Broadcasting & Cable News

Harvey Levin Hosts Celebs, and The Objects That Mean the Most to Them

July 01, 2018

Harvey Levin-hosted OBJECTified has its season premiere on Fox News Channel July 1, with Levin, creator of TMZ, interviewing a lineup of big names, and having them showcase various objects in their lives that help tell their stories. Magic Johnson sits for the premiere. Also being interviewed this ...

Women’s Wrestling Comedy ‘Glow’ Back on Netflix

July 01, 2018

The second season of Glow, the women’s wrestling comedy on Netflix, premieres June 29. There are ten 30-minute episodes in the second season. Glow takes its name from Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling. Ruth Wilder, played by Alison Brie, is an out-of-work actress in '80s Los Angeles who tries out for a ...

Association of Paddlesurf Professionals World TourUses Blackmagic Design Live Production Workflow

July 01, 2018

Fremont, CA - June 29, 2018 - Blackmagic Design today announced that the Association of Paddlesurf Professionals (APP) World Tour uses a full Blackmagic Design workflow, including the URSA Mini 4K digital film camera, Micro Studio Camera 4K live studio camera, and ATEM Production Studio 4K switcher ...

RTDNA's Shelley: Defend Yourself AND the News

July 01, 2018

Radio-Television Digital News Association executive director Dan Shelley is advising the group's members to protect themselves while continuing to do their jobs, a job that includes better explaining to their viewers and listeners how they collect and verify the news they report. That came in a ...

Primetime Ratings: 'Big Brother' Drives CBS to Win

July 01, 2018

CBS won Thursday ratings with repeats of The Big Bang Theory followed by a new episode of Big Brother. The network did a 1.0 and a 5 share, per the Nielsen overnights, and averaged 4.86 million total viewers. Fox came in at 0.8/4, with 2.57 million total viewers. Big Brother averaged a 1.4, down a ...

Jay Howell Named GM at CBS-Owned KDKA-WPCW Pittsburgh

July 01, 2018

Jay Howell has been named VP and general manager of KDKA-WPCW Pittsburgh, the CBS Television Stations-owned outlets in DMA No. 24. Howell, currently VP and general manager of CBS-owned KOVR-KMAX Sacramento, starts in Pittsburgh in July. He succeeds Chris Pike, who retired in May. “We are thrilled ...

Reps. Push FCC For Liberman Decision

July 01, 2018

As Comcast continues to pursue Fox assets, which if successful would require government approval, a couple of legislators are raising the issue of Liberman Broadcasting's program carriage complaint. On Aug. 26, 2016, the FCC's Media Bureau said the broadcasters' retrans issues with Comcast did not ...

Hveem Promoted to Head of Business Affairs at Hulu

July 01, 2018

Hulu said that Brittany Hveem has been promoted to head of business affairs. Hveem, who had been business affairs director, continues to report to Chadwick Ho, senior VP and general counsel. Hulu's previous business affairs director, Philip Matthys left in December. Related: Hulu Forges on Amidst ...

Senate Dems to FCC: Abandon Kid Vid NPRM

July 01, 2018

A half-dozen Senate Democrats are asking the FCC to scrap a vote on a proposal to loosen children's TV rules, essentially abandoning the proposal until it has collected more input and stakeholder feedback on how and whether the rules should be changed. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai is planning a July 12 ...