Broadcasting & Cable News

Mitch Lowe, CEO of MoviePass, to Deliver Keynote Address at Media Finance Focus 2018

April 15, 2018

Washington DC, April 12, 2018 – Mitch Lowe, CEO of MoviePass™ will deliver the opening keynote address at Media Finance Focus 2018, the 58th annual conference of the Media Financial Management Association (MFM) and its BCCA subsidiary, the media industry’s credit association. Media Finance Focus ...

HBO Renews Comedies ‘Silicon Valley’ and ‘Barry’

April 15, 2018

HBO has renewed rookie comedy Barry and veteran comedy Silicon Valley. Created by Alec Berg and Bill Hader, Barry launched its eight-episode first season March 25. Hader stars in the title role as a low-rent hitman from the Midwest who finds himself drawn into a community of acting students while ...

WGAW Champions California Net Neutrality Bill

April 15, 2018

The Writers Guild of America West is a strong supporter of a California bill that would create state net neutrality rules to replace federal rules against blocking, throttling and paid prioritization eliminated by the FCC last December. WGAW leadership, led by union president David Goodman, made ...

Fox TV Stations Names Chung Chief Digital Officer

April 15, 2018

Steve Chung was named chief digital officer, a newly created position at Fox Television Stations. Chung, founder and CEO of Frankly Inc., will assume his new position in June and report directly to Jack Abernethy, CEO of Fox Television Stations. “With a fresh and informed perspective, coupled with ...

Fox Television Stations Expand News

April 15, 2018

Fox Television Stations is expanding local news offerings in nine markets this year. The group has announced expansions in New York, Washington D.C., Tampa Bay, Phoenix, Detroit, Minneapolis and Charlotte, with two other Fox markets set to increase their local output. “In a time when media critics ...

Three Major Broadcast Station Groups Register with ITN Holdings for ProVantageX

April 15, 2018

NEW YORK-ITN Holdings announced today it has licensed its state-of-the-art, end-to-end ProVantageX (PVX) platform to the stations owned by Gray Television, Hubbard Broadcasting and The E. W. Scripps Company. This announcement follows the recent news that FOX Television Stations has licensed PVX for ...

WPTA Names Julian Teekaram Morning News Anchor

April 15, 2018

WPTA/Fort Wayne announced Julian Teekaram as the morning co- anchor for 'Fort Wayne's NBC News Today' effective immediately. She will work alongside Pauleen Le, Yasser Kishk and Kent Horman. Julian was previously at ABC21 since October 2016. “Julian’s enthusiasm for broadcasting is exceeded, ...

Operative and Mediaocean Announce Integration Partnership To Bring Convergence to Buyers and Sellers

April 15, 2018

New York, NY (April 9, 2018) – Operative, the preferred advertising management technology partner for media companies today announced a groundbreaking partnership with Mediaocean, the leading software provider for the advertising world. This partnership, integrates Operative’s media sales platform ...

Comedy Central Does Development Deal With Glazer, Jacobson

April 15, 2018

Comedy Central has inked a comprehensive development deal with Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson, creators, stars and showrunners on Broad City, with a ‘first look’ at content created and/or developed for television by Glazer and Jacobson, both together and independently. The deal extends across all ...