Broadcasting & Cable News

INFOGRAPHIC: Geoscape Releases New Findings On Milwaukee's Changing Demographics

October 21, 2018

ITHACA, NY-- Over the last 17 years the Milwaukee region’s multicultural population grew by 45 percent, while the Hispanic population grew by 94 percent. Those are just some of the findings in new demographics report on the Milwaukee region released Geoscape, a division of Claritas, one of the ...

Harmonic Leads the Charge for Virtualized Cable Access and Video Streaming at SCTE Cable-Tec Expo

October 21, 2018

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Oct. 17, 2018 — Harmonic (NASDAQ: HLIT) today announced that it will demonstrate groundbreaking new innovations in virtualized cable access and video streaming at the SCTE Cable-Tec Expo, Oct. 22-25, in Atlanta. Harmonic's software-centric solutions are enabling the next ...

Court Sets Argument Date in DOJ v. AT&T-Time Warner

October 21, 2018

A federal appeals court has set a date for oral argument in the Department of Justice's challenge to the AT&T-Time Warner merger. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has set oral argument for Dec. 6 at 9:30 a.m. Final briefs in the challenge are due Oct. 18, according to ...

Testronic Announces Platform Testing Services

October 21, 2018

Testronic, the leader in quality assurance (QA), localization services and compliance for the film, television and games industries, has launched Testronic Platform Testing Services focusing on live streaming of sports. The comprehensive multi-part service offering is designed to help clients ...

CCA Quantifies AIRWAVES Act Impact

October 21, 2018

The Competitive Carriers Association released a study Wednesday (Oct. 18) that quantifies the economic impact of the bipartisan Advancing Innovation and Reinvigorating Widespread Access to Viable Electromagnetic Spectrum (AIRWAVES) Act, sponsored by Sens. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) and Cory Gardner ...

Next Season of 'Orange Is the New Black' Will Be Final One

October 21, 2018

Season seven of Orange Is the New Black will premiere on Netflix in the summer of 2019, and will be the final season of the series. Jenji Kohan created the show, about a privileged New York woman who is sent to prison. It debuted in 2013. Piper Kerman wrote the book it is adapted from. "During ...

V-Nova secures significant investment from Novator Partners

October 21, 2018

• Novator Chairman Thor Björgólfsson joins V-Nova board of directors. • Novator's portfolio includes several major mobile operators including Play (Poland), WOM (Chile) and Nova (Iceland). • Investment strengthens and expands market presence for PERSEUS compression solutions. Privately held ...

Big Bird Puppeteer Spinney Steps Down

October 21, 2018

Caroll Spinney, the puppeteer who gives life to Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on Sesame Street, is stepping down. Spinney has performed the roles since the show premiered in 1969. “Caroll has been one of the leading lights of Sesame Street from the very beginning,” said Joan Ganz Cooney, co-founder ...

Beachfront Adds MadHive’s Blockchain to OTT Ad Platform

October 21, 2018

Beachfront is adding blockchain technology from MadHive to secure and verify first party data in real time on its over-the-top video advertising platform. “We have an obligation to provide accurate, real-time audience data across our OTT inventory for our premium publisher and blue chip advertiser ...