Broadcasting & Cable News

Former ESPN Exec Donahue to Head Sports at Amazon

September 02, 2018

Amazon has hired former ESPN executive Marie Donahue as VP leading its global sports programming efforts. Donahue will report to Greg Hart, VP of Prime Video, which has moved into the live sports business by acquiring rights to stream Thursday night NFL football, Premiere League soccer and other ...

USA Hacker Drama ‘Mr. Robot’ to End After Next Season

September 02, 2018

Mr. Robot will end after its fourth season on USA Network next year. Sam Esmail created the hacker drama and Universal Cable Productions produces it. “From the beginning, Mr. Robot proved to be a show unlike any other on television, capturing the zeitgeist of our modern times with a unique point ...

Senate to Vet Competition Enforcement

September 02, 2018

Assistant attorney general Makan Delrahim and Federal Trade Commission chair Joe Simons have been lined up for a hearing in the Senate Judiciary committee's antitrust subcommittee Oct. 3 as Washington continues to drill down on competition in the digital age. Delrahim is leading the suit against ...

Sinclair Countersues Tribune Over Failed Merger Attempt

September 02, 2018

Sinclair Broadcast Group on Tuesday answered Tribune’s lawsuit over their failed merger with a countersuit. Related: Tribune Ends Deal with Sinclair, Files Breach of Contract Suit Sinclair agreed to acquire Tribune for $3.9 billion, but the deal fell through earlier this month after the Dept. of ...

Google's Page Only 'Maybe' for Senate Hearing

September 02, 2018

Google is still only a maybe for the witness table at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on foreign influence on social media platforms. The committee held a hearing Aug. 1 with third-party social media experts, but now wants to hear from Twitter, Facebook and Google Sept. 5. According to the ...

AT&T Drops beIN Sports From Channel Lineup

September 02, 2018

AT&T’s DirecTV and DirecTV Now services have dropped beIN Sports from their channel lineups in a fee dispute. The blackout follows a similar move made by Comcast at the beginning of August. Verizon's Fios also dropped beIN channels earlier this month. “Despite beIN Sports USA’s offer to ...

Boxx TV To Make Cinec Debut

September 02, 2018

Boxx TV, a leading supplier of innovative digital microwave solutions to the broadcast industry, today announced that it is to exhibit at Cinec 2018 for the first time. Taking place at the MOC Events Center in Munich from 22-24 September 2018, Boxx TV will demonstrate its new Atom and ...

MX1 at IBC2018

September 02, 2018

Media companies today need to work faster, reduce operational costs, and offer more advanced features than the competition. Providing the ultimate viewer experience is the ultimate goal in the media environment, and that means having both live and VOD content available on every screen. At IBC2018, ...

Magewell Introduces Robust Hardware and Software Converters to Bring Video into NDI®-Enhanced Live Production Workflows

September 02, 2018

August 30, 2018 — Nanjing, China: Magewell today announced two powerful new products designed to help users reliably bring traditional video signals into live, IP-based production infrastructures using NewTek’s royalty-free NDI® technology. The new Pro Convert HDMI 4K Plus IP encoder hardware ...