Broadcasting & Cable News

FOR-A Switchers, Routers Support 12G-SDI Infrastructures for 4K/8K Live Production Workflows

March 22, 2020

Cypress, CA, March 19, 2020 – FOR-A Corporation of America continues to develop products that support 12G-SDI infrastructures for live production workflows. Among its offerings are the new MFR-4100 and MFR-6100 12G/6G/3G/HD/ASI routing switchers, as well as the HVS-6000 Series of HANABI video ...

Digital Nirvana's MonitorIQ 7.0 Unites Simple, Intuitive Interface With Industry's Most Robust Feature Set

March 22, 2020

Matches Broadcast Monitoring and Compliance Logging of Discontinued Volicon Observer System While Offering Next-Gen Processing and Analysis Tools FREMONT, Calif. — March 18, 2020 — Digital Nirvana, a provider of leading-edge media-monitoring and metadata generation services, today announced the 7th ...

AMC Networks’ Streaming Service Sundance Now Acquires U.S. Rights to Nordic Psychological Thriller Sanctuary from Studiocanal

March 22, 2020

New York, NY; March 19, 2020 - AMC Networks’ streaming service Sundance Now acquires U.S. and Canadian rights to the intense eight-part psychological thriller Sanctuary from international distributor Studiocanal. Based on the novel The Devil’s Sanctuary by Marie Hermanson, the drama stars Josefin ...

Primetime Ratings: Fox Wins With Rising ‘Singer’

March 22, 2020

Fox was the big winner in Wednesday prime, The Masked Singer leading the network to a 1.7 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and an 8 share. In second was NBC and its Chicago shows at 1.3/6. The Masked Singer shot up 16% to 2.2 and Lego Masters went up 9% to 1.2. Ratings are up on ...

Upgrade to Riedel Bolero Wireless Intercom Brings High-Quality and Reliable Communications to Teatro Diana in Guadalajara, Mexico

March 22, 2020

WUPPERTAL, Germany — March 19, 2020 — Riedel Communications today announced that Teatro Diana, a 2,400-seat theater in Guadalajara, Mexico, has chosen the occasion of its 15th anniversary to upgrade its entire communications infrastructure to Riedel's Bolero stand-alone wireless intercom. "Reliable ...

‘Billions’ Starts on Showtime May 3

March 22, 2020

Season five of drama Billions premieres on Showtime May 3. Paul Giamatti and Damian Lewis star. In season five, Bobby Axelrod (Lewis) and Chuck Rhoades (Giamatti) see their vicious rivalry reignited, while new enemies rise up. Social impact pioneer Mike Prince (Corey Stoll) poses a threat to Axe’s ...

Trump Blames Media for Perception of Unpreparedness

March 22, 2020

In a press conference about the coronavirus pandemic, President Donald Trump was asked why the country was not prepared with more tests. The President said the country was prepared. "The only thing we weren't prepared for was the media. The media has not treated it fairly." The President cited his ...

DaVinci Resolve Used to Edit and Grade Recreation of "Nightmare On Elm Street"

March 22, 2020

Fremont, CA – March 19, 2020 - Blackmagic Design announced today that DaVinci Resolve Studio was used to recreate some of the iconic scenes from “Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors” by original cinematographer Roy Wagner ASC. Wagner took on the challenge to re-shoot his work to show how far ...

Bannister Lake to Provide COVID-19 Data Through Its Community Aggregation Service

March 22, 2020

Company Will Provide Customers With Reliable Data and Visualization Options to Keep Audiences Up to Date on Rapidly Changing Situation CAMBRIDGE, Ontario — March 19, 2020 — Bannister Lake announced today that as a public service offering, it is making authoritative COVID-19 data available to its ...