Broadcasting & Cable News

Altice: ‘Facilities-Based MVNO’ Approach Limits Partnership Potential with Comcast, Charter

August 12, 2018

While Comcast and Charter Communications have enjoyed a close partnership for their respective mobile business, sharing everything from merchandising plans to backend technology, their appear to be limits as to just how much Altice USA can collaborate with the two biggest U.S. cable companies in ...

AT&T Buys Out Chernin, Acquiring All of Otter Media

August 12, 2018

AT&T acquired The Chernin Group’s controlling interest in Otter Media as it continues to add content assets to its distribution and data business. A digital media and advertising company, Otter Media is comprised of brands including Ellation, Crunchyroll, VRV and Fullscreen. It also has stake ...

TLC Gives ‘90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days’ TV’s Biggest Promo Push

August 12, 2018

B&C has partnered with attention and conversion analytics company iSpot.tv to bring you a weekly chart we call Promo Mojo: exclusive data showing the top five TV promos ranked by TV ad impressions. These are the shows networks have been promoting most heavily to drive tune-in (our data covers ...

Tamron Hall Developing Daytime Talker With Disney-ABC

August 12, 2018

Updated: Wednesday, August 8, 2018 at 7:44 a.m. PT Former Today Show star Tamron Hall has entered into a development deal with Disney-ABC to create and develop a daytime syndicated talk show that she will host. “We are incredibly excited to partner with Tamron and look forward to bringing a fresh ...

Gunpowder & Sky Launching Dustˣ OTT Channel on Roku

August 12, 2018

Gunpowder & Sky, the studio launched by former MTV exec Van Toffler and backed by Otter Media, is launching Dustˣ, a science fiction channel that will be available on Roku starting Aug. 18. Dustˣ will feature movies including Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, series such as ...

Dalet Orchestrates Media Intelligence and Reveals Next-Gen Studio Automation at IBC2018

August 12, 2018

Paris, France – August 8, 2018 – Dalet, a leading provider of solutions and services for media organizations and content professionals, today announced that it will showcase the latest version of its flagship Dalet Galaxy five platform for Media Asset Management (MAM) and Workflow Orchestration, ...

Calrec Audio Consoles See Major Success in Korean Market

August 12, 2018

HEBDEN BRIDGE, UK, AUGUST 8, 2018 — The past year has seen Calrec Audio generate serious momentum in the Korean broadcasting market with the sale of its audio consoles and AoIP interfaces to several Korean broadcasters. This includes the first Brio36 sale in Korea, which was purchased by the ...

SMPTE Announces Annual Awards Recipients for 2018

August 12, 2018

Annual SMPTE Awards Gala Highlights Innovative Leaders Advancing Technology in Media and Entertainment LOS ANGELES and WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Aug. 8, 2018 — SMPTE, the organization whose standards work has supported more than a century of advances in entertainment technology and whose membership ...

Sinclair: Talks Continue in Tribune Deal

August 12, 2018

With the deadline to complete its $3.9 billion purchase of Tribune Media today (Aug. 8), Sinclair Broadcast Group said it would continue to find ways to close the transaction, but offered little information as to how. In a statement issued with its second quarter earnings results, Sinclair said it ...