Broadcasting & Cable News

FCC's O'Rielly: Next Gen TV Future Is Now

July 01, 2018

FCC Commissioner Michael O'Rielly warned broadcasters this week that if they snooze on ATSC 3.0 they could lose out to their online competitors. ATSC 3.0 is the advanced TV transmission standard the FCC is letting broadcasters roll out on a voluntary basis. In a speech to the Next-Gen TV ...

Leslie “Les” H. Read, Cable Pioneer, Dies at 82

July 01, 2018

Leslie “Les” H. Read, an important fixture at cable events for years, and the well-loved and respected “voice” for the Cable Pioneers, died June 28 while recovering from a recent heart attack. He was 82 years old. Anyone who has made the cable circuit over the past several decades has likely run ...

Ooyala’s Flex Media Platform Now Supports VR360, HEVC Streaming, and More with New Updates

July 01, 2018

Ooyala has added a new suite of advanced features and capabilities to OoyalaLIVE, its application for effortless creation, management, delivery and monetization of live streamed events and linear TV channels on any device. With increasingly complex content formats and requirements, Turner’s ...

Turner Asia Pacific Taps Ooyala for Content Management, Syndication and Delivery

July 01, 2018

Turner Asia Pacific has tapped Ooyala to power its content syndication with the Ooyala Flex Media Platform, a flexible and configurable content supply chain optimization platform that automates tasks, simplifies workflows and speeds up the time to market for Turner. With increasingly complex ...

Univision Says It Wants to Talk as Dish Deadline Looms

July 01, 2018

After Dish claimed Univision had walked away from the bargaining table and that talks were at an impasse, Univision said it was ready to negotiate as the expiration of their carriage deal near its expiration. “Univision has not left the table and is prepared to continue negotiating when DISH shows ...

Univision Networks Go Dark to Dish Subscribers

July 01, 2018

Univision’s stations went dark on Dish Network and Sling TV with both side pointing figures at the others for triggering the blackout. “It is outrageous that Dish has rejected our offer of a two-week contract extension to allow its customers and our viewers to continue to have access to Univision’s ...

Stinchcomb Named CEO at Hendricks’ CuriosityStream

June 24, 2018

CuriosityStream, the documentary service launched by Discovery founder John Hendricks, named Clint Stinchcomb president and CEO. Stinchcomb, a Discovery veteran who had been chief distribution officer at CuriosityStream, succeeds Elizabeth Hendricks North, who becomes president of Curiosity ...

Food Network Gives ‘Wedding Cake Championship’ TV’s Biggest Promo Push

June 24, 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 ...

Nat Geo Helps Paramount Promote ‘Yellowstone’ Series

June 24, 2018

As part of the promotional effort for its new series Yellowstone, set on a huge ranch bordering on the famed national park, Paramount Network turned to the nature lovers at the National Geographic. Yellowstone will be featured in a social media campaign highlighted by story takeovers on National ...