Broadcasting & Cable News

ABC Gives ‘A Million Little Things’ Full-Season Order

October 28, 2018

Rookie drama A Million Little Things has received a full-season order from ABC. The show premiered Sept. 26. A Million Little Things is about a group of friends in Boston who bond following the suicide of a pal. In Nielsen’s Live + 7 day ratings, the series is averaging 8.0 million viewers and a ...

NYC Television Week Returns

October 28, 2018

NEW YORK — New York City Television Week is back next week, kicked off by the 28th annual Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame on Monday, Oct. 29, at the Ziegfeld Ballroom. Inductees include CBS’s Gayle King, CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, ABC’s 20/20 and Charlie Collier, the AMC Networks executive ...

Amazon Shoots Down Reports about Ad-Supported Streaming Launch

October 28, 2018

Amazon said it has no plans to launch an ad-supported video on demand platform for its Fire TV streaming ecosystem. “We have no plans to build an ad-supported Prime Video offering for free at this time,” Amazon investor relations director Dave Fildes said during the online retail giant’s ...

Modern Audio Masters: RME Announces Digiface AVB, M-32 Pro AVB Series are Now Shipping

October 28, 2018

Wednesday, October 24, 2018 — Fort Lauderdale, Florida, October 25, 2018 – Premium German interface manufacturer RME has announced the newest addition to its Digiface series of mobile audio interfaces — the Digiface AVB — is now shipping along with RME’s new M-32 Pro AVB Series of 32-channel ...

Sen. Markey: Kids Need Online Privacy 'Constitution'

October 21, 2018

Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) says protecting children's privacy is a moving target as those kids spend exponentially more time online. But he said it is a target that must be hit, including taking on big companies who collect and mine children's data. Markey has asked the Federal Trade Commission to ...

Pitt Athletics Partners with NEP Group; Launches Pitt Studios

October 21, 2018

Pitt Athletics and the University of Pittsburgh, in conjunction with NEP Group, will unveil Pitt Studios Thursday, Oct. 4 with a ribbon cutting ceremony, tour and media roundtable at the Petersen Events Center. “We are thrilled to unveil Pitt Studios,” said Director of Athletics Heather Lyke. ...

NEP Group Acquires SIS LIVE

October 21, 2018

NEP Group, a worldwide outsourced technical production partner supporting premier content producers of live sports and entertainment, announced today its acquisition of SIS LIVE Limited, a leading provider of connectivity services and a subsidiary of UK-based Sports Information Services (“SIS”). ...

HBO Animated Series ‘Animals’ Canceled

October 21, 2018

HBO has canceled Animals, its animated adult series focused on the down and out creatures native to New York City. The third season, with 10 episodes, debuted Aug. 3 and showed a post-apocalyptic New York with no humans, but lots of animals. From Duplass Brothers Productions, the show was created ...

ABC Gives 'Single Parents' Full-Season Order

October 21, 2018

ABC has given rookie comedy Single Parents a full-season order, extending it from 13 episodes to 22. The show premiered Sept. 26. After three episodes, Single Parents is averaging a 1.6 rating in adults 18-49 and 5.6 million total viewers. The show comes from 20th Century Fox Television and ABC ...