Broadcasting & Cable News

Primetime Ratings: NBC Wins With ‘SNL’ Special

December 09, 2018

NBC got top spot in Tuesday’s prime ratings, riding The Voice to a 1.1 in viewers 18-49, and a 5 share. That squeezed by the 1.0/4 that CBS put up. NBC had The Voice down 7% at 1.4 and A Saturday Night Live Christmas at 1.0 from 9 to 11 p.m. The SNL special did a 1.1 last year. CBS aired NCIS at ...

Studio Technologies Introduces New Dante®-Compliant Audio Interfaces

December 09, 2018

SKOKIE, IL, DECEMBER 5, 2018 – Studio Technologies , manufacturer of professional audio, video and fiber-optic solutions, introduces the Model 5412 Audio Interface and the Model 5418 Mic/Line Interface, two new Dante-compliant solutions for applications that use Audio-over-Ethernet (AoE) network ...

‘Loudermilk’ Renewed For Third Season on AT&T Audience Net

December 09, 2018

Loudermilk has been renewed for a third season on AT&T Audience Network. There will be ten 30-minute episodes and production is scheduled to begin in the spring in Vancouver. The season is set up to air later on in 2019. Big Branch Productions will continue to co-produce the series. Peter ...

EditShare Sets Sights on the New Year with the Release of Flow 2019

December 09, 2018

Basingstoke, UK — December 5, 2018 - EditShare, a technology leader in intelligent scale-out storage, AQC and media management solutions, today announced Flow 2019, the media asset management (MAM) solution that simplifies media sharing and collaboration with easy-to-use tools to manage media ...

Sound Mixer Nicholas L. Minter Juggles the Demands of Capturing Sound for TV and Film with Lectrosonics

December 09, 2018

Birmingham, Alabama (November 5, 2018) – Currently working on his third feature film in Birmingham Alabama, sound engineer Nicholas L. Minter has an impressive lineup of television and film credits including Saints and Sinners 3, Mile 22, Rapture, Top Gear, Behind the Movement, Married to Medicine, ...

Syndication Ratings: 'Judge Judy' Again Rules November

December 09, 2018

CBS Television Distribution’s Judge Judy, in its 23rd season, ruled syndication in the 2018 November sweep, which ran Oct. 25 to Nov. 21, with a 7.4 live plus same day national household average, according to Nielsen Media Research, up 1% from last year. That marks the show’s strongest November ...

Paley Center Announces Additions to Board of Trustees and Los Angeles Board of Governors

December 09, 2018

The Paley Center for Media has announced new members to its Board of Trustees and its Los Angeles Board of Governors. Additions to the Board of Trustees include Adam Bird, senior partner, McKinsey and Company; Steve Cooper, CEO, Warner Music Group; Jennifer Mullin, CEO, Fremantle; Tyler Perry, ...

SINGAPORE VIEWERS TO ENJOY LOCAL VERSION OF NIPPON TV’S HIGHLY-SUCCESSFUL UNSCRIPTED FORMATOLD ENOUGH!

December 09, 2018

Singapore, 5 December 2018 –Singaporean fans can look forward to a local adaption of Old Enough!,the popular long-running series from Japan early next year, with the conclusion of the first format deal between Nippon Television Network Corporation (Nippon TV), the leading commercial broadcaster ...

WGAE Salutes Tom Fontana

December 09, 2018

Tom Fontana (St. Elsewhere, Oz, Homicide: Life on the Street), will receive the Writers Guild of America, East's Ian McLellan Hunter Award for Career Achievement. Past winners include Nora Ephron and John Waters. The honor will be bestowed at the guild's awards ceremony Feb. 17, 2019, in New York. ...