Broadcasting & Cable News

NCTA: FCC Got It Right In Franchise Reg Redo

November 18, 2018

The FCC sought comment on whether it should prohibit cable franchising authorities from regulating non-cable services operators offer and whether in-kind "exactions" as part of the price of securing a franchise should be counted toward the FCC's 5% cap on franchise fees, fees that total about $3 ...

ChyronHego at Government Video Expo 2018

November 18, 2018

Vidigo News ChyronHego will showcase their newly launched Vidigo News product, an all-in-one newsroom-compliant production solution designed specifically for live OTT production. Vidigo News packages ChyronHego’s Vidigo Live Compositor, an intuitive software solution for live multi-camera/sources ...

Digital Alert Systems and DigIt Signage Technologies Announce More Affordable Way to Create High-Quality EAS Alert Crawls

November 18, 2018

LYNDONVILLE, N.Y. — Nov. 14, 2018 — Digital Alert Systems/Monroe Electronics, the global leader in emergency communications solutions for video services providers, today announced that it has partnered with DigIt Signage Technologies to interface the ChyTV™ HD-EAS, a version of the ChyTV video ...

Fox Signs New Long-Term Major League Baseball Deal

November 18, 2018

Fox, which will be focusing on sports after selling off its cable entertainment networks and TV and movie studios, has signed new long-term deal with Major League Baseball. Fox and Fox Deportes will continue to have the rights to the World Series, one of the League Championship Series, two Division ...

Edge Still Edgy Over Net Neutrality Deregulation

November 18, 2018

Computer companies and edge providers, joined by some content creators, continued their pushback on the FCC's Restoring Internet Freedom order Thursday (Nov. 15) in a reply brief to the federal court hearing Mozilla's appeal of the order, which eliminated the rules against blocking, throttling or ...

Tegna VP Cummings Named General Manager at KIII

November 18, 2018

Bruce Cummings, a VP at Tegna, was named president and general manager of KIII-TV, in Corpus Christi, Tex. Cummings will also continue to oversee other Tegna stations in Texas including KBMT and KJAC in Beaumont, WCEN in Waco-Temple, KAGS in Bryan-College Station, KYTX in Tyler, KIDY in San Angelo ...

‘Jim Gaffigan: Noble Ape’ Premieres on Comedy Central Nov. 23

November 18, 2018

Jim Gaffigan hosts the comedy special Noble Ape, which debuts on Comedy Central Friday, Nov. 23. The special runs 90 minutes and begins at 11 p.m. Gaffigan touches on some personal topics in his routine, such as a medical crisis that struck his family this year, and almost prompted him to retire. ...

Studio Technologies Offers Flex-Use Audio Resources with Model 5330 Interface

November 18, 2018

SKOKIE, IL, NOVEMBER 15, 2018 – Studio Technologies, manufacturer of high-quality audio, video, and fiber-optic solutions, introduces the Model 5330 Flex-Use Dante® Audio Interface, a simple yet high-performance means of interfacing analog signals with applications that utilize Dante ...

Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Award Winners Named

November 18, 2018

NATPE’s 16th Annual Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Awards are going to comedian and media mogul Byron Allen, producer Mara Brock Akil, former chairman of NBC Entertainment Robert Greenblatt, actress, singer and dancer Rita Moreno, award-winning actress and comedian Betty White and actor Henry ...