Broadcasting & Cable News

Bannister Lake Successfully Concludes the FIA-Certified Gran Turismo Championships 2018 World Final in Monaco

December 02, 2018

CAMBRIDGE, Ontario — Nov. 28, 2018 — Bannister Lake, the leading provider of professional broadcast data aggregation and visualization solutions, today announced that its Chameleon data aggregation and management software played an integral role in delivering editorial and graphic content for the ...

Ratings Up 5% for NFL Games on TV Networks

December 02, 2018

The NFL’s TV ratings comeback continued in the 12th week of the season. So far, games are averaging 15.8 million viewers, up 5% from last year. NFL games have accounted for 19 of the top 20 telecasts and 46 of the 50 most-watched programs on TV. That means that football ratings are not only ...

Discovery Further Expands Streaming Reach With Sling TV Deal

December 02, 2018

Discovery Inc. continued its campaign to expand its presence in the streaming ecosystem, with several of its channels debuting on Sling TV Wednesday. The Sling Orange platform will now include Investigation Discovery and MotorTrend (formerly Velocity), while Sling Blue now features Discovery ...

FCC Records Another Record Round in 28 GHz Auction

December 02, 2018

The FCC set another round record in the 28 GHz auction, with bidding in round 25 totaling $20,490,400 to push the bid total to $298,826,280, up 7.36% from round 24's total. The previous round-over-round increase in provisionally winning bids (PWBs) had been $19,614,710 in round 23. But the auction ...

Moonves Reportedly Offered Roles to Cover Up Harassment

December 02, 2018

Former CBS CEO Les Moonves, who was forced to resign in part because of allegations that he had harassed and assaulted women over the course of his career, offered a former actress a role in a CBS show in order to keep her story quiet, a new report says. According to a lengthy story in the New York ...

Mediaproxy Solution Paper

December 02, 2018

Broadcast engineers are faced with an increased number of digital television channels that they must monitor. Adding to this complexity are OTT services each with multiple profiles being streaming across CDNs to multiple edge points. The explosion in broadcast and OTT streaming services coincides ...

Nielsen Puts Connected-TV Use at 8 Billion Hours Per Month

December 02, 2018

American are spending nearly 8 billion hours per month consuming content on connected devices, according to a new report from Nielsen. Though connected TV use is substantial, traditional TV consumption is four times as big. Nevertheless, streaming video being watched on connected devices is ...

Altice Reaches New Carriage Deal with Tribune Broadcasting

December 02, 2018

Tribune Broadcasting said it reached a new carriage and retransmission consent agreement with Altice USA. The agreement covers Tribune’s local TV stations as well its cable channel WGN America. Financial terms were not disclosed. Tribune had agreed to be acquired by Sinclair Broadcast Group, but ...

VAB Says OTT Ads Work Best Combined With Linear TV

December 02, 2018

With over-the-top becoming the shiny new thing catching advertisers' eyes, the Video Advertising Bureau issued a new report that argues that OTT advertising is most effective in combination with traditional linear TV. The VAB notes that more people are streaming video these days, with 90% of adults ...