Broadcasting & Cable News

NBCU Planning Cuts in Advertising Sales Staff

November 04, 2018

NBCUniversal is planning to eliminate about 60 current jobs in advertising sales group. The cuts are said to be across the board, with people in sales, planning, marketing and research affected. At the same time, NBCU is expected to increase its investment in advanced advertising, with more money ...

Investigation Discovery Turns To IKA Collective To Help Expand Reach Of IDGO App With Spot Featuring “Homicide Hunter” Lt. Joe Kenda

November 04, 2018

NEW YORK, NY – Investigation Discovery viewers are often called ID Addicts, and fittingly the new campaign for the network’s IDGO app plays off how addictive their shows are. The promo, created by IKA Collective and directed by Ian Karr, features “Homicide Hunter” and retired police detective Joe ...

Lightworks 14.5 Makes its Bold Debut to the Creative World

November 04, 2018

Basingstoke, UK — November 1, 2018 - EditShare, a technology leader in intelligent shared storage and media management solutions, today announced the immediate availability of its Lightworks non-linear editor (NLE) version 14.5 (Windows, Mac, and Linux) release offering over 70 new features and 500 ...

ITU Elects NTIA Vet as First Woman Director

November 04, 2018

The U.S. delegation at the International Telecommunications Union conference in Dubai was celebrating Thursday (Nov. 1) as Doreen Bogdan-Martin was elected director of the ITU's Telecommunications Development Bureau. She has been chief of the ITU's Strategic Planning and Membership Department. ...

Boomerang Streaming Service Available on VRV Platform

November 04, 2018

Boomerang, the streaming animation service from WarnerMedia’s Turner and Warner Bros. units, will be added to VRV, the video platform from Ellation. Ellation became part of WarnerMedia this year after AT&T bought Time Warner and Otter Media, which owned Ellation. Boomerang will be available on ...

Viewership Deep Dive: How Some of TV’s Top Comedy Series Compare

November 04, 2018

As part of our continuing series of deep-dives into viewership and advertising trends surrounding different TV genres, today we’re taking a look at four broadcast network comedies: the traditional CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory (now in its last season), NBC’s fantasy-comedy The Good ...

Primetime Ratings: ‘Chicago’ Shows Power NBC

November 04, 2018

NBC had the top score in Wednesday’s prime ratings, its Chicago programs leading to a 1.1 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 5 share. That got by the 1.0/5 put up by Fox, which won the previous Wednesday. Viewing was affected by Halloween. On NBC, Chicago Med did a 1.1 and Chicago ...

Next TV Summit: Powell Calls for Tighter Controls Against Tech Giants

November 04, 2018

NEW YORK — NCTA–The Internet & Television Association CEO Michael Powell called for tighter controls against massive tech companies like Google, Facebook and Netflix on issues like privacy and data collection, but added that moves to implement Net Neutrality rules on a state level isn’t the ...

Phoenix Center: Broadband Investment Bump Misses Title II Crater

November 04, 2018

The Phoenix Center has added its two cents, actually $24 billion-$30 billion, to the debate over whether/how much the FCC's reclassification of ISPs under Title II in the 2015 Open Internet Order depressed broadband investment. The 2015 Open Internet Order's Title II reclassification meant imposing ...