Broadcasting & Cable News

Call For Papers Opens For Cable-Tec Expo Fall Technical Forum

February 03, 2019

FEB. 1, 2019 (Exton, PA)—Thought leadership and expertise on new and emerging technologies and operational practices that can position cable at the heart of telecommunications transformation are being sought for the annual Fall Technical Forum at SCTE•ISBE Cable-Tec Expo2019. The Expo 2019 Call for ...

Call for Nominations: 2019 ‘B&C’ Digital All-Stars

February 03, 2019

B&C will profile the Digital All-Stars—professionals across the TV business who have made digital work for them—in the March 18 issue. Coverage categories include: Advertising/Media, Content Creation, Distribution, Local TV, OTT Entrepreneurs, Syndication and Technology. Send nominations to ...

Netflix Orders More ‘Sex Education’

February 03, 2019

Netflix has ordered a second season of British comedy-drama Sex Education. Laurie Nunn created the show. Season two will have eight episodes. Netflix said over 40 million households watched Sex Education since it debuted Jan. 11. Production on the new season starts this spring in the U.K. Gillian ...

NBC to Air Comedy Competition Series ‘Bring the Funny’

February 03, 2019

NBC will air the comedy competition series Bring the Funny. The network is on board for ten episodes. The judges are Kenan Thompson of Saturday Night Live, model Chrissy Teigen and comedian Jeff Foxworthy. Comedian Amanda Seales hosts. The show will feature stand-ups, sketch troupes and variety ...

D.C. Court Gets Earful on Net Regulation Rollback

February 03, 2019

It may have been Feb. 1, but it was Groundhog Day for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit Friday as it once again heard oral arguments from the government and net neutrality activists, by turns challenging and defending, the FCC's latest approach to regulating the internet, or in this ...

Vice Media to Lay Off 250 in Restructuring

February 03, 2019

Vice Media will lay off about 250 people across its media properties, roughly 10% of its workforce, as it restructures its operations around specific countries. The layoffs come as the media company realigns its global business regionally and around specific segments -- Studios, News, TV, Digital ...

Smithsonian Channel Honors the Legacy of the Green Book

February 03, 2019

Victor Green must have known, for it was his illustrated Green Book that gave African Americans who wanted to travel in pre-civil rights America a sense of power fused with freedom. His book reflected two different realities—the creeping, quiet menace that faced African Americans traveling across ...

Sen. Klobuchar Looks to Tighten Clayton Act Triggers

February 03, 2019

Possible presidential candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) is reviving a legislative effort to revise antitrust law to raise the bar for merger approvals, pointing to the $10 trillion in merger activity in the U.S. since 2008 and lowering of that bar via court decisions. Klobuchar is the ranking ...

Starz President/CEO Albrecht Is Leaving

February 03, 2019

Chris Albrecht, president and CEO at Starz, is departing the company next month. He came on board at Starz in January 2010, and was previously chairman and CEO at HBO. Lionsgate acquired Starz for $4.4 billion in 2016. In a statement, Starz said the move reflects “the continued integration of ...