Broadcasting & Cable News

Azteca America Presents Its 2018-2019 Programming Slate Including New Original Productions

April 22, 2018

New Reality Program “Lights, Phone, Action” To Feature User-Generated Content Projects Produced Exclusively With Smartphones Leading Commercial Innovation Network Launches Ad-Supported “The Year Of The Latina” Initiative NEW YORK – APRIL 18, 2018 – Azteca America, a U.S.-based, Spanish-language ...

New Zealand's TVNZ Renews BEYBLADE BURST for Second Season

April 22, 2018

SUNRIGHTS INC., the New York City-based entertainment rights management company, has announced the renewal of its animated series BEYBLADE BURST by New Zealand’s TVNZ. Season 2 – under the banner BEYBLADE BURST EVOLUTION – is now airing on TVNZ. The series’ success in the region has been flanked by ...

How to Fix TV’s Brewing Commodity Crisis

April 22, 2018

"Advertisers want to back a winner, so you must tell them continually how, and how much, you are winning with audiences that matter to their brands." -Andy Sippel, Advertiser Perceptions Last month, 200 advertisers told Advertiser Perceptions they don’t see much difference between TV networks. ...

Regulatory Fears Helped Sway Fox Toward Disney Deal

April 22, 2018

The Walt Disney Co.’s pending deal to buy certain assets of 21st Century Fox were briefly interrupted by a larger offer from Comcast, but the cable giant’s reluctance to offer a termination fee and concerns that the transaction would face stiff resistance from regulatory bodies pushed Fox towards a ...

Paramount Network Greenlights ‘First Wives Club’ to Series

April 22, 2018

Paramount Network has commissioned to series a new comedy series, First Wives Club, the network announced Thursday. The series, based on the 1996 Paramount Pictures film starring Diane Keaton, Bette Midler and Goldie Hawn, will follow a group of women who band together after their marriages fall ...

HPA Awards Engineering Excellence Call For Entries Opens

April 22, 2018

April 19, 2018 (Burbank, CA) – The Hollywood Professional Association (HPA) has opened its call for entries for the Engineering Excellence Award today. Now in its 13 year, the HPA Engineering Excellence Award is considered one of the most important technology honors in the industry, spotlighting ...

O'Rielly: Beating World to 5G Is What Matters

April 22, 2018

FCC commissioner Michael O'Rielly said beating the rest of the world to 5G is a primary personal goal, and that winning is even more important than the benefits of the technology. O'Rielly's Vince Lombardi-like focus on victory -- Lombardi famously said, "Winning isn’t everything, it’s the only ...

Zixi Announces Robust Hitless Failover Between Many IP Video Types

April 22, 2018

Zixi (NAB Booth SU9110), an industry leader for enabling dependable, live broadcast-quality video over the public Internet, is announcing robust hitless failover capabilities, which include a patent-pending DNA like resequencing algorithm in the latest version of the Zixi Platform. These new ...

"Cannabiz" Mini-Documentary Series Gets Fitting 4/20 Premiere on 420TV

April 22, 2018

“Cannabiz,” an original mini-documentary series from 420TV, is set to make its fitting debut on the VOD channel Friday, April 20 (or “420 day”), now considered an international holiday for marijuana lovers. Hosted by former MTV “Total Request Live” (“TRL”) host and social entrepreneur Quddus, the ...