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Cheeks, Telegdy to Keynote NATPE Miami 2019

Newly minted NBC Entertainment co-chairs George Cheeks and Paul Telegdy will keynote the NATPE Miami Marketplace & Conference 2019. Cheeks and Telegdy were tapped to lead NBC Entertainment in September after the company announced that NBC Entertainment chairman Robert Greenblatt had left the ...

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Primetime Ratings: Fox Grabs Title With Robust ‘Empire’

Fox won the Wednesday ratings race, riding Empire to a 1.3/5. That was a little better than NBC’s 1.2/5. Most shows were up, compared with their Halloween-impacted ratings a week before. Empire climbed 25% to a 1.5 and Star grew 22% to 1.1. On NBC, Chicago Med grew 9% to 1.2 and Chicago Fire went ...

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V-Nova PERSEUS Plus available in Telestream Encoding Solution

• PERSEUS Plus encoding to be available in industry-leading Lightspeed Live solution • Telestream Lightspeed Live provides support for the most challenging Live video streaming workflows • Support for all devices using native hardware makes PERSEUS Plus the only next-generation codec ready for ...

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Cable to FCC: PTC Should Not Derail Its Crucial Downlinks

Cable operators are telling the FCC that it should not allow a positive train control (PTC) system to use the C-band spectrum (3.7-4.2 GHz) until it resolves its proceeding on repurposing some of that spectrum and until Metrom Rail LLC demonstrates it will not interfere with the C-band downlinks ...

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Media Links Releases Japanese Language Version of ProMD Enhanced Management Software

Media Links, manufacturer and pioneer in Media over IP transport technology, announces the release of ProMD EMS - Japanese, a full Japanese translation of its ProMD Enhanced Management System software. It will be showcased at the upcoming InterBee show, November 14-16, 2018 on the Media Links ...

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Jeff Gaspin Does Development Deal With AGC Television

AGC Television has closed on a multi-year overall deal for scripted and non-scripted TV projects from Gaspin Media. Jeff Gaspin, former NBC Universal Television Entertainment chairman, heads up Gaspin Media. AGC Television is part of AGC Studios. Stuart Ford launched AGC Studios earlier this year. ...

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‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ Premieres on NBC Jan. 10

Brooklyn Nine-Nine premieres on NBC Thursday, Jan. 10 in the 9 p.m. slot. The show ran for five seasons on Fox. Michael Schur and Dan Goor created Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Andy Samberg stars.  NBC has ordered 18 episodes of the cop comedy for season six. Other mid-season premieres include ...

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Comcast-NBCU Warns FCC That Alliance C-Band Plan Puts Fox in Hen House

Comcast-NBCU has made it clear it has major problems with satellite operators' "market-based" proposal to redistribute C-Band spectrum the FCC is trying to repurpose for 5G, suggesting the FCC would be putting the Fox in charge of the hen house. The C-Band Alliance, comprising fixed satellite ...

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The CW Orders More Episodes of Rookie Series

The CW has ordered additional episodes for its three rookie series. The order includes nine more episodes of Charmed, and three apiece for All American and Legacies. Charmed will finish its first season with 22 episodes, while All American and Legacies will have 16 apiece. High school football ...

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