Democrats and Republicans. The study showed that Democrats love Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Stranger Things, while Republicans can’t get enough Grey’s Anatomy and The Walking Dead. The broadcast series most popular among ...

NCTA's Powell: Time to Sever Net Neutrality's Endless Loop

February 10, 2019

It is time for Congress to cut the endless loop of legal challenges and new net neutrality reg/dereg efforts, says NCTA-The Internet & Television Association President Michael Powell, but not with the Damoclean sword of Title II. That is according to his prepared testimony for a House ...

Call for Presentations Now Open for IP Showcase, 2019 NAB Show

February 10, 2019

Feb. 6, 2019 — Industry partners, the Audio Engineering Society (AES), the Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS), the Advanced Media Workflow Association (AMWA), European Broadcasting Union (EBU), the Society of Motion Picture and Technology Engineers® (SMPTE®), and the Video Services Forum (VSF) ...

House Sprint, T-Mobile Hearing Becomes Two Hearings

February 10, 2019

Due to a scheduling issue with the House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee, there will be two hearings on the proposed merger of Sprint and T-Mobile. There had initially been a joint hearing with the House Communications Subcommittee scheduled for Feb. 13. Now, the House Communications Subcommittee ...