Broadcasting & Cable News

Swansea City AFC Launches Live Streaming Platform with URSA Broadcast

January 27, 2019

Fremont, CA - January 24, 2019 - Blackmagic Design today announced that Swansea City Association Football Club (AFC) has developed its own streaming platform, SwansTV Live, with a live workflow featuring the Blackmagic URSA Broadcast and Smart Videohub 12G 40x40 router. Joining the English Football ...

NAB Show Hosts White House Press Panel

January 27, 2019

The National Association of Broadcasters has snagged some journalists on the front lines of an ongoing conflict for its upcoming annual show in Las Vegas. No, not international correspondents covering Libya, but TV and radio White House correspondents. Journalists from ABC, CBS, NBC and PBS will ...

Animal Planet Orders Season Two of ‘Crikey! It’s the Irwins’

January 27, 2019

Animal Planet has greenlit season two of Crikey! It’s the Irwins, about the work of the Irwin family, Terri, Bindi and Robert, to bring people closer to animals. The season one finale airs Sunday, Jan. 27. “Our audiences have a front-row seat for the Irwin family’s wildlife adventures, immersed in ...

NAB: Spectrum Plan Must Be Based in Sound Engineering, Not 5G 'Slogans'

January 27, 2019

Like cable operators and computer companies, broadcasters want the government to take a balanced approach to its proposed new national spectrum strategy. But while the first two talked about balancing licensed and unlicensed spectrum as dual priorities, the National Association of Broadcasters ...

Videon Products at ISE 2019

January 27, 2019

At this year's ISE show, Videon will showcase its latest innovations in live streaming solutions for both the prosumer and professional markets. The company will highlight two innovative new product lines: the VersaStreamer encoder and the EdgeCaster edge compute encoder. New VersaStreamer ...

Trump Agrees to Delay SOTU

January 27, 2019

President Donald Trump has agreed not to deliver the State of the Union Jan. 29 as initially planned. That followed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's signal that she would not bring up the requisite invitation resolution, which must be approved by both House and Senate for the President to speak in the ...

Pallone, Doyle Flex FCC Oversight Muscle

January 27, 2019

The new leadership of the House Energy & Commerce Committee has asked for a raft of documents from FCC Chairman Ajit Pai in the wake of allegations the FCC "may have urged companies to challenge [an FCC order] the Commission adopted [as a way] to game the judicial lottery procedure," and that ...

FCC 28 GHz Auction Closes

January 27, 2019

The FCC's 28 GHz auction has closed, bringing in $702,572,410 for 2,965 licenses. That left the FCC with 107 licenses that drew no bids in the last round, round 176. It was the last round because no new bids were placed and no waivers were exercised. The commission said it would release a public ...

Ultra Film Starts February with Evil Imaginary Friends, Alien Cannibals, and Killer Spiders

January 27, 2019

West Palm Beach, FL – January 25, 2019 – Ultra Film kick-starts the first half of February with edge-of-your-seat suspense and science fiction featuring a not-so-friendly imaginary friend, bloodthirsty creatures from outer space and a secret solution that breeds aggressive and venomous spiders. ...