Broadcasting & Cable News

NCTA: FCC is Lowballing Broadband Deployment

September 23, 2018

The FCC is failing to, in a reasonable and timely manner, account for the extent to which unserved areas are getting broadband. That was a key takeaway from NCTA-The Internet & Television Association's comments to the FCC this week on whether advanced telecommunications is being provided in a ...

ABC Stations Launch 'Localish' for Mobile Millennials

September 23, 2018

Facing a generation that’s cutting the cable cord but is glued to its iPhones, the ABC Owned Stations Group is creating a new brand designed to appeal to mobile millennials. The new brand, dubbed 'Localish,' focuses on hyper-local stories produced by the stations with a national appeal, distributed ...

Zylia Products at AES New York 2018

September 23, 2018

ZYLIA ZM-1 Single-Mic Portable Recording Studio At AES New York 2018, Zylia will showcase the new ZYLIA ZM-1, an incredibly light, compact, and beautifully designed recording solution capable of delivering 48 kHz/24-bit resolution while capturing the full spatial sound scene. No matter where they ...

ACA to FCC: Hurricanes Should Not Do Number on Deployment Numbers

September 23, 2018

The America Cable Association has told the FCC that its Sec. 706 review of whether advanced telecommunications is being deployed in a reasonable and timely manner should exclude hurricanes and other natural disasters. That came in comments for the FCC's next Sec. 706 reports and as the Carolinas ...

dataXu Launches Planner for Linear, Connected, Addressable

September 23, 2018

Media and marketing software company dataXu introduced Total TV for Advertisers, which enables agencies and brand to create efficient buying plans across linear, connected and addressable TV. Total TV for Advertisers helps campaigns reach audiences that are de-duplicated, whether viewers are ...

FCC Critics: Broadband Deployment is Neither Reasonable Nor Timely

September 23, 2018

Common Cause and Public Knowledge have told the FCC that its shift to a progress-based assessment of broadband deployment is wrong and needs correcting ASAP. The degree to which the FCC concludes it is not being deployed per a congressional mandate is the degree to which it can regulate ISPs to ...

Sky Winner Will Be Determined This Weekend

September 23, 2018

The nearly two-year battle for the hand of U.K. satellite giant Sky plc will be determined this weekend, as U.K. regulators said they will initiate a blind auction for the company Sept. 21 in which both suitors -- Comcast and 21st Century Fox -- will be required to submit sealed bids. The auction ...

Ad Views in Premium Content Rose 35% in 2Q: FreeWheel

September 23, 2018

Views of premium video content delivered either live or on demand via set top boxes and streaming rose 31% in the second quarter compared to a year ago and ad views in that content rose by 35% compared to a year ago, according to a new report by FreeWheel, a division of Comcast. FreeWheel’s ...

A New Family of Cabling and Connectivity Solutions for Studio, Stadium, or Deployable Broadcasting

September 23, 2018

To meet those demands, Optical Cable Corporation (OCC) is introducing a new line of SMPTE cables and enclosures that are designed to address a wide variety of user needs. Whether in permanent installations or challenging deployable applications, the effective selection and installation of broadcast ...