Broadcasting & Cable News

ChyronHego at BIRTV2018

July 22, 2018

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SCTE•ISBE Leadership Institute Sets New Attendance Record

July 22, 2018

JULY 17, 2018 (Exton, PA)—After a record-setting year for the SCTE•ISBE Leadership Institute, the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) and its global arm, the International Society of Broadband Experts (ISBE), today announced 2019 dates for its programs at Tuck Executive Education ...

Rumble Introduces Library of Brand-Safe Digital Videos

July 22, 2018

Online video repository Rumble introduced Rumble Reel, a collection of more than 40,000 brand-safe digital videos available for editorial and commercial uses. Producers, brands and others who handle content can license on an a la carte basis short form video from a library of footage that runs the ...

CRA Fans Plan Net Neutrality Protests

July 22, 2018

Net neutrality activists are all revved up with lots of places to go. More than five dozen pro-net neutrality demonstrations were planned for Thursday (July 19) as supporters of a congressional effort to nullify the FCC's network neutrality regulation rollback looked to capitalize on the first ...

TV Ad Revenue Improving To Flat in 2Q: Nathanson

July 22, 2018

With the decline in ratings slowing, second quarter ad revenue is likely to be flat as media companies start to report second quarter earnings, according to analyst Michael Nathanson of MoffettNathanson Research. In a report Thursday, Nathanson upgraded his ad revenue forecast to a 0.5% decline to ...

ESPN Signs ‘SportsCenter’ Host Cohn to New Contract

July 22, 2018

ESPN said it signed a new contract with Linda Cohn, who has been with the sports network for 26 years and is the longest-serving anchor for SportsCenter. Terms of the long-term deal were not disclosed. Last year, with revenue and profits under pressure, ESPN cut staff, including a number of ...

Jeff Glor Talks About Second Trump Interview in Five Days

July 22, 2018

It’s been a busy handful of days for Jeff Glor, CBS Evening News anchor. Glor sat with President Trump in Scotland July 14, then at the White House July 18. It’s notable that the president, who’s not a fan of news organizations outside of Fox News Channel, gave two interviews to CBS Evening News. ...

Sinclair Deal Appears Headed for Hearing

July 22, 2018

At press time, the FCC had yet to release the hearing designation order (HDO), but it is looking more like Sinclair's proposed Tribune deal is headed for an administrative law judge hearing despite the broadcasters' efforts to fix the deal and head off that potentially lengthy process. The draft ...

Primetime Ratings: CBS, Fox Share Wednesday Crown

July 22, 2018

CBS and Fox split the riches for being Wednesday’s top prime ratings scorer, both landing a 1.0 in viewers 18-49, and a 5 share. CBS had Big Brother, which slipped 7% to 1.4. TKO: Total Knock Out was down 11% from its premiere at 0.8 while the Code Black finale fell 13% to 0.7. On Fox, MasterChef ...