Broadcasting & Cable News

Supremes Won't Stream Kavanaugh Investiture

November 04, 2018

The Supreme Court has politely reflected a request by judicial transparency group Fix the Court that it stream the upcoming investiture ceremony* for new Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Kavanaugh has been on the job for a few weeks, but the ceremony is an official "seat and greet" of sorts. ...

NBCU Shifts to In-House Ad Optimization Capability

November 04, 2018

NBCUniversal, investing tens of millions of dollars to support its data-driven advertising capabilities, has moved its optimization systems in-house instead of relying on outside vendors. The moves come even as NBCU prepares to eliminate jobs in its ad sales group, a move described as rightsizing ...

Next TV Summit: Discovery Founder on TV's Next Wave

November 04, 2018

The keynote panel Discovering the Future Once Again featured John Hendricks, founder of Discovery Communications who now focuses his energies on the SVOD service CuriosityStream. Interviewed by Mark Robichaux, B&C and Multichannel News managing director of content, Hendricks outlined the three ...

‘Brady Bunch’ Cast Reunites For Renovation of Brady Home

November 04, 2018

The cast of The Brady Bunch will get together when the family’s home in Los Angeles gets renovated on HGTV’s A Very Brady Renovation. Barry Williams (Greg), Maureen McCormick (Marcia), Christopher Knight (Peter), Eve Plumb (Jan), Mike Lookinland (Bobby) and Susan Olsen (Cindy) will be on the show. ...

Charter's Viens Named to BDAC Working Group

November 04, 2018

Joseph Viens, senior director of government affairs for Charter has been named to the FCC's Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee's (BDAC) Disaster Response and Recovery Working Group, the only cable broadband operator in the group. The working group comprises a range of stakeholders including ...

RED Camera Users Purchase 136 Litepanels Gemini 2x1 Soft Panels Through Online Group Buy

November 04, 2018

LOS ANGELES — Nov. 1, 2018 — Litepanels today announced that RED camera users have purchased 136 Gemini 2x1 soft panels, along with countless Gemini accessories, through a coordinated group buy with the REDUSER.net online community. Travis Wears, a director of photography based in Kansas City, ...

Sale of Radio Unit Leaves CBS With Lower Earnings

November 04, 2018

Following the departure of former CEO Les Moonves, CBS reported lower profit following the spinoff of its radio division a year ago. But revenues rose 3% to $3.26 billion. The revenue increase was fueled by 79% growth from digital initiatives, including the company’s owned streaming subscription ...

Advanced Ad: NBCU Looks to Future Proof With Restructuring, In-House Optimization

November 04, 2018

New York — NBCUniversal is looking to future proof the company with the recent decisions to lay off staff and invest in advanced advertising, said Krishan Bhatia, executive VP, business operations and strategy, NBCUniversal. “Media is going through an unbelievable time of change with that pace of ...

Trump Admin Lets Verisign Boost .Com Domain Name Prices

November 04, 2018

The price of joining the elite web address could be going up. The National Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA) has agreed to modify its agreement with domain name registrar Verisign that will allow it to boost prices for .com domain names, but not to vertically integrate—say, ...