Broadcasting & Cable News

URSA Broadcast and ATEM 4 M/E Broadcast Studio 4K Installed at NOW Church

June 10, 2018

Fremont, CA - June 7, 2018 - Blackmagic Design today announced that Ocala, Florida-based NOW Church has installed an URSA Broadcast professional broadcast camera, ATEM 4 M/E Broadcast Studio 4K live production switcher and ATEM 1 M/E Advanced Panel hardware control panel. The products will be used ...

Wheeler Challenges Pai to Submit Net Neutrality Rollback to CRA Test

June 10, 2018

Former FCC chair Tom Wheeler has challenged the current chair, Ajit Pai, to push for a House vote on the Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to nullify Pai's Restoring Internet Freedom order rolling back net-neutrality rules. That came in an interview for C-SPAN's Communicators series, which ...

Who Watches ‘Full Frontal,’ Anyway?

June 10, 2018

Samantha Bee, the host of TBS’s Full Frontal, is getting a lot of attention in the wake of her return to television following outrage over her use of a vulgar term to refer to President Trump’s daughter Ivanka. In a two-minute cold open to her show Wednesday night, the comedian noted that she’s ...

Wheeler: There Was No DDoS Attack 'Cover Up' in 2014

June 10, 2018

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler said there was definitely no distributed denial of service attack (DDoS) back in 2014, when comments were flooding the FCC about his take on net neutrality rules. The issue surfaced this week when Gizmodo reported on what appeared to be a concerted effort by the FCC to ...

Neil Berry Joins Airbeem as Chief Revenue Officer

June 10, 2018

London, 8 June, 2018: Airbeem, the OTT content distribution platform, today announced that former Comcast Technology Solutions VP & MD International Neil Berry has joined the company as Chief Revenue Officer, responsible for leading the global sales, business development and marketing growth of ...

Anthony Bourdain Dead at 61

June 10, 2018

Anthony Bourdain, host of Parts Unknown on CNN, has died. CNN said Bourdain committed suicide in France during production of the show. He was 61. "It is with extraordinary sadness we can confirm the death of our friend and colleague, Anthony Bourdain,” CNN said in a statement. "His love of great ...

Hans Vestberg to Succeed Lowell McAdam as Verizon CEO

June 10, 2018

In a big move up top, Verizon Communications said Friday that Hans Vestberg has been tapped to succeed Lowell McAdam as CEO, effective Aug. 1, 2018. Vestberg, 52, was the CEO of Ericsson before joining Verizon in April 2017, and has been serving as EVP and president of global networks and chief ...

FX Renews Donald Glover’s ‘Atlanta’

June 10, 2018

FX has ordered a third season of comedy Atlanta. The series is produced by FX Productions. Created by Donald Glover, Atlanta is executive produced by Glover, Paul Simms, Dianne McGunigle, Stephen Glover and Hiro Murai. “Atlanta is phenomenal, achieving and exceeding what few television series have ...

Berlanti, Warner Bros. Ink Six-Year Deal

June 10, 2018

Greg Berlanti has signed a deal with Warner Bros. that keeps him producing there for six more years. Berlanti is the executive producer of a vast number of shows on broadcast television, including Blindspot, Riverdale, Supergirl and The Flash. The deal was said to be worth more than $300 million, ...