Broadcasting & Cable News

ITV Completes The Roll-Out of Six HD Regional News Centres Using Axon Cerebrum Control

June 24, 2018

ITV will be launching its new UTV regional News facilities in Belfast at the end of this month, marking the successful completion of a two-year project to rollout HD production and streamline its News production workflow across six regional centres. The infrastructure, designed and built by Systems ...

AT&T Launches Skinny Bundles with Data Plans

June 24, 2018

AT&T, after acquiring Time Warner, plans to WatchTV, a new bundle of 30 cable channels available with two new unlimited wireless plans. WatchTV will also be available as a $15 a month standalone service soon, the company said. WatchTV includes networks from Time Warner, A+E Networks, AMC ...

Moffett: DOJ Tried Wrong Case

June 24, 2018

MoffettNathanson analyst Craig Moffett says that AT&T-Time Warner's court victory should not be seen as a green light for vertical mergers (ones combining distribution with content), particularly ones involving an ISP and a content company, say Comcast-Fox for instance. Moffett argues in a ...

Korea Educational Broadcasting System Boosts Content Quality With QC From Interra Systems

June 24, 2018

Interra Systems’ BATON Platform Provides Extensive Audio and Video Quality Checks, Setting the Bar for Efficiency, Reliability, and Scalability CUPERTINO, Calif. — June 21, 2018 — Interra Systems, a leading global provider of software products and solutions to the digital media industry, today ...

Macau City’s Dazzling ‘House of Dancing Water’ Expands Riedel Comms Infrastructure With Bolero Wireless Intercom

June 24, 2018

WUPPERTAL, Germany — June 21, 2018 — The House of Dancing Water, a breathtaking in-the-round water show created by the Franco Dragone Entertainment Group for Macau’s City of Dreams entertainment complex, is extending its in-house communications capabilities with Riedel’s Bolero wireless intercoms. ...

M7 Group Delivers Live UHD Coverage of Iconic Soccer Tournament With Harmonic

June 24, 2018

Harmonic’s UHD Video Processing Solution Enables M7 Group to Deliver Live UHD Satellite Services With Pristine Video Quality SAN JOSE, Calif. — June 21, 2018 — Harmonic (NASDAQ: HLIT), the worldwide leader in video delivery technology and services, today announced that M7 Group, one of Europe’s ...

ACLU Backs Small Cable Operator Opposition to Sinclair-Tribune

June 24, 2018

Smaller cable operators are getting an assist from the American Civil Liberties Union in their effort to block the Sinclair-Tribune deal. In a filing with the FCC, the ACLU pulled out all the stops, invoking viewpoint diversity and the legal underpinnings of media ownership regulation to argue the ...

FCC Nominee Starks to Get Commerce Vote June 27

June 24, 2018

The Senate Commerce Committee has scheduled a June 27 vote on the nomination of Geoffrey Starks to succeed Democrat Mignon Clyburn on the FCC. That is according to the agenda for that committee markup session, where bills will be considered, including the Measuring the Economic Impact of Broadband ...

TSL Products Partners with DNF Controls To Enhance Control Systems Functionality

June 24, 2018

Marlow, UK, June 21, 2018 - TSL Products, a leading designer and manufacturer of broadcast workflow solutions, announces its new strategic OEM partnership with DNF Controls that will integrate products and expand both companies' operations. Headquartered in Northridge, CA, DNF has designed, ...