Broadcasting & Cable News

Stringr Partners with Getty Images To Provide First Class Editorial Content

December 16, 2018

New York, NY (December 13, 2018) - , the premier marketplace that allows media organizations to buy video footage from both amateur and professional videographers in an efficient, streamlined process, has partnered with Getty Images, a world leader in visual communications, to provide Stringr’s ...

WDIV Detroit Starts New Season of Podcast ‘Mismatch’

December 16, 2018

Graham Media Group has launched season two of the podcast series Mismatch, which anchor Roger Weber hosts. Mismatch features stories about “the incompatible, the unsuitable, and the out-of-step,” said Graham Media. There are eight episodes. "I’m excited to share some new and fascinating stories in ...

Smithsonian Networks Sets Smithsonian Channel Plus OTT Service

December 16, 2018

Smithsonian Networks will jump into the over-the-top waters with the launch of subscription based Smithsonian Channel Plus, the network announced Thursday. The $4.99 per month service will feature over 1,000 hours of content from the network’s slate of programming, including history, air and space, ...

Nexstar Settles DOJ Ad Info Investigation

December 16, 2018

Nexstar has reached a settlement with the Justice Department over DOJ's investigation into the TV ad market, specifically what DOJ says are anticompetitive exchanges of competitively sensitive information. It has already settled with Sinclair, Raycom, Tribune, Meredith, Griffin and Dreamcatcher, ...

Harassment Inquest Finds CBS Paid Actress $9.5M: Report

December 16, 2018

In addition to the sexual harassment allegations against former CBS CEO Les Moonves, the lawyers hired by the CBS board to investigate hostile workplace situations have turned up a $9.5 million payment made to actress Eliza Dushku, according to the New York Times. Dushku was hired in 2017 to appear ...

FCC to Take Long Holiday Break from 28 GHz Auction

December 16, 2018

The FCC's 28 GHz auction will take a a long holiday break starting Dec. 21. That's if it is still going on by then. As of round 66, the 5G spectrum auction had collected $685,220,210 in provisionally winning bids for 2,927 licenses, which was only $169,670 more in bids than round 65, the smallest ...

New Bill Would Heighten Political Ad Disclosures

December 16, 2018

A bipartisan trio of House members has introduced the Political Accountability and Transparency Act (PATA), a campaign political spending bill that would tighten disclosure requirements on political advertisers. Currently, TV and radio ads only have to identify the individual or organization ...

The Understated Technology that Could Bring Streaming to its Watershed Moment

December 16, 2018

"We’re approaching the tail-end of 2018 and we’ve made some impressive strides this year and indeed this decade. Back in the late 00’s the industry made a huge yet sometimes overlooked shift from dedicated streaming protocols to repurposing the hypertext transfer protocol for video." -Bill Wishon ...

‘CBS This Morning’ Exec Producer Kadro Departing

December 16, 2018

CBS This Morning executive producer Ryan Kadro is leaving the program in early January. He’s been with the morning show since its development in 2011 and premiere a year later. He was named co-executive producer of CBS This Morning late in 2015 and executive producer in 2016. He shared with ...