Broadcasting & Cable News

Comparing Notes: Roger & Leslie’s Excellent NAB 2018 Adventure

May 20, 2018

In this sixth of six installments related to the 2018 NAB Show, colleagues Roger Sherwood, Global Industry Director of Cisco’s Media & Entertainment group, and technology communications specialist Leslie Ellis –who’ve covered umpteen millions of square feet of trade shows—talk shop. The ...

Trump Top Telecom Advisor Pitches Open Internet

May 20, 2018

David Redl, head of the National Telecommunications & Information Administration, said that an internet that is "open, interoperable, and governed through multi-stakeholder collaboration should be the guiding principle and one worth fighting for. That came in a speech to the Media Institute in ...

HBO to Bring Back ‘Ballers,’ ‘Insecure’ in August

May 20, 2018

HBO will look to heat up its summer programming lineup with the August returns of scripted series Ballers and Insecure. The sports-themed dramedy Ballers, which stars Dwayne Johnson and follows the lives of former and current football players, will return for its fourth season on Aug. 12, according ...

Pay TV Subscriber Losses Drop to 305K in Q1

May 20, 2018

The top U.S. pay TV providers turned in an improved Q1 2018, but the results weren’t good enough to avoid a net subscriber loss, according to a new analysis from Leichtman Research Group. RELATED: Pay TV Subscriber Declines Stabilize in Q1 The largest MVPDs, representing about 95% of the market, ...

Chicago, Chicago, Chicago: A Look at Viewership Crossover Among NBC’s Windy City Shows

May 20, 2018

With the finales of three Chicago-based NBC dramas happening this month, we worked with Inscape, the TV measurement company with glass-level data from a panel of more than eight million smart TVs and devices, to reveal insights — including viewership crossover and audience locations — for Chicago ...

Net Neutrality CRA Teed up in House

May 20, 2018

As he promised, Rep. Mike Doyle (D-Pa.) has filed a discharge petition, which would force a vote on the House resolution to restore net neutrality rules if 218 votes, which will require a couple dozen Republican ones, could be secured to support it. There are currently Republicans 235 Republicans ...

FTC's Simons: We Have Resources to Oversee ISP Net Neutrality

May 20, 2018

The new chairman of the Federal Trade Commission says that his agency has the "resources and capability" to enforce network neutrality and has told Congress that under "the right circumstances" paid prioritization, blocking and throttling of internet content by ISPs that might advantage or ...

Presentations at AMIA’s Digital Asset Symposium to Include Powerful Lineup of Creative and Technological Case Studies

May 20, 2018

The Association of Moving Image Archivists’ Digital Asset Symposium (DAS) returns to New York on June 6, presenting a full day of discussions sharply focused on today’s most compelling topics in asset management. The daylong event will take place once again at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). The ...

BMI Sponsoring Performances by DAVIE and Julia Cole at Media Finance Focus 2018

May 20, 2018

Washington, DC May 18, 2018 – Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI), the global leader in rights management, will provide a performance by Nashville.-based music producer, writer, and artist DAVIE as part of its sponsorship of the Member Awards Ceremony to in conjunction with Media Finance Focus 2018, the 58 ...