Broadcasting & Cable News

Dr. Phil McGraw Renews Deal With CBS Television Distribution Through 2023

October 28, 2018

Dr. Phil McGraw will continue to host and executive produce his daytime talk show, Dr. Phil, through 2023, said Steve Hackett, president of sales for CBS Television Distribution. Daytime’s top talk show for the past seven years, Dr. Phil is currently in its 17th season. The multi-year deal will add ...

Nielsen Reports Lower Profits in Third Quarter

October 28, 2018

Nielsen reported lower third quarter earnings as its troubled buy unit offset gains at its TV measurement business. Earlier this year, Nielsen announced that it was undergoing a strategic review that could lead to the sale of the Buy unit or a transaction involving the entire company. Nielsen’s net ...

SpotX Connects with Syncbak For Dynamic OTT Ad Insertion

October 28, 2018

SpotX said it has made a deal to connect its clients to the Syncbak’s ad serving system, enabling dynamic ad insertion in live over-the-top broadcasts. The Syncbak system will also use SpotX’s programmatic technology “At Syncbak, we want to help local broadcasters monetize and make their content ...

Jim Bell Shifts to ‘Tonight Show’

October 28, 2018

Jim Bell, veteran producer at NBC, has moved to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. He will be executive-in-charge and showrunner on the program, which is struggling against CBS late-night entry The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. Bell has spent 27 years at NBC, much of it running Today, which ...

‘House of Cards’ Stars Cancel on Megyn Kelly

October 28, 2018

House of Cards cast and brain trust cancelled their appearance on Megyn Kelly Today following host Kelly’s comments defending Halloween costumes that involve blackface. Cast member Michael Kelly, and showrunners Frank Pugliese and Melissa James Gibson, were supposed to appear on the NBC morning ...

ABC News Live, CBSN Streaming Via Hulu

October 28, 2018

Online news channels ABC News Live and CBSN are now streaming on Hulu’s live TV service. In a memo to the news division at ABC, Colby Smith, senior VP, content & partnerships at ABC News, said the deal with Hulu will add millions of viewers to the breaking news and live events channel. ABC News ...

Telefe Upgrades to Dalet Galaxy five

October 28, 2018

Paris, France October 24, 2018 – Dalet, a leading provider of solutions and services for media organizations and content professionals, today announced that leading free-to-air Argentine network Telefe is to drive an expansive multiplatform workflow with the Dalet Galaxy five Media Asset ...

Telemundo Lines Up Sponsors For Latin American Music Awards

October 28, 2018

American Express, Sprint and Ulta Beauty have signed up as new sponsors of Telemundo’s broadcast of the 2018 Latin American Music Awards. Returning sponsors include Comcast, Denny’s, Domino’s, Toyota and Volkswagen. Wells Fargo will be the sponsor of Refreshed, a bilingual Instagram Live show ...

Studio Technologies Provides LAN Interconnectivity for Dante® Applications

October 28, 2018

SKOKIE, IL, OCTOBER 25, 2018 – Studio Technologies, manufacturer of high-quality audio, video, and fiber-optic solutions, introduces the Model 48D Dante® Bridge, which offers a simple to use, high performance means of sending and receiving audio signals between two independent local area networks ...