Broadcasting & Cable News

WTTG-Fox 5 Splits Screen to Show World Cup, Active Shooter Scene

July 01, 2018

Update: Law enforcement officials have confirmed the suspect is in custody. Officials also confirmed there were five fatalities and multiple injured. Fox-owned WTTG-TV Washington (Fox 5) decided to continue showing the England v. Belgium World Cup game even as it covered the breaking ...

‘Mayans M.C.’ Starts on FX Sept. 4

July 01, 2018

FX has revealed its fall premieres, with Kurt Sutter’s Mayans M.C., which FX calls the next chapter in the Sons of Anarchy saga, starting Tuesday, Sept. 4. Set in a post-Jax Teller world, Ezekiel “EZ” Reyes, played by JD Pardo, is fresh out of prison and a prospect in the Mayans M.C. charter on the ...

‘Jersey Shore Family Vacation’ Back on MTV in August

July 01, 2018

The second season of Jersey Shore Family Vacation returns in August, though MTV did not reveal the specific date. The first season started in April. The season finale airs June 28. Unscripted Jersey Shore Family Vacation features Deena Nicole Cortese, Paul “Pauly D” Delvecchio, Jenni “JWOWW” ...

YouTube Orders Comedy From Jordan Peele, Charlie Sanders

July 01, 2018

YouTube has made a straight-to-series order for Weird City, a half-hour comedy created by Jordan Peele and Charlie Sanders. The six-episode series is scheduled to debut on YouTube Premium in 2019. YouTube has been adding content to its subscription channels. It is among the digital companies ...

California Passes New Privacy Bill

July 01, 2018

California has passed, and Governor Jerry Brown has signed, a privacy bill that established a consumer right of privacy, though one based on disclosure and the right to opt out of data collection or third-party sharing, and to have their data deleted if they chose.Related: California Tees Up ...

Confusion Over Streaming Live Events Reduces Cord Cutting

July 01, 2018

A significant number of pay-TV subscribers would prefer to cut the cord, but they don’t seem to be aware that they can stream sports and other live programming, according to a new report from Telaria. Telaria examined the widely held assumption that live TV events, from NFL games to local news, are ...

Verizon’s go90 Is Going, Going, Gone

July 01, 2018

About three years after its launch, Verizon Communications is shutting down its fledgling mobile video service go90 on July 31, shifting its focus to more established media brands within its Oath unit, according to numerous reports. Oath includes the former internet pioneers AOL and Yahoo, which ...

Announces the World Premiere of Three New Olympusat Original Productions On June

July 01, 2018

West Palm Beach, FL – June 1, 2018 – As part of its effort to offer the best in Hispanic entertainment, Gran Cine, Olympusat’s commercial-free contemporary Spanish-language network offering a wide range of originally produced and recently released blockbusters from Spain and Latin America, will ...

Conservative Groups Push for Loosening Kids TV Mandates

July 01, 2018

Limited-government groups want the FCC to limit the mandates in its enforcement of children's programming legislation dating from the early 1990s, while a prominent kids TV group sees it slightly differently, while agreeing changes are needed. The FCC is tentatively proposing to eliminate a ...