Broadcasting & Cable News

Ted Turner Tells ‘60 Minutes’ He Has Lewy Body Dementia

September 30, 2018

CNN founder Ted Turner, who was famously erratic during his career as a television industry pioneer, said he was misdiagnosed as being manic depressive and now says he is suffering from Lewy body dementia. Interviewed on 60 Minutes by Ted Koppel in a segment airing Sunday, Turner says Lewy body ...

Disney Reorganizes Ad Sales, Names Top Execs

September 30, 2018

Disney Advertising Sales, which represents the company’s broadcast, cable and digital outlets including ESPN announced a new strategy and structure. The new ad sales organization has three parts: Sales, client & brand solutions and revenue & operations. “Combining world class sales teams ...

Judiciary Approves Kavanaugh Nomination, But With Caveat

September 30, 2018

The Senate Judiciary Committee has voted 11 to 10 to favorably report the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, but with a big caveat, a one-week delay of a full floor vote to conduct an FBI investigation into the sexual allegation charges will be necessary for one of the ...

Fox News Wins Kavanaugh-Ford Hearing Cable Ratings Race

September 30, 2018

Fox News Channel had 5.69 million total viewers for the Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court hearing September 27, which saw Dr. Christine Blasey Ford offer testimony accusing Kavanaugh of sexual wrongdoing when he was a teen, and Kavanaugh deny the accusations. That beat MSNBC and CNN combined; MSNBC had ...

Massachusetts Senators Propose Bill to Force Charter Out-of-Market TV Carriage

September 30, 2018

Massachusetts Senators Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren, both Democrats, have introduced a bill that would force Charter to negotiate "in good faith" carriage of WCVB and WWLP in Berkshire County, Mass., which is in the Albany, N.Y. market. "Specifically, the bill authorizes a cable operator ...

New York D.A.s Subpoena CBS Regarding Moonves

September 30, 2018

CBS said it has received subpoenas from New York City and New York State officials regarding the sexual harassment reports about former CEO Les Moonves and about cultural issues at CBS News. The company said in an SEC filing that the inquiries came from the New York County District Attorney’s ...

Sen. Grassley: Committee, Not FBI, Will Investigate Kavanaugh Allegations

September 23, 2018

Senate Judiciary Committee chair Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said Wednesday that the Committee stands ready to hear the testimony of Professor Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault as a teenager, in whatever forum she chooses, but that it is the ...

SKAA-Enabled Dillinger Labs Helix Wireless Headphones Now Available for Pre-Order

September 23, 2018

EDMONTON, Alberta, Canada, Sept. 19, 2018 – SKAA-enabled wireless high fidelity. Sexy design and feel. Ditch Bluetooth unreliability. Affordable. Seriously, what’s not to love? Eleven Engineering, Inc. (www.elevenengineering.com), a market leader in semiconductor products for wireless audio for ...

CBS Financial Vet Draper to Run Sacramento Stations

September 23, 2018

CBS has tapped Justin Draper as VP and GM of its KOVR-TV and KMAX-TV Sacramento, Calif., duopoly. Draper comes from CBS-owned KCBS-TV and KCAL-TV Los Angeles, where he has been financial controller. He succeeds Jay Howell, who was tapped to run CBS' KDKA-TV and WPCW-TV Pittsburgh back in ...