Broadcasting & Cable News

Snapchat Ad-Buying Platform Adds Nielsen Audience Segments

July 22, 2018

Advertisers will be able use the Nielsen-branded audience segments they’re accustomed to using when purchasing inventory on Snapchat’s ad buying platform. The integration of Nielsen data and Snapchat’s platform deepens the relationship Nielsen—which dominates the TV ratings business--has with the ...

Discovery Gives Shark Week TV’s Biggest Promo Push

July 22, 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 ...

WISYCOM TRAVELS THE WORLD WITH DP NICHOLAS DONNELLY

July 22, 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C., JULY 18, 2018 – Known in the industry for his work on high-profile TV documentaries and wildlife shows, Nicholas Donnelly’s experience as a cinematographer has also afforded him the ability to recognize the best audio products to suit the requirements of his shoots. The DP has ...

Sinclair Withdraws Cunningham Station Sales

July 22, 2018

Sinclair has withdrawn three station sales to third parties with ties to the company in hopes it will resolve FCC issues with the Tribune deal. Sinclair said it was doing so in response to press reports of issues with those stations and not from an FCC document outlining the issues. FCC ...

House Digital Subcommittee Vets New FTC

July 22, 2018

The House Digital Commerce Subcommittee, in the first oversight hearing for the new Federal Trade Commission slate, probed the commissioners Wednesday (July 18) on issues like data security, IoT, privacy, deceptive advertising and more. The FTC has inherited the primary oversight of network ...

Riedel Recruits Marco Kraft to Head of Sales Germany

July 22, 2018

WUPPERTAL, Germany — July 18, 2018 — Riedel Communications today announced the appointment of Marco Kraft as Head of Sales for Germany. In his new role, Kraft will manage the company’s sales and rental businesses serving the German broadcast and AV markets, reporting directly to Jens Miedek, Sales ...

Primetime Ratings: Fox Wins With All-Star Slugfest

July 22, 2018

Fox grabbed top honors in Tuesday ratings, as the MLB All-Star game led to a 2.1 in viewers 18-49 for Fox, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 9 share. That beat the 1.8/8 that NBC put up. The All-Star Game took up all of Fox’s prime. It was down a tenth from last year’s All-Star Game. The American ...

Sen. Blumenthal: FTC Should Confront Google

July 22, 2018

In the wake of a record $5 billion fine against Google by the EU's European Commission, Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) Wednesday (July 18) called on the Federal Trade Commission to ramp up antitrust oversight of the search giant and "end its decade of inaction." “Once again, the European ...

Netflix to Premiere ‘Springsteen on Broadway’ Dec. 15

July 22, 2018

Netflix will stream “Springsteen on Broadway,” Bruce Springsteen’s one-man show from the Walter Kerr Theatre in New York, Dec. 15. That’s the final night of Springsteen’s 236-show run at the theater. Patti Scialfa, Springsteen’s wife and the guitarist in his band, will appear in the show. Based on ...