Broadcasting & Cable News

Charter Invests in Cloud-Gaming Company Blade

December 23, 2018

Charter Communications has made an investment in Blade, a company that has developed a high-performance cloud-based platform for online gamers. Financial terms were not disclosed. Blade’s Shadow platform delivers high speed, low latency, data security and 4K resolution for game players, without the ...

Groups File Google Play Complaint With FTC

December 23, 2018

Almost two dozen consumer and privacy groups are asking the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Google, alleging deceptive marketing of apps for young people and troubling data security practices. In the complaint filed Wednesday (Dec. 19) with the FTC, the groups say that while Google ...

ESPN Gives ‘NBA Basketball’ TV’s Biggest Promo Push

December 23, 2018

B&C has partnered with attention and conversion analytics company iSpot.tv to bring you a weekly chart we call Promo Mojo: exclusive data showing the top five TV promos ranked by TV ad impressions. These are the shows networks have been promoting most heavily to drive tune-in (our data covers ...

NBCU Foundation, Stations Plan $2.5M in Local Grants

December 23, 2018

For a second year, the NBCUniversal Foundation and the NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations announced plans to make 2.5 million in grants to local non-profit organizations under its Project Innovation program. Organizations can apply to compete for the grants by showing how they address community ...

Blackmagic Design DeckLink Mini Recorder 4K Used with Quicklink Studio-in-a-box (ST500)

December 23, 2018

Fremont, CA – December 19th, 2018 - Blackmagic Design announced today that Quicklink, one of the leading global providers of software and hardware IP solutions, is using DeckLink Mini Recorder 4K to provide capture with the Quicklink Studio-in-a-box (ST500.) This use joins Quicklink’s existing ...

Beeline Chooses Broadpeak Solutions for TV Everywhere Service

December 23, 2018

RENNES, France — Dec. 19, 2018 — Broadpeak®, a leading provider of content delivery network (CDN) and video streaming solutions for content providers and pay-TV operators worldwide, today announced that Beeline, one of the largest telecom operators in Russia, has selected Broadpeak to power its ...

You.i TV Names Simon Leadlay as Global Pay-TV Business Development Lead

December 23, 2018

Ottawa, ON, Canada – December 19, 2018 – , the leader in software tools for addressing cross-platform app development, today announced an intensified emphasis on international growth, naming Simon Leadlay to lead the company’s global pay-TV business development efforts. Leadlay, who is highly ...

Technology Disruption is Good for TV Advertisers

December 23, 2018

"The technology and advanced data is available to help advertisers reach households at a very granular level. For example, advertisers can create and deliver messages that resonate with a specific audience, regardless of programming." -Kevin Dean, president, marketing services, Experian It’s clear ...

Primetime Ratings: NBC Victorious With ‘Voice’ Finale

December 23, 2018

NBC got the top spot in Tuesday ratings, as the finale for The Voice led to a 1.6 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 7 share. Everyone else was playing for scraps on a night that was rampant with reruns. CBS was runner-up at 0.6/3. A Voice recap show led into the finale, which ran ...