Broadcasting & Cable News

Fox Warns Viewers Blackout Nears On Altice’s Optimum

September 23, 2018

With negotiations for a renewal of their distribution deal stalled, Fox Networks Group has begun warning subscribers to Altice USA’s Optimum cable TV service that channels including local Fox station WNYW-TV in New York, FS1 and FX could be blacked out in the near future. The commercials, which ...

Comcast Outbids Fox With $40B Offer in Sky Auction

September 23, 2018

With a bid of £17.28, Comcast appears to have won the auction for European satellite broadcaster Sky. Comcast valued its offer at $40 billion. 21st Century Fox’s final bid was £15.67, according to reports. After Fox and Comcast made dueling offers for Sky, the British government set up an ...

Harmonic Unleashes Innovative New SaaS Features for Video Streaming and Broadcast Delivery

September 16, 2018

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Sept. 13, 2018 — At IBC2018, Harmonic (NASDAQ: HLIT) announced the launch of dynamic ad insertion (DAI) capabilities and will provide a sneak peek of disruptive disaster recovery scenarios enabled by its VOS360 Video software-as-a-service (SaaS) as part of the company’s continued ...

Harmonic Video SaaS Powers Telkomsel’s New Mobile OTT Service

September 16, 2018

Leveraging the Public Cloud, Harmonic’s VOS360 Video SaaS Enables Unprecedented Time-to-Market SAN JOSE, Calif. — Sept. 13, 2018 — Harmonic (NASDAQ: HLIT) today announced that Telkomsel, Indonesia’s most popular mobile network operator, is powering its new MAXstream OTT service using Harmonic’s ...

Harmonic Partners With Verimatrix to Revolutionize Content Distribution Efficiencies

September 16, 2018

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Sept. 13, 2018 — Harmonic (NASDAQ: HLIT) today announced a new partnership with Verimatrix, a specialist in securing and enhancing revenue for network-connected devices and services. Integration between Verimatrix’s new Viewthority™ content distribution platform and Harmonic’s ...

College Kids Give Passing Grade to Live TV: Comcast

September 16, 2018

Live TV lives on campus. According to data gathered by Comcast through its Xfinity on Campus service, students spend more time watching live when they’re watching TV. The viewing data from January through June 2018 showed that 44% of total video consumption was live, followed by video on demand at ...

Primetime Ratings: NBC Wins With Robust ‘AGT’, ‘World of Dance’

September 16, 2018

NBC took top ratings honors Wednesday, riding the America’s Got Talent results show to a 1.3 among viewers 18-49 in prime, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 6 share. That beat Fox’s 1.1/5. America’s Got Talent was up a tenth of a point at 1.5. Its finale rolls next week. Two hours of World of ...

SMPTE to Conduct IMF Interoperability Plugfest at Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

September 16, 2018

Oct. 18-19 Event Will Test and Demonstrate Utility of Interoperable Master Format for Movie and Broadcast Content Exchange LOS ANGELES and WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Sept. 13, 2018 — SMPTE, the organization whose standards work has supported a century of advances in entertainment technology and whose ...

Amazon Prime Debuts Julia Roberts Thriller ‘Homecoming’ Nov. 2

September 16, 2018

Amazon debuts Homecoming, a psychological thriller series starring Julia Roberts and directed by Sam Esmail, Nov. 2. The first season has 10 episodes, all directed by Esmail. Played by Roberts, Heidi Bergman is a caseworker at the Homecoming Transitional Support Center, a facility that helps ...