Broadcasting & Cable News

Kevin Hart Steps Down From Hosting Oscars

December 09, 2018

Kevin Hart is stepping down from hosting the Oscars, after tweets about homosexuals from him came to the surface Dec. 6. The tweets were from 2009-2011. Hart shared on Twitter Dec. 6, “I have made the choice to step down from hosting this year's Oscar's....this is because I do not want to be a ...

ROAM, Next Generation Adventure Network, Raises $2.1 Million In First Round

December 09, 2018

BOULDER (December 5, 2018) ROAM, the next generation adventure network, today announced its first funding round of $2.1 million from Advancit Capital, SUSA, WndrCo, TackVC and Imagination Capital. ROAM enlists a dream team of the world’s most trusted and talented adventurers to create content for ...

Pai: Major Carrier(s) May Have Violated Mobility Mapping Rules

December 09, 2018

FCC chair Ajit Pai says one or more "major" telecom carriers may have violated the FCC's Mobility Fund Phase II reverse auction mapping rules and has suspended the process of handing out about $4.5 billion in subsidies pending an investigation he has just launched. The chairman did not identify ...

Primetime Ratings: Big Drop For ‘Thursday Night Football’ on Fox

December 09, 2018

Fox won the Thursday ratings race, Jaguars versus Titans leading the network to a 2.1 score in viewers 18-49, and a 9 share. In second was CBS at 1.2/5. ABC did a 0.9 and NBC a 0.6/3. The CW scored a 0.4/2, as did Univision. Telemundo weighed in at 0.3/1. Thursday Night Football took up Fox’s ...

Democrat Sens. Have Message for FCC's Pai: Texting Should Be Title II

December 09, 2018

In a mini-reprise of the Title II/Title I net neutrality debate, Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) is leading a group of nine high-profile Democratic senators asking the FCC to classify text messages as a telecommunications service (title II) rather than an information service (Title I). The FCC plans to ...

House Cyber Report: Current Defenses Are Inadequate

December 09, 2018

The House Energy & Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations has released some recommendations for addressing cybersecurity vulnerabilities based on briefings, hearings reports, round-tables and other input. It is also based on the conclusion that current cyber defenses ...

Sen. Warner: Cyber Threat is Here

December 09, 2018

Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, suggests the U.S. has been asleep at the keyboard while our adversaries were launching cyber attacks with relative impunity. He also says that while he doesn't want to regulate edge players "into oblivion," he signaled ...

‘Hit the Floor’ Finished on BET

December 09, 2018

Drama Hit the Floor will not see a fifth season on BET. The show, created by James LaRosa, is about a fictional professional basketball team, the Los Angeles Devils, and its dance squad. The fourth season premiered in July. "We are grateful to the most passionate fans ever who helped to bring one ...

Acclaimed ZYLIA ZM-1 360-Degree Sound Recording System Available for Sale in the United States

December 09, 2018

POZNAN, Poland — Dec. 7, 2018 — Zylia, the Poland-based manufacturer of multitrack audio recording technologies, today announced that its acclaimed ZYLIA ZM-1 microphone is now available for sale in the United States. Designed for bands and musical ensembles, sound engineers, podcasters, and audio ...