Broadcasting & Cable News

Session On Global Business Intelligence Slated For 2018 Media Credit Seminar

October 14, 2018

New York - Matthew Debbage, CEO Americas & Asia for Creditsafe Group, and Chavonne Taylor, Credit Analyst at Viacom International/Viacom Media Networks, will lead a discussion on global business intelligence at the 2018 Media Credit Seminar. The full-day event will be held on Thursday, ...

FX Orders Second Season of ‘Mr Inbetween’

October 14, 2018

FX has ordered a second season of Mr Inbetween, an Australian drama from Scott Ryan. Ryan created the show, which premiered Sept. 25, and plays criminal-for-hire Ray Shoesmith. The second season premieres in 2019, airing on FX in the U.S. and Foxtel in Australia. “It’s been fantastic to see Mr ...

HoverCam to Showcase Tools That Boost Student Learning and Success at EDUCAUSE 2018

October 14, 2018

SAN DIEGO — Oct. 11, 2018 — HoverCam, an innovative technology leader in the education market, will show how its solutions answer the challenge of preparing students for the future workplace and solve IT roadblocks of implementing and managing technology in higher ed classrooms at EDUCAUSE 2018, ...

'Rachael Ray' Celebrates Female Artists With #WallsbyWomen

October 14, 2018

Daytime talk show Rachael Ray will celebrate women with its “Walls by Women” art series during the show’s 13th season. The series aims to amplify the voice of female artists, who are often underrepresented in art discourse. According to the National Museum of Women in the Arts as cited in The ...

How Late-Night Talk Shows Are Harnessing Social Video

October 14, 2018

For broadcasters and media companies, social video is increasingly a tool for brand expansion and digital audience growth — especially for entertainment franchises. In the late-night talk show sector, where a larger number of hosts are competing over a smaller television audience than ever ...

VITEC Highlights Award-Winning IPTV Solution and Multichannel HEVC Encoder at NAB Show New York 2018

October 14, 2018

SUNNYVALE, Calif. — Oct. 11, 2018 — VITEC, a worldwide leader in advanced video encoding and streaming solutions, today announced it will showcase the award-winning EZ TV IPTV & Digital Signage Platform and the new portable, quad-channel MGW Diamond HEVC encoder in booth N925 at the NAB Show ...

IMSTA FESTA Toronto to Welcome Grammy-Winning Producer Ken Lewis as Keynote Speaker

October 14, 2018

TORONTO — Oct. 11, 2018 — The International Music Software Trade Association (IMSTA) today announced that Grammy-winning producer Ken Lewis will present the keynote at IMSTA FESTA Toronto, which will take place Oct. 13 at the Ryerson RTA School of Media. This celebration of music technology is a ...

DOJ Slams AT&T 'Revisionist' Defense of Time Warner Deal

October 14, 2018

The Justice Department has minced no words in its reply to AT&T's defense of its purchase of Time Warner, telling a federal court that the company's brief was "little more than a revisionist 58-page summary of the district court’s opinion." That district court had rejected DOJ's challenge to ...

Major Sports Network Transports Entire Professional Golf Tournament Over Public Internet Using Technology From VidOvation and AVIWEST

October 14, 2018

LAKE FOREST, Calif. — Oct. 11, 2018 — VidOvation today announced that a major U.S. sports network used VidOvation and AVIWEST technology late last month for international coverage of the annual professional golf tournament between U.S. and European teams. VidOvation supplied AVIWEST gear equipped ...