Broadcasting & Cable News

Free State to FCC: Mobile Wireless Broadband is Substitute for Fixed

July 29, 2018

The Free State Foundation says the FCC got it right the first time-in its 2017 Wireless Competition Report--when it concluded that the mobile wireless broadband market is competitive, but it missed the mark when it did not conclude that mobile wireless broadband had become an effective substitute ...

Hollywood Professional Association Awards DaVinci Resolve 15 For Engineering Excellence

July 29, 2018

Los Angeles, CA - July 26, 2018 - Blackmagic Design announced today that the Hollywood Professional Association (HPA) named DaVinci Resolve 15 as one the recipients of their 2018 Engineering Excellence Awards. The awards are a spotlight outstanding technical and creative ingenuity in media, content ...

Harmonic Awarded Key Patent for CableOS™ Virtualized Cable Access Technology

July 29, 2018

SAN JOSE, Calif. — July 26, 2018 — Harmonic (NASDAQ: HLIT), the worldwide leader in video delivery solutions and cable access virtualization, today announced that it has been awarded Patent Number 10,020,962 by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for the invention of the “Virtual Converged Cable ...

Primetime Ratings: Fox Rides Gordon Ramsay to Win

July 29, 2018

Fox had top honors in Wednesday prime ratings, MasterChef leading to a 0.9 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 5 share. Fox was virtually level with CBS, which did a 0.9/4. MasterChef posted a flat 1.0 on Fox while Gordon Ramsay’s 24 Hours to Hell and Back lost 10% for a 0.9. On ...

SMPTE 2018 Symposium to Examine Key Technologies Driving the Entertainment Revolution

July 29, 2018

During Oct. 22 Event, Leading Experts on Autonomous Vehicles, Machine Intelligence, and Mixed Reality Will Examine Future of Entertainment WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — July 26, 2018 — SMPTE, the organization whose standards work has supported a more than a century of advances in entertainment technology ...

Showtime Renews ‘The Affair’ For Fifth and Final Season

July 29, 2018

Showtime has ordered a fifth season for drama The Affair, which will bring the series to its end. Season four started June 17. Sarah Treem and Hagai Levi created the series. The Affair “explores the emotional and psychological effects of an affair that destroyed two marriages, and the crime that ...

LiveRamp Adds Smart TV Data Through Partnership with Inscape

July 29, 2018

San Francisco and Santa Clara Calif. -- July 26, 2018 -- Inscape, the leading provider of smart TV viewing data and LiveRamp®, an Acxiom® company (NASDAQ: ACXM) and leading provider of omnichannel identity resolution, today announced a partnership to connect LiveRamp’s IdentityLinkTM ID with ...

Comedy Central Acquires 'Bojack Horseman' Off Netflix

July 29, 2018

Comedy Central has acquired the exclusive linear television rights to all current seasons of animated series, Bojack Horseman. “Comedy Central has a long history of using potent satire to help make sense of trying times, so BoJack Horseman is a perfect fit in our lineup,” said Tanya Giles, general ...

‘Better Call Saul’ Back on AMC Aug. 6

July 29, 2018

AMC drama Better Call Saul returns Monday, Aug. 6. It is season four of the series, a spinoff of Breaking Bad. Bob Odenkirk plays sketchy lawyer Jimmy McGill. Rhea Seehorn and Jonathan Banks are also in the cast. Better Call Saul debuted in February 2015. It was nominated for the outstanding ...