Broadcasting & Cable News

Wellen Named President, GM of Discovery’s Motor Trend Group

June 17, 2018

Discovery has named Alex Wellen as president and general manager of its recently formed automotive focused Motor Trend Group, effective July 1. Wellen had been global chief product officer at CNN Worldwide. He will oversee the group’s strategic direction and global growth of businesses including ...

TV Station News on Record Run

June 17, 2018

A record 1,072 TV stations are running local news, according to a new RTDNA/Hofstra survey, the fourth installment of their annual local TV and radio newsroom survey. That is an additional 10 TV stations running news, which the study attributes to a smaller number of newsrooms running news on more ...

Acorn TV's July Premieres

June 17, 2018

Silver Spring, MD; June 13, 2018 - Following this month’s return of one of Acorn TV’s most popular dramas and foreign-language series with 800 Words, S3 and The Ladies’ Paradise, S2 (June 18) as well as celebrating Tales of the City’s 25 Anniversary, Acorn TV’s July slate features the exclusive ...

Studio Technologies Expands Global Presence with Experienced Sales Consultant

June 17, 2018

SKOKIE, IL, JUNE 13, 2018 – Studio Technologies, manufacturer of high-quality audio, video, and fiber-optic solutions, announces Mark Townsend has joined the company as a sales representative for the UK and Europe. With over 30 years of experience working for prominent professional electronics ...

Some Major TV Groups Push FCC for Right to Keep, Transfer UHF Discount

June 17, 2018

Ion, Univision and Trinity Broadcasting say the FCC should not only grandfather their TV station holdings' discounted audience reach if the FCC adjusts the UHF discount or 39% audience reach cap, but should also allow them to transfer that grandfathered status to a new owner. That came in comments ...

Comcast Tops Disney With All-Cash Offer for Fox Assets

June 17, 2018

As expected Comcast is attempting to outbid the Walt Disney Co. for assets 21 Century Fox has agreed to sell to Disney. The Comcast offer is for $35 a share in cash, which the company says is worth 19% more than the Disney offer, which is comprised of Disney stock. Comcast had offered to buy the ...

Atlantis Television Places Telestream at Heart of Europe’s Largest Virtualized Postproduction Workflow

June 17, 2018

Nevada City, California, June 13, 2018 – Telestream, a leading provider of digital media orchestration and delivery solutions, has announced that Atlantis Television, France’s largest postproduction company, has placed its Vantage media processing and workflow automation platform at the heart of a ...

Johns Hopkins Medicine Marketing and Communication Video Team Uses Shared Storage in Video Workflow

June 17, 2018

HUDSON, MA (June 13, 2018) –Facilis, a leading international supplier of cost-effective, high performance shared storage solutions for collaborative media production networks, recently announced that Johns Hopkins Medicine (JHM) has installed a TerraBlock shared storage network to support the ...

Fox Confirms Receiving New Bid for Assets from Comcast

June 17, 2018

21st Century Fox acknowledged that it received Comcast’s “unsolicited” written offer for the assets Fox was planning to sell to the Walt Disney Co. Comcast is bidding $35 a share, which it says is 19% higher than the stock Disney is offering. “21st Century Fox's Board, in consultation with ...