Broadcasting & Cable News

Discovery Names White President of Food Network

November 25, 2018

Discovery has named Courtney White president of Food Network. White had been executive VP and general manager of HGTV and Food Network. Allison Page had been president of Food Network and HGTV. Page will continue to run HGTV and will also be working with Chip and Joanna Gaines on the new ...

AT&T Audience Network Orders Season Three of ‘Mr. Mercedes’

November 25, 2018

AT&T Audience Network has ordered a third season of drama Mr. Mercedes. There will be 10 hour-long episodes and production starts early in 2019 in Charleston, South Carolina. AT&T Audience Network expects the new season to roll later on in 2019. The thriller series, adapted from a Stephen ...

Bidding Picks Up in FCC's 28 GHz Auction

November 25, 2018

With the FCC's 28 GHz auction wrapping up its last day of three-a-day rounds of bidding Monday (Nov. 19), the bidding total has now topped $103 million. The round-10 total was $103,838,810, up 9.64% over round nine's $94,708,820 total, which was itself up 10.89% from round eight's $85,410,000. The ...

Ninth Circuit Restores Allen Suit Against Comcast

November 25, 2018

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals dealt a double win to Byron Allen and his Entertainment Studios Networks. In addition to upholding a lower court decision that Allen, joined by the National Association of African American-Owned Media, had at least a plausible case of discrimination against ...

Action Sports Shooter Chooses Cartoni

November 25, 2018

“It’s not what you know. It’s who you know,” began Ricki Bedenbaugh. For over 20 years, Bedenbaugh has been a sought out cinematographer and editor in the action sports world. Since starting in the skate industry, he’s gone on to shoot virtually all sports from skateboarding to the NBA, the PGA, ...

Nielsen Names David Kenny as New Chief Executive

November 25, 2018

Nielsen Holding named former IBM and Weather Channel executive David Kenny as its new CEO, effective Dec. 3. Kenny will also join the board of directors of Nielsen, the top audience measurement company which is currently reviewing its strategic options including selling off its businesses or going ...

Blockchain's Role in TV

November 25, 2018

"Blockchain technology can be leveraged to safeguard user privacy, thereby restoring trust between viewers, advertisers, and content creators. I’m certainly not saying that you can simply take a jar full of blockchain and just smear it on everything to fix the problem." -Gavin Douglas, iPowow The ...

HAVING LAUNCHED JUST LAST YEAR AT SERIES MANIA,UGC STEPS FORWARD AND SPONSORS THE SERIES MANIA WRITERS CAMPUS FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS

November 25, 2018

LILLE & PARIS, FRANCE – November 20, 2018 – Following the tremendous success of last year’s event, Ms. Laurence Herszberg, founder and general director of Series Mania (March 22-30, 2019), and Ms. Brigitte Maccioni, managing director of UGC, one of the largest cinema operators in Europe, are ...

Hulu Comedy ‘PEN15’ Starts Feb. 8

November 25, 2018

Hulu comedy PEN15 premieres Friday, Feb. 8. Hulu is on board for ten episodes of the series, from The Lonely Island. “Grab your gel pens and rolly backpacks, because it's time to head back to middle school with PEN15,” said the streaming service. The show comes from the comedians Maya Erskine and ...