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Dobson Named VP of News for NBC Boston Units

Ben Dobson was named VP of news for NBC’s TV station in Boston, Telemundo’s station in Boston and regional news network necn. Dobson, who had been VP of news at NBC’s WVIT-TV, New Haven, will report to Mike St. Peter, president and general manager of NBC10, Telemundo Boston and necn. Related: ...

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AT&T Won't Challenge FTC Broadband Regulatory Authority to Supremes

AT&T has decided not to challenge a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that the Federal Trade Commission can regulate broadband activities of common carriers like AT&T and Verizon. “We have decided not to seek review by the Supreme Court, to focus instead on negotiating a fair resolution ...

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Trump: Why Hasn't Bee Been Fired?

Echoing conservative commentators on cable news shows Thursday (May 31), President Trump took aim at Samantha Bee over her profane comment about First Daughter Ivanka Trump.The President tweeted early Friday: The "double standard" was a reference to ABC's cancellation of Roseanne's hit reboot after ...

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Ritu Sharma Joins Amagi As Global Sales Leader

Cloud technology company Amagi said it named Ritu Sharma as global sales leader. Sharma, who had been CEO at Proficio, will be responsible for expanding Amagi’s client base. She will be based in Bangalore at Amagi’s research and development and operations facility. “Ritu is an accomplished senior ...

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Internationally AcclaimedBlackmagic Design Wins 7 Good Design Australia Awards

Fremont, CA - May 31, 2018 - Blackmagic Design has swept the prestigious 2018 Good Design Australia Awards with 7 different awards for design innovation. This year’s awards brings the total number of Australian design awards to 30 and international design awards to over 50. Melbourne, Australia ...

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NCTA, Google Team Up on 3.5 GHz Compromise

Cable operators, Google, and a veritable host of others have gotten together on a compromise proposal for sharing the 3.5 GHz band, a proposal that includes a mix of large and small license areas. They say that mix will accommodate all stakeholders and that they are all giving up something--all ...

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‘All or Nothing: New Zealand All Blacks’ Offers Close-Up of World’s Best Rugby Team

All or Nothing: New Zealand All Blacks premieres on Amazon Prime June 1, with six episodes showing the best rugby team in the world throughout its 2017 exploits. Amazon’s All or Nothing brand has covered NFL and college football teams, and is expanding to English soccer as well. All or Nothing: The ...

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NAB Opposes Part of FCC Cable Channel Lineup Dereg

Broadcasters have asked the FCC to require cable operators to continue to have to post their channel lineups in their FCC public inspection files, an obligation cable operators would be happy to see go away but broadcasters signal is needed to help them keep tabs on proper carriage. That came in ...

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SMPTE Local Sections Elect New Officers and Managers

Winners of 2018 Local Section Elections Will Take Office on July 1 WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — June 1, 2018 — The Local Sections of SMPTE®, the organization whose standards work has supported a century of technological advances in entertainment technology, today announced the results of the 2018 Section ...

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