Broadcasting & Cable News

Roberts Says Comcast Won’t Rush Into Direct to Consumer

October 28, 2018

Comcast CEO Brian Roberts says the company isn’t rushing into the direct-to-consumer streaming business that appears to be the future to other big media companies. “I think there's been a little bit of a rush to the traditional television business is over and we've got to get into streaming,” ...

Flexible security added to Crystal Vision's frames

October 28, 2018

Crystal Vision has recently added flexible security to its Indigo and Vision frames, with the ability to switch off services that are not required. Designed to make the control of the company's SDI and IP cards more secure, it is now possible for a user to individually disable FTP, HTTP, SNMP, ...

Potential EU Digital Tax Has Trump Administration, Tech Companies on Edge

October 28, 2018

The European Union is considering levying a 3% tax on digital sales and services that would affect edge providers and anyone else doing digital business in the EU and it has the Trump Administration and tech companies both raising red flags. According to the Tax Foundation the EU is trying to come ...

Analyst Takes Another Look at Discovery’s Hulu Deal

October 28, 2018

Analyst Todd Juenger of Sanford C. Bernstein has been taking another look at the deal Discovery touted that put more of its networks on Hulu’s live streaming service. Earlier this year Discovery acquired Scripps Networks Interactive, which had Food Network, HGTV and Travel Channel on the Hulu Live ...

Singapore's Lighthouse Evangelism Selects Riedel's Artist, Bolero, and MediorNet Systems

October 28, 2018

WUPPERTAL, Germany — Oct. 26, 2018 — Riedel Communications today announced that Lighthouse Evangelism, one of Singapore's largest houses of worship, is using Riedel's Artist and Bolero intercom systems along with the company's MediorNet media distribution network to provide a complete signal ...

FCC Gets OK for New Economic Analysis Office

October 28, 2018

The FCC has received approval from the House and Senate Appropriations Committees and the Office of Management and Budget to create a new Office of Economics and Analytics. Dating from his time as a commissioner in the minority, FCC chair Ajit Pai has argued that the FCC needs to do more economic ...

Megyn Kelly, NBC News Discuss Her Exit

October 28, 2018

Megyn Kelly, host of Megyn Kelly Today on NBC, is in talks with NBC News about departing the network, according to published reports. Kelly’s legal representatives are scheduled to meet with NBC News executives Friday. A source told NBC News, “Conversations have already started about Megyn's exit ...

AT&T Shutting Down FilmStruck Streaming Service

October 28, 2018

AT&T is shutting down FilmStruck, the classic movie streaming service that was a joint venture of Turner and Warner Bros. Digital Networks. AT&T is interested in starting a large scale direct-to-consumer streaming service to compete with Netflix and Amazon. Since AT&T acquired Time ...

NBA Names Rivera Managing Director, Europe, Middle East

October 28, 2018

The National Basketball Association named media and sports executive Ralph Rivera as managing director of NBA Europe and Middle East. Rivera, who had been managing director at Discovery’s Eurosport Digital, will be based in London and report to NBA deputy commissioner and COO Mark Tatum. He starts ...