Broadcasting & Cable News

Pixelogic Announces Digital Cinema Services

April 29, 2018

Pixelogic the innovative and fully integrated provider of localization and distribution services, has unveiled plans to deliver global digital cinema services this summer. The company will launch these services with a total of 12 projector-lit screening rooms within its Burbank and London ...

PBS SoCal, KCETLink Media Group Set Plans to Merge

April 29, 2018

KCETLink Media Group and PBS SoCal said Wednesday they have agreed to merge, pledging to produce more original programs for multiple channels and platforms addressing the diverse community. They reach more than 18 million people via PBS affiliate KOCE and KCET, and the merger returns KCET to the ...

Sound Designer/Composer Watson Wu Takes a Ride on the Wild Side to Capture Extreme Sound Effects for Action Film, Baby Driver

April 29, 2018

ATLANTA, GA, APRIL 26, 2018 - When the critically acclaimed action film, Baby Driver hit the big screen, audiences were treated to a buffet of heart pounding, in-your-face motor vehicle sound effects courtesy of Sound Designer/Composer Watson Wu. In order to capture the pristine vehicle sounds, Wu, ...

Primetime Ratings: Fox Wins With Hearty ‘Empire’

April 29, 2018

Fox won the Wednesday ratings race, as Empire led the net to a 1.4 rating in viewers 18-49, and a 6 share. That beat the 1.0/4 that CBS put up. Empire did a 1.6 and Star a 1.2, both shows down a tenth of a point from last week. On CBS, Survivor rated a flat 1.6 and SEAL Team dropped 20% to 0.8, ...

CPB Names Ombudsman

April 29, 2018

J-Lab founder Jan Schaffer, a Pulitzer Prize winner with the Philadelphia Inquirer, has been named to a three-year term as ombudsman for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. She will be responsible for "independently reviewing and reporting on issues concerning public media programming." She ...

Reps. Square Off Over Online Censorship

April 29, 2018

Reps. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and James Hines (D-Conn.) found themselves on the other side of the hearing room Thursday (April 26), testifying in the House Judiciary Committee about alleged online censorship of conservative speech. The hearing was on "Filtering Practices of Social Media ...

Sinclair Deal Shot Clock Still Paused

April 29, 2018

The FCC has had Sinclair's latest amended application for its Tribune purchase for more than a day and at press time had still not re-started the clock on its review of the deal, which has been paused since Jan. 4 on day 167. The clock has been stopped twice during the review, which has topped 300 ...

Seriesfest Announces Finalists Of “Storytellers Initiative,” Annual TV Festival’s Effort To Empower and Mentor Emerging Comedy Writers

April 29, 2018

Industry Creatives Participating in Two Day Mentoring Event Are Ed Lee, Scotty Landes, Claire Epstein, Stacy Rukeyser, and Ben York Jones Denver, CO-April 26, 2018—SeriesFest, the not-for-profit organization dedicated to showcasing the best and boldest emerging voices in television, in partnership ...

Showtime Orders Fourth Season of ‘Billions’

April 29, 2018

Showtime has ordered season four of drama Billions. The series stars Paul Giamatti and Damian Lewis as warring finance titans. Billions is created and executive produced by showrunners Brian Koppelman and David Levien, and was also created by Andrew Ross Sorkin. “Billions continues to build its ...