Broadcasting & Cable News

Pikolo Systems and Digital Alert Systems Partner to Streamline EAS Alert Management

January 20, 2019

DALLAS — Jan. 17, 2019 — Pikolo Data Systems, the leading provider of broadcast operations management workflows, today announced a technology partnership with Digital Alert Systems (DAS), a leading innovator of next-generation Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) and Emergency Alert Systems (EAS) that ...

Netflix Orders Season Two of 'The Kominsky Method'

January 20, 2019

The Kominsky Method, fresh off its win at the Golden Globes, will return for season two on Netflix. Alan Arkin and Michael Douglas star in the comedy, about an actor, Sandy Kominsky (played by Douglas), and his agent, Norman Newlander (Arkin), navigating their senior years in Los Angeles. The show ...

Journalists Press for Shield Law

January 20, 2019

The National Association of Broadcasters has joined with other groups in the News Media for Open Government (NMOG) coalition to press the new Congress to better protect journalists, including the long-sought federal shield law that has been introduced in numerous Congresses over the past couple of ...

Rep. Walden Unveils Makeup of Communications Subcommittee

January 20, 2019

House Energy & Commerce Committee ranking member Greg Walden (R-Ore.) has announced the Republican roster for the Communications Subcommittee. As previously reported, Bob Latta (Ohio) will be ranking member of the subcommittee. Former subcommittee chair Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) would ...

Reps. Ask FCC to Protect C-Band Incumbents

January 20, 2019

A bipartisan House Communications Subcommittee duo has called on the FCC to protect incumbents in the C-Band. The C-band is currently used for satellite delivery of cable and broadcast network programming to TV and radio stations, satellite radio services, and cable head-ends. The FCC wants to open ...

Primetime Ratings: ABC, CBS Split Win

January 20, 2019

ABC and CBS split the win in Thursday prime ratings, both scoring a 1.2 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 6 share. NBC trailed at 1.0/5. ABC had Grey’s Anatomy up 6% in its return to 1.9 and A Million Little Things up 57% on its new night for a 1.1, then How to Get Away With ...

Showtime to Air Docuseries ‘Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men’

January 20, 2019

Showtime has acquired the North American rights to Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men, a four-part docuseries from Sacha Jenkins. Showtime said the project “merges music, socio-cultural commentary and intimate family portrait.” The first two episodes will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival Jan. 28. ...

Wendy Williams Taking Extended Break From Her Daytime Talk Show

January 20, 2019

Daytime talk show host Wendy Williams is taking an extended break from her show, Debmar-Mercury’s The Wendy Williams Show, to recover from a hairline fracture in her shoulder as well as deal with complications she’s having from Grave’s Disease. On Friday, the show released a memo from Williams and ...

Yahoo, Turner to Stream Live Mobile NBA Show

January 20, 2019

Turner Sports and Yahoo Sports are launching a new live weekly studio show about the National Basketball Association designed to be watched on mobile phones. The Bounce will be designed to be fast-moving with shorter segments to attract the NBA’s millennial fan base. The show is set to make its ...