Broadcasting & Cable News

Despite ‘Fake News’ Issue, TV Has Trust in Election Cycle

August 05, 2018

While Americans of all stripes are concerned about what President Trump insists on branding as “fake news,” most voters continue to largely trust what they see and hear on television, according to a new study by the Video Advertising Bureau. Respondents in the survey were taken from all over the ...

AMC Networks Reports Higher 2nd Quarter Net

August 05, 2018

AMC reported higher profits in the second quarter as lower losses in its international operation offset declines at its U.S. networks. Net income rose 3% to $106 million, or $1.82 a share, from $103 million, or $1.54, a year ago. Revenue rose 7.2% to $761 million. AMC stock fell 4% because earnings ...

Stogner Has 'Access' to Grind Over FCC, Cable Treatment

August 05, 2018

Charles Stogner, president of the Leased Access Programmers Association (LAPA) and of programmer StogMedia, says cable operators have a mandate from Congress to be a genuine outlet for leased access programming as a way to promote choice, diversity and competition and the FCC has a responsibility ...

Streaming Doubles During Second Quarter: Conviva

August 05, 2018

Streaming TV grew sharply in the second quarter, according to a new report from Conviva, which found that content consumption more than doubled over the last 12 months. Viewing hours rose 115% to 5.52 billion and the number of plays rose 102% to 17.2 billion. Peak concurrent plays were up 118% to ...

Singapore’s AIMS Productions Chooses Riedel MediorNet for High-Profile Resorts World Sentosa Project

August 05, 2018

WUPPERTAL, Germany — Aug. 2, 2018 — AIMS Productions, a Singapore-based visual production company specializing in multimedia for live events, has chosen Riedel Communications’ MediorNet real-time signal transport and network technologies for a high-profile new ballroom project at the Resorts World ...

Locast in High Gear: TV Streaming Service Expands

August 05, 2018

Locast, which is providing free over-the-top access to New York TV station over-the-air signals, is expanding, a move that could finally draw a response from broadcasters, sports leagues or studios, who have yet to respond legally or otherwise. The service launched in January in New York without ...

'FlyGirl' Armour Cleared for Takeoff at SCTE•ISBE Cable-Tec Expo Annual Awards Luncheon

August 05, 2018

AUG. 2, 2018 (Exton, PA)—SCTE•ISBE Cable-Tec Expo 2018, in Atlanta, will lift the bar of career advice to new heights on Wednesday, Oct. 24, when a groundbreaking aviator delivers her inspirational message at the Annual Awards Luncheon, the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) and ...

AMC Networks Registers Price Increases in Upfront

August 05, 2018

AMC Networks said it registered price increases in the high-single digits during upfront negotiations for the 2018-19 season. “We saw healthy demand and healthy volume across all of our networks,” said Ed Carroll, chief operating officer at AMC Networks during the company’s second-quarter earnings ...

Primetime Ratings: NBC Wins With Growing ‘World of Dance’

August 05, 2018

NBC won the Wednesday ratings race, with World of Dance pacing the network to a 0.9 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 4 share. That topped the 0.8/4 that CBS and Fox tallied. World of Dance grew 10% to 1.1 from 8 to 10 p.m., before Reverie posted a flat 0.4. On CBS, Big Brother ...