Broadcasting & Cable News

NEP Group Acquires Broadcast Sports International, LLC

December 09, 2018

NEP Group, the leading worldwide outsourced technical production partner supporting premier content producers of live sports and entertainment, announced today its acquisition of Baltimore-based Broadcast Sports International, LLC (“BSI”). BSI is the recognized industry leader in the design and ...

Industry Profile: 2018 TV Advertising for Auto and General Insurance

December 09, 2018

As 2018 winds down, we partnered with TV advertising attention analytics company iSpot.tv for a deep dive into the insurance industry to see how it allocated budgets over this year. The data below covers Jan. 1 through Nov. 30. Insurance — both auto and general — was the second-largest advertising ...

Groups Call for T-Mobile-Sprint House Hearing

December 02, 2018

Unions Communications Workers of America (CWA) and Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) have joined with Consumer Reports, Common Cause and others to call for House hearings on the proposed T-Mobile-Sprint merger in the next Congress. They are likely to get at least one given the views of the ...

CRAS Celebrates 15 Years at New Campus

December 02, 2018

Gilbert, Ariz., Nov. 28, 2018 – The Conservatory of Recording Arts & Sciences (CRAS; www.cras.edu), the premier institution for audio engineering education, is proud to announce the celebration of 15 years at its world-renowned Gilbert, Ariz. campus. The first day of classes in the Gilbert ...

‘Goldbergs’ Spinoff ‘Schooled’ Starts Jan. 9

December 02, 2018

Schooled, a spinoff of ABC comedy The Goldbergs, premieres on ABC Wednesday, Jan. 9. The show will air Wednesdays at 8:30 p.m. American Housewife will move from Wednesdays to Tuesdays at 8 p.m. starting Feb. 5. Adam F. Goldberg created both The Goldbergs and Schooled, the latter with Marc Firek. ...

FCC Extends Cable Rate Dereg Comment Period

December 02, 2018

The FCC's Media Bureau has revised the comment dates for its Oct. 23 Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on cable rate deregulation, extending them for a couple of weeks. The initial dates had been Dec. 27 for comments and Jan. 28 for replies, but since the first deadline fell between two ...

Thai PBS Broadcasts Live News Coverage of Cave Rescue Operation Thanks to AVIWEST Contribution Solution

December 02, 2018

SAINT-GRÉGOIRE, France — Nov. 28, 2018 — AVIWEST, a global provider of video contribution systems, today announced that Thai Public Broadcasting Service (TPBS) deployed AVIWEST's RACK180 hybrid contribution video encoder, StreamHub transceivers, and QUAD wideband antennas to improve video quality ...

'Real Housewives of Dallas' Reunion on Bravo Dec. 5, 12

December 02, 2018

Bravo Media’s The Real Housewives of Dallas holds its season three reunion show Wednesday, Dec. 5, and Wednesday, Dec. 12. Host Andy Cohen sits with Cary Deuber, Stephanie Hollman, LeeAnne Locken, Brandi Redmond, D’Andra Simmons and Kameron Westcott. “The ladies speak their truths and settle the ...

Senators Press FCC for Action on White Spaces

December 02, 2018

A pair of Republican senators have asked the FCC to resolve interference issues with TV white spaces (TVWS) use by unlicensed devices, come up with final guidance, and allow for the expansion of TVWS use. They say the technology is key to closing the rural broadband divide because it is an ...