Broadcasting & Cable News

NowThis Creating Breaking News Service for SnapChat

May 06, 2018

Now This is launching a new news service, Now Breaking, for SnapChat. NowBreaking will provide real-time new updates on SnapChat’s Discover page in June. Related: Viacom to Produce More Shows in New SnapChat Deal “Our partners at Snapchat uniquely understand how a mobile-first audience consumes ...

IHSE USA’s New Draco ultra Series Extenders Win NewBay Best of Show Award at 2018 NAB Show

May 06, 2018

CRANBURY, N.J. — May 3, 2018 — IHSE USA today announced that its Draco ultra Series of Cat-X and fiber-optic extenders — including the new 491 Series, 492 Series, and 494 Series — won a NewBay Best of Show Award from AV Technology magazine at the 2018 NAB Show. NewBay’s Best of Show Awards are ...

Rubio Praises Move to Ban ZTE, Huawei Tech from U.S. Bases

May 06, 2018

The Department of Defense has blocked the sale on military bases of phones and other devices mae by Chinese firms Huawei and ZTE, according to Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), who praised the move. Rubio said the action wsa to protect the national security against the threat posed by Chinese ...

Miller Tripods and Røde Microphones Join Forces for "My Røde Reel"

May 06, 2018

SYDNEY, MAY 3, 2018 - RØDE Microphones' "My RØDE Reel" returns for its fifth year and Miller Tripods Ltd., a leader in the production of innovating camera support solutions, is thrilled to take part once again as a lead partner for the competition. With over 12,000 video submissions from 90 ...

ChyronHego at BroadcastAsia2018

May 06, 2018

Powerful Sports Telestration and Analysis: Paint 7.4 In use by a multitude of sports organizations and thousands of live productions every year, Paint is ChyronHego’s award-winning telestration analysis solution for sports broadcasting. Paint’s power lies in its feature-rich set of tools and its ...

The Different Paths To Profitable Multichannel Ad Sales

May 06, 2018

"When every media company is dealing with the same problem, it can be easy to think that every company should be considering the same solution, but that’s far from the case." -Lorne Brown, CEO, Operative Ask a room full of broadcasters if they have the infrastructure to succeed in a multichannel, ...

SMPTE Publishes ST 2110-40, Addressing Ancillary Metadata for Professional Media Over Managed IP Networks

May 06, 2018

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — May 3, 2018 — SMPTE®, the organization whose standards work has supported a century of advances in entertainment technology and whose membership spans the globe, has extended the SMPTE ST 2110 Professional Media Over Managed IP Networks standards suite with the publication of ...

FTC Powers Up

May 06, 2018

The Federal Trade Commission is now up to full strength. Sworn in this week were four of the five new commissioners--Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, Noah Joshua Phillips, Rohit Chopra and new chair Joseph Simons, who was the first sworn in, on May 1. Acting chair Maureen Ohlhausen will remain a Republican ...

Trump Campaign Calls for Challenging 'Liberal Propaganda Machines'

May 06, 2018

The President, under the auspices of his reelection campaign committee and the Republican National Committee, has released yet another "accountability" survey slamming the media and calling on the American people to "challenge" what his campaign calls the "liberal propaganda machines." As with ...