Broadcasting & Cable News

NBA League Pass Available Via Amazon Prime Channels

December 16, 2018

Amazon has struck a deal to make the NBA League Pass package available through Amazon’s Prime Video Channels. The move adds more sports to Amazon’s roster, which already includes streaming NFL Thursday. Amazon is also reportedly interested in acquiring a stake in the YES Network. The regional ...

Food Network, Ina Garten Sign Multi-Year Agreement

December 16, 2018

Ina Garten has signed a multi-year agreement with Food Network to continue her Barefoot Contessa series. The deal also includes several hour-long seasonal specials. Daytime series Barefoot Contessa is shot at Garten’s home in East Hampton, New York, sharing what Food Network calls “foolproof ...

Darci Lynne, Susan Boyle to Be on ‘America’s Got Talent: The Champions’

December 16, 2018

Darci Lynne Farmer, Shin Lim and Susan Boyle will be among the contestants when America’s Got Talent launches its Champions edition Jan. 7. Child ventriloquist Farmer won America’s Got Talent in 2017 and magician Lim won this year. Singer Boyle won Britain’s Got Talent in 2009 and clips of her ...

beIN Sports Refiles Carriage Complaint Against Comcast at FCC

December 16, 2018

BeIN Sports has refiled its carriage complaint against Comcast with the FCC after failing to negotiate terms to their mutual satisfaction. The programmer blamed Comcast and said its new filing provides "more robust" evidence of the discrimination it alleged the first time around. Back in March, ...

Kaplar Named Media Institute President

December 16, 2018

Richard Kaplar has been named president and CEO of The Media Institute. He has run the media company-backed First Amendment advocacy organization since January 2018 following the retirement of president/CEO Patrick Maines, but with the title of executive director, a post Kaplar has held since 2016. ...

DOJ Is OK With Raycom/Gray Deal With Spin-offs

December 16, 2018

The Justice Department says Gray Television and Raycom have to divest TV stations in nine markets if they want to get approval of their $3.6 billion merger—they do—citing the potential price hike to cable operators for retransmission rights, which would in turn be passed on as cable bill hikes for ...

Charles Weiss to Head Business Development for NATPE

December 09, 2018

Charles Weiss has been tapped as senior VP, business development for NATPE. Weiss joins NATPE from Future Plc, where he was vice president, group publisher for Broadcasting & Cable and Multichannel News. The news comes ahead of its NATPE Miami conference, which runs from Jan. 22-Jan. 24, 2019 ...

Facilis and BrandStar Team Up to Enable 4K+ Production

December 09, 2018

HUDSON, MA (December 5, 2018) – Facilis, a leading international supplier of cost-effective, high performance shared storage solutions for collaborative media production networks, recently announced that BrandStar, a full-service brand marketing agency and production house, has installed a Facilis ...

Sen. Warner to Propose National Cybersecurity Doctrine

December 09, 2018

Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) plans to call for a new U.S. "cyber doctrine" in what is being billed as a "major address" Friday (Dec. 7). Warner will be speaking at the aptly named Center for a New American Security on a day that marks a damaging surprise attack on the nation's defenses (Pearl Harbor). ...