Broadcasting & Cable News

BBC America To Simulcast The BBC’s Coverage Of Prince Harry And Ms. Meghan Markle’s Royal Wedding On May 19

April 29, 2018

New York – April 26, 2018 – BBC AMERICA announced today that it will air the Royal wedding of HRH Prince Henry of Wales and Ms. Meghan Markle, as a live and direct simulcast of BBC ONE’s coverage. The historic event airs with limited commercial breaks as the centerpiece of a week of celebratory ...

VITEC’s EZ TV Video Wall Solution Wins Best of Show Award at the 2018 NAB Show

April 29, 2018

VITEC’s EZ TV IPTV and Digital Signage Platform With Video Wall Capabilities Recognized as Market-Leading Solution SUNNYVALE, Calif. — April 26, 2018 — VITEC, a worldwide leader in advanced video encoding and streaming solutions, today announced that the new EZ TV video wall processor, available ...

Bill Cosby Found Guilty In Sexual Assault Trial

April 29, 2018

Entertainer Bill Cosby has been found guilty on three counts of aggravated indecent assault in a Montgomery County Pennsylvania court. The 80-year-old Cosby, an iconic entertainer and TV star over several decades, was convicted Thursday on three counts of aggravated indecent assault for drugging ...

FCC's Pai Won't Commit to Delaying Sinclair Decision for Court Ruling

April 29, 2018

FCC chair Ajit Pai wasn't predicting when the FCC's vetting of the Sinclair-Tribune deal would be complete, but suggested at a Hill hearing Thursday (April 26) that the FCC had not yet had a chance to fully evaluate it. Sinclair filed its latest, and expected to be last, amendment to the deal ...

Marcy Etienne, VP & CFO for Graham Media Group, To Receive MFM's Distinguished CFO Award at Media Finance Focus 2018

April 29, 2018

Marcy Etienne, Vice President & Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for Graham Media Group, has been selected to receive the Distinguished CFO Award from MFM, the Media Financial Management Association, and its BCCA subsidiary, which serves as the media industry’s credit association. The award, ...

Democratic Sens. Want to Freeze FCC Media Decisions

April 29, 2018

Most of two dozen Democratic senators have written FCC Chairman Ajit Pai in an effort to leverage an upcoming court ruling to delay a decision on Sinclair's proposed purchase of Tribune TV stations and shorten the string on the chairman's broadcast deregulatory weed whacker. That came at about the ...

Amazon Renews Streaming Deal for Thursday NFL Games

April 29, 2018

The National Football League and Amazon renewed their deal to stream Thursday Night Football to Amazon Prime members worldwide for two more seasons. Amazon Prime will stream the 11 weeknight games that Fox will broadcast. Those games are also broadcast in Spanish on Fox Deportes and appear on cable ...

Netflix Orders Series, Specials From ‘Fluffy’ Iglesias

April 29, 2018

Netflix is partnering with Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias on three projects: a multi-cam comedy series and a pair of stand-up specials. Iglesias is a successful stand-up comedian who enjoys an immense YouTube presence. In the comedy series, Mr. Iglesias, Iglesias plays a public high school teacher who ...

Senate Confirms New FTC Slate

April 29, 2018

The Senate has voted to confirm the five new commissioners for the Federal Trade Commission, meaning the current two-person FTC comprising acting chair Maureen Ohlhausen and Democratic commissioner Terrell McSweeny will be exiting. The vote was an expeditious one. The fifth and final nominee, ...