Broadcasting & Cable News

Programmatic Could Solve TV’s Ad Woes

November 18, 2018

In the world of advertising channels, television is still king, but it also has a problem. Television inventory still commands top dollar, and broadcasters have seen less flexibility in the price of their inventory than other media channels, but television ad rates are dropping. The industry saw a ...

Senate Dems Hammer Facebook Over Allegations of Retaliation

November 18, 2018

Some high-profile Senate Democrats are pressuring Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg for answers following reports that the company used outside contractors to retaliate against its critics, including spreading false and inflammatory information about them. Related: Sen. Warner Ticked Off by Edge ...

As 'Parts Unknown' Wraps Up, Fans and Brands Say Farewell to Anthony Bourdain

November 18, 2018

Viewers bid farewell to a travel and food icon on Sunday, as the last episode of Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown aired on CNN. On June 8, 2018 the chef and explorer was found dead of apparent suicide in his hotel room while filming for the series in France, and in August, CNN announced a special ...

Classic Film Streaming Service Folded by AT&T Makes Comeback

November 18, 2018

Weeks after AT&T announced it was folding the FilmStruck direct-to-consumer classic movie streaming service, a similar service, The Criterion Channel, will be launched in the Spring. The new service will be a standalone service from Criterion Collection based on its films. By what was called “a ...

CURIOSITYSTREAM SERVES UP THE DELICIOUSLY ENTERTAINING ORIGINAL DOCUSERIES THE HISTORY OF FOOD – PREMIERING NOVEMBER 15

November 18, 2018

(Silver Spring, Md.)—CuriosityStream – the award-winning streaming and on-demand destination from Discovery Channel founder John Hendricks – answers the age-old question, “what’s for dinner?” once and for all with its new five-part original docuseries, THE HISTORY OF FOOD. Premiering November 15, ...

Trump to Fox: We Are Now Writing Rules of Press Conference Decorum

November 18, 2018

President Donald Trump said his Administration is even now writing rules of press decorum. That comes after a judge ruled Friday (Nov. 16) that the White House must restore the press pass of CNN senior White House correspondent Jim Acosta because it had taken it away without a process to make it ...

ABC Programming Shakeup: Dungey Leaves, Burke In

November 18, 2018

ABC’s top programming exec Channing Dungey is stepping down from her post and will be replaced as president of ABC Entertainment by Karey Burke. Burke is the head of original programming development for Freeform, a cable network owned by The Walt Disney Co. The moves come as Disney prepares to ...

Housecleaning WarnerMedia Keeping, and Doubling Down on VRV

November 11, 2018

Fresh off AT&T’s closure of its Time Warner Inc. acquisition, the rebranding of those assets under the WarnerMedia moniker, and the anointment of longtime AT&T exec John Stankey to run it all, the wireless giant is making big changes to its content business. In recent weeks, a number of ...

Sinclair Reports Higher Profits in 3rd Quarter

November 11, 2018

Sinclair Broadcast Group’s posted a big gain in profits after its acquisition of Tribune Media fell through, thank in part to big spending by candidates running in the mid-term elections. Third quarter net income doubled to $63.9 million, or 62 cents a share, from $30.6 million a year ago, or 30 ...