Broadcasting & Cable News

FX Orders Fourth Season of ‘Baskets’

May 27, 2018

Offbeat comedy Baskets, executive produced by, and starring, Zach Galifianakis, has been renewed for a fourth season by FX. It will air in 2019. Baskets features Galifianakis as twins Chip and Dale Baskets, Louie Anderson as Christine Baskets and Martha Kelly as Martha. “Baskets continues to ...

Senators Push Companies to Adopt EU Data Protections Here

May 27, 2018

Only hours after privacy groups said they were pushing U.S. companies to adopt EU privacy protections going into effect May 25, a quarted of Democratic senators added their shove to the issue. Sens. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) ...

House Delivers for Tech Companies

May 27, 2018

The House has overwhelmingly (351 to 66) passed the massive defense appropriations bill HR 5515, the National Defense Authorization Act for 2019, a bill that includes a data privacy win for tech companies. In a late-edition amendment, the Email Privacy Act was adopted by voice vote Thursday morning ...

Debra Lee Resigns as BET Networks Chairman/CEO

May 27, 2018

Debra Lee, BET Networks chair and CEO, has announced her resignation, effective May 28. Lee, who began her time with BET as its first VP and general counsel in 1986, was elevated to president and COO in 1996 and became chair and CEO in 2005. She had already handed day-to-day leadership over ...

Better Mobility Mapping Bill Introduced

May 27, 2018

In the spirit of broadband bipartisanship, Sens. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), and Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) have introduced a bill to more accurately map where wireless broadband is available. '[T]he FCC’s coverage maps, which are used to prioritize broadband expansion efforts, are ...

AMC Ups BBC World News Sales Head Graf to Senior VP

May 27, 2018

AMC Networks promoted Michael Graf to senior VP of advertising sales for BBC World News TV. Graf, who joined AMC Networks as VP, ad sales, in 2015, continues to oversee sales, pricing and inventory, research and operations for the channel. He reports to Scott Collins, president of national ad sales ...

E.W. Scripps Stations Renew Affiliations with ABC, CBS

May 27, 2018

The E.W. Scripps Co. said it renewed affiliation agreements with ABC and CBS The agreement with ABC covers all 15 Scripps ABC affiliates. Those affiliates are in Bakersfield, Calif; Baltimore; Boise, Idaho; Buffalo, New York; Cincinnati; Cleveland; Denver; Detroit; Indianapolis; Las Vegas; ...

RED Digital Cinema Returns To Cine Gear Expo

May 27, 2018

RED Digital Cinema will be at Cine Gear Expo this year in Los Angeles at The Studios at Paramount from June 1-2. Located at Booth S101 in Stage 17, RED will showcase its DSMC2™ camera line-up featuring its premier sensors, MONSTRO 8K VV, HELIUM 8K S35 and GEMINI 5K S35. Additionally, RED will ...

Cloud is no Broadcast Cure All: Telestream Favors Hybrid Approach to Workflow Deployment

May 27, 2018

Nevada City, California, May 24, 2018 – In broadcasting, cloud-based workflows have been in vogue for a number of years, and many technology companies are focusing so strongly on cloud deployments that it almost seems that the answer is cloud, but no one is sure of the question! The $64 million ...