Broadcasting & Cable News

IMT Vislink Announces Reseller Partnership with Broadcast Technical Services, Inc. (BTS)

July 15, 2018

HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, JULY 12, 2018 - xG Technology, Inc. ("xG" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: XGTI, XGTIW), whose IMT and Vislink brands are recognized as the global leaders in live video communications in the broadcast, sports and entertainment and public safety markets, today announced that its IMT ...

Fox Business Network: DOJ Nears Sign-Off on Sinclair-Tribune Deal

July 15, 2018

There is buzz on Capitol Hill and elsewhere that the Department of Justice is close to signing off on the Sinclair-Tribune deal, perhaps as early as Friday. Fox Business Network was reporting the company was looking for approval any day now. Fox is buying some of the stations being spun off ...

House E&C Approves Bipartisan Broadband Bills

July 15, 2018

The House Energy & Commerce Committee has favorably, and unanimously, reported a trio of broadband-related bills to the full House for a vote, as well as a pirate radio bill that attempts to keep ad dollars out of pockets of those broadcast brigands. That came in an executive mark-up session ...

Gray Breaks Ground on New Station in Georgia

July 15, 2018

Gray Television said it broke ground on a new 30,000 square-foot facility that will house its Augusta, Ga., stations WRDW-TV and WAGT-TV. Those stations distribute signals for CBS, NBC, CW, MyNetworkTV and Antenna TV. The new building is expected to be completed in late 2019. “Gray Television has ...

‘Judge Alex’ Star Hosts ‘Whistleblower’ on CBS

July 15, 2018

CBS debuts the series Whistleblower July 13. Alex Ferrer, who rode the bench as Judge Alex on the syndicated court show from 2005 to 2014, hosts the program, which spotlights people who have blown the whistle on corporations doing shady things. The first episode features a pediatric dental chain ...

DOJ Appealing AT&T-TW Court Ruling

July 15, 2018

The Justice Department has decided to appeal the court decision allowing the AT&T-Time Warner merger. The deal closed soon after the judge rendered his decision June 12, and Justice chose not to seek a stay after the judge signaled it would not get one. The judge concluded in a 172-page ...

Globo TV Expands Operations with Additional Pebble Beach Marina Automation Systems in Sao Paulo, Brasília, and Recife

July 15, 2018

Weybridge, UK, July 12, 2018 – Leading automation and integrated playout specialist Pebble Beach Systems today announced that Brazil’s Globo TV, part of Grupo Globo, one of the largest media companies in the world, continues to migrate its legacy playout automation systems to Pebble Beach Marina. ...

FX Orders Second Season of ‘Pose’

July 15, 2018

FX has renewed the dance musical series Pose. It will debut next year. The series premiered June 3. “Ryan Murphy has once again revolutionized television with Pose, an incredibly engaging story of creativity, courage, compassion, love and family at a pivotal time in our culture,” said John ...

Commerce's Ross Gets Ethics Warning

July 15, 2018

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has said he will sell all his equity holdings and put them in U.S. Treasury securities after he got a stern letter from the U.S. Office of Government Ethics. The letter informed Ross' his financial disclosure forms contained various omissions and inaccurate ...