Broadcasting & Cable News

Here's Who's Watching 'Saturday Night Live'—and Where They're Watching It

May 06, 2018

In its 43rd season, NBC's venerable sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live continues to be at the center of the cultural conversation thanks to its sharp-edge satire of the Trump Administration. The show, though, remains primarily a non-political comedy. As B&C reported last week, the top three ...

Fox Sports Announces All-Star Lineup Of International Broadcasters, Celebrating 50-Day Countdown To 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™

April 29, 2018

Aly Wagner Becomes First Female Analyst to Call a Men’s FIFA World Cup™ Match Newly-Announced Hernan Crespo Joins Fellow Soccer Legends Lothar Matthäus, Alexi Lalas, Kelly Smith, Guus Hiddink and Ian Wright as Studio Analysts Los Angeles – Celebrating the 50-day countdown to the 2018 FIFA World Cup ...

Telemundo Sets Upfront Slogan: ‘Beyond Language. Powerful Consumers’

April 29, 2018

NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises said the theme of its upfront presentation this year is “Beyond Language. Powerful Consumers.” Telemundo and Universo will be part of NBCUniveral’s all-encompassing upfront presentation May 14 at Radio City Music Hall. Later that evening, Telemundo will present a ...

House Passes Historic Digital Music Licensing Package

April 29, 2018

The House has unanimously passed the Music Modernization Act, a compromise bill that creates a framework for better compensating artists for digital plays of their music and making it easier for music rights organizations to collect those fees from distributors of streamed music like Pandora and ...

Dems Have Hundreds More Questions for Zuckerberg

April 29, 2018

Democrats on the House Energy & Commerce Committee have peppered Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg with follow up questions--more than 600 of them. They say in the two weeks since Zuckerberg testified before Congress on the Cambridge Analytica privacy issue, and they asked him to follow up with ...

‘Suits’ Wraps Up Without a Big Bump From Royal Buzz

April 29, 2018

Season seven of USA Network’s legal drama Suits is coming to an end this week and we were curious as to whether the current royal buzz around Meghan Markle, who plays Rachel Zane, gave the show any noticeable bump in viewer attention or emotional engagement. Below, a deep dive into this question ...

Perform Media to Manage NBA International Websites

April 29, 2018

The National Basketball Association said it has reached a long-term deal under which Perform Media will manage the league’s websites in more than 15 international markets, including Argentina, Australia, Canada, India, Japan, Mexico and Spain. Perform Media, a British-based sports content and media ...

AMC CEO Sapan’s Pay Flat at $29M for 2017

April 29, 2018

AMC Network CEO Josh Sapan received total compensation of $29.6 million for 2017, down a bit from the $30.5 he received in 2016, according to documents filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission. Sapan’s base salary was unchanged at $2 million and his stock awards rose a bit to $14.3 ...

Tax Benefits Boost Q2 Earnings at Time Warner

April 29, 2018

Net income was $1.6 billion, or $2.07 a share, compared to $1.4 billion and $1.80 a share, a year ago. The increase in income reflects tax benefits from the new tax law and a settlement in a federal tax audit. Operating income was down 13% to $1.8 billion. Revenue rose 3% to $8 billion. Time Warner ...