Broadcasting & Cable News

SportsCenter Expanding on ESPN’s New App

May 06, 2018

ESPN announced new digital versions of SportsCenter that will live on the new ESPN app and stream on Twitter at its NewFront presentation in New York Wednesday (May 2). ESPN also announced a new show featuring Katie Nolan called Always Late With Katie Nolan. The show will feature reaction ...

Wheeler: Shared 5G Network Would Be Win-Win-Win

May 06, 2018

Former FCC chair Tom Wheeler said a shared 5G network with the government as one of the players makes more sense than letting T-Mobile and Sprint merge under the argument that such a merger will help beat China to next-gen (5G) wireless service. That came in a Brookings Institute blog in which ...

Winners Announced in Point Source Audio $10K Anniversary Giveaway

May 06, 2018

Petaluma, Calif. — Point Source Audio® (PSA) announced the recipients of their $10K Anniversary Giveaway in celebration of its 10-year anniversary and “give back” initiative to benefit the performing arts. Each of the Grand, Great, and Good prize winners will select from Point Source’s full catalog ...

Primetime Ratings: ABC Wins Despite ‘Roseanne’ Decline

May 06, 2018

ABC won the ratings battle Tuesday, as Roseanne, despite a dip, led the network to a 1.3 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 5 share. That topped the 1.1/4 that CBS put up. Roseanne did a 2.5. ABC ran Roseanne repeats a week before, while a fresh airing scored a 3.4 the week before ...

'Economist': Regulating Tech Companies Debated Online

May 06, 2018

In the third day of an eight-day online debate on whether tech giants should be more heavily regulated, the online audience's stomach for such regulation has been growing. Currently, 76% of that audience favors more regs, according to The Economist (which is sponsoring the debate), up from 72% on ...

Dalet Augments Game-to-Fans Workflows at SportsInnovation 2018

May 06, 2018

Paris, France – May 2, 2018 – Dalet, a leading provider of solutions and services for broadcasters and content professionals, will showcase and explain its market-leading sports content solutions with its award-winning Dalet Galaxy five media asset management (MAM) and workflow orchestration ...

Fox Orders Season Five of ‘Empire’

May 06, 2018

Fox has renewed hit drama Empire for a fifth season. The show stars Terrence Howard, Taraji P. Henson, Jussie Smollett, Bryshere “Yazz” Gray, Trai Byers, Grace Byers, Gabourey Sidibe, Ta’Rhonda Jones, Serayah, Xzibit, Rumer Willis, Andre Royo and Terrell Carter. From Imagine Television in ...

Amazon Prime Sets June Date for ‘Goliath’ Return

May 06, 2018

Amazon Prime Video said Wednesday it will debut the sophomore season of its drama series Goliath on June 15. Series star Billy Bob Thornton will return as attorney Billy McBride who after winning a huge verdict during the first season, is reluctantly pulled back into the law when his friend’s ...

Global Online Media Usage to Surpass TV, GroupM Says

May 06, 2018

Media agency GroupM has forecast that time spent with online media worldwide in 2018 will surpass time spent with linear TV. The report comes during NewFront week, a time when digital programmers are pitching advertisers on the importance of reaching consumers via online and social media. ...