Broadcasting & Cable News

CTA: New Tariffs Would Do Billion-Dollar Number on U.S. Economy

August 19, 2018

The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) is pushing back hard on the Trump Administration's tech tariff policy, in this case its consideration of new levies on Chinese printed circuit assemblies and connected devices. CTA said a 10% tariff would cost the U.S. economy $520.8 million a year, while a ...

Disney’s ‘Star Wars Resistance’ Series to Take Off Oct. 7

August 19, 2018

The new animated Star Wars series, Star Wars Resistance, will blast off with a one-hour premiere Oct. 7 on Disney Channel, DisneyNow and Disney Channel VOD. The series will air later on Disney XD. The show follows a young pilot recruited by the Resistance for a top secret spy mission. The voice ...

Content Creators Seek FTC Help From Edge 'Abuses'

August 19, 2018

The Content Creators Coalition has told the Federal Trade Commission that its members need government protection from big edge providers they say are abusing their dominant positions on the Web. That came in a filing with the FTC, which is launching a broad review of its competition and consumer ...

Primetime Ratings: 'Big Brother' Down But Holds CBS Lead

August 19, 2018

CBS was down a bit from last week but still held the lead in Thursday's primetime ratings, according to Nielsen overnights in adults 18-49. The network rated a 1.2, down 20% from last week and had a 6 share. Big Brother was down two tenths of a point from last week where it held a 2.0 for the 9 ...

NAB: White Spaces Database Still Not Ready for Prime Time

August 19, 2018

The National Association of Broadcasters says more work needs to be done on the FCC's system for identifying where incumbent TV station spectrum users and fixed unlicensed white spaces devices are before using it to allow unlicensed wireless (broadband) use in those so-called "white spaces" between ...

Disney Channel Sets Oct. 12 Premiere for ‘Coop and Cami’

August 19, 2018

Disney Channel said its new live-action comedy Coop & Cami Ask the World will premiere on Oct. 12. The second episode of the series will be made available on the DisneyNow app and Disney Channel’s YouTube channel immediately following the premiere. Made for kids and family viewing, the show ...

FCC Won't Extend Broadband Competition Comment Deadline

August 19, 2018

The FCC has provided a five-business-day extension for comments and reply comments on its Fourteenth Broadband Deployment report, but denied requests for a longer extension and for any extension on its request for comment on the state of fixed broadband competition. The new comment dates for the ...

Fox 21 TV, Littlefield Option Opioid-Crisis Book ‘Dopesick’

August 19, 2018

Fox 21 Television Studios and The Littlefield Co., said they have optioned author Beth Macy’s book on the opioid crisis, Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors and the Drug Company that Addicted America. There was a competitive bidding process to develop the book for television. “Every once in a while, you ...

Story House Productions Upgrades and Expands Shared Storage Capacity with Facilis Technology

August 19, 2018

HUDSON, MA (August 16, 2018) – Facilis, a leading international supplier of cost-effective, high performance shared storage solutions for collaborative media production networks, announced today that Story House Productions has upgraded and extended the shared storage network in its Berlin facility ...