Broadcasting & Cable News

SMPTE® at IBC2018

August 12, 2018

SMPTE Big Screen Sessions The Big Screen sessions feature the very latest in cinema projection and sound installation. The four-day program takes place in the RAI Auditorium. A world-class forum where creativity meets technology, the Big Screen program allows visitors to hear from the talent behind ...

Bryan Cranston to Star in Broadway Production of ‘Network’

August 12, 2018

Network, the 1976 Paddy Chayefsky film about the TV news business, is heading to Broadway. The National Theatre’s production of Network had been on stage in London. Bryan Cranston, star of AMC’s Breaking Bad, played Howard Beale, anchor at the UBS network, in the London show, and will play Beale ...

Riedel’s Bolero and Artist Enable Seamless Communications for Sight & Sound Theatres Epic Biblical Productions

August 12, 2018

BURBANK, Calif. — Aug. 9, 2018 — Sight & Sound Theatres, producer of a dazzling series of live, Bible-themed stage shows, has adopted Riedel Communications’ Bolero wireless intercom for its 2,000-seat auditorium in Branson, Missouri. Bolero leverages an existing Riedel Artist digital matrix ...

‘House of Cards’ Returns Nov. 2

August 12, 2018

House of Cards returns on Netflix for its sixth, and final, season Nov. 2. Robin Wright’s Claire Underwood returns as president. Diane Lane and Greg Kinnear join the cast. The series was created by Beau Willimon and is produced by Donen/Fincher/Roth, with MRC as the studio, for Netflix. The House ...

Primetime Ratings: Gordon Ramsay Shows Grow on Fox

August 12, 2018

Fox won a tight ratings race in Wednesday prime, its Gordon Ramsay shows bringing the network a 1.0 rating in viewers 18-49, and a 5 share. That topped the 0.9/4 that ABC and NBC put up. MasterChef grew 11% to 1.0 on Fox, then Gordon Ramsay’s 24 Hours to Hell and Back went up 29% to a 0.9. On ...

Imagine Products and StorageDNA Make European Debut of myLTOdna and HyperTape at IBC2018

August 12, 2018

myLTOdna Brings Unprecedented Ease of Access to LTO Tape Files INDIANAPOLIS and IRVINE, Calif. — Aug. 9, 2018 — Imagine Products, creator of software utilities for backing up, viewing, sharing, transcoding, and archiving video assets, and StorageDNA, a leader in intelligent nearline and archiving ...

Fox to Air ‘Inside the Manson Cult’ Sept. 17

August 12, 2018

Fox will premiere Inside the Manson Cult: The Lost Tapes Monday, Sept. 17. The two-hour special looks at Charles Manson and “his gang of blindly loyal followers,” in Fox’s words. Liev Schreiber will narrate. NBC will air the Emmys that same night. One filmmaker, Robert Hendrickson, was given ...

BlackTrax helps introduce new Audi model to the Chinese market

August 12, 2018

When prestige car maker Audi introduced its revolutionary A8L luxury saloon to the Chinese market, technical service company Redline turned to the BlackTrax real-time motion tracking system to help deliver the “Wow!” factor to the launch show. Each of the cars featured in the show was fitted with ...

AIMS at IBC2018

August 12, 2018

The Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS) will return to IBC this year with its members working toward standards-based IP signal transport and an intense focus on educating the broadcast and media industry on transitioning to an IP infrastructure. This is the first IBC show since the SMPTE ST 2110 ...