Broadcasting & Cable News

Altice USA Unveils ‘a4’ Advanced Ad and Data Business

April 08, 2018

Altice USA launched its latest advanced advertising initiative Thursday – called a4 – geared toward offering audience-based, multiscreen advertising solutions to local, regional and national advertisers and MVPD partners. “The launch of a4 is an important milestone to mark our investment in ...

What to Expect at NAB 2018: The Year of Convergence of Content

April 08, 2018

Every year as NAB approaches I’m asked to provide my thoughts on the biggest stories or trends we’re going to be seeing emerge from the convention; what conversations should attendees be leaning into as they walk the floor? And every year the buzz builds weeks in advance as anticipation of the next ...

Press Group Says Sinclair Rescinded Donation

April 08, 2018

The National Press Photographers Association says Sinclair Broadcasting has rescinded a "promised" $25,000 donation to its legal advocacy program after it made a public statement critical of Sinclair's coordinated "fake news" warning. Sinclair has defended the on-air fake news warning as just ...

Gotlieb Steps Down From Chairman Post at GroupM

April 08, 2018

Madison Avenue legend Irwin Gotlieb is stepping down as global chairman of media buying giant GroupM and will become a senior advisor to GroupM’s parent company WPP. Gotlieb was GroupM’s first CEO went it started in 2003 and became chairman in 2012. GroupM CEO Kelly Clark will continue as head of ...

Acorn TV Announces May Slate Featuring Two New Acorn TV Originals - Keeping Faith and Sando - Plus Several Star-Studded PBS Classics

April 08, 2018

Silver Spring, MD - Following this month’s three back-to-back exclusive U.S. Premieres with the return of popular ITV medical drama The Good Karma Hospital (Apr. 2, weekly), riveting British documentary Interview with a Murderer (Apr. 9), and Paul Abbott’s outrageous British police procedural No ...

Black Box Introduces Emerald Unified KVM Platform

April 08, 2018

Industry’s First KVM System to Provide Smooth Path to IP, Supporting Hybrid Environments of Mixed Network Connections, Mixed Resolutions Including UHD/4K, and Mix of Physical and Virtual Machines PITTSBURGH — April 6, 2018 — Black Box, an industry-leading provider of keyboard, video, and mouse ...

IHSE USA and EVS Team Up to Accelerate Live Production Workflow

April 08, 2018

Advanced Technology Partnership Brings New KVM Solutions to New XT Series Server and XFile Systems CRANBURY, N.J. — April 6, 2018 — IHSE USA today announced an advanced technology partnership with EVS to enhance live production workflows for EVS XT series servers and XFile3 gateway and removable ...

Dingell: FCC Should Investigate Cambridge Analytica

April 08, 2018

Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) has called on FCC chairman Ajit Pai to launch in investigation into whether Cambridge Analytica was able to obtain video viewing data as well as Facebook user data. In a letter to the FCC, she said she wanted it to determine whether Cambridge got such viewing or other ...

Primetime Ratings: CBS Wins With Comedies

April 08, 2018

CBS was the top scorer in Thursday ratings, its comedies leading to a 1.3 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 6 share. That squeaked by the 1.2/5 that ABC posted. On CBS, Big Bang Theory slipped 8% to a 2.3 and Young Sheldon was down 5% to 1.9. Mom scored a flat 1.4 and Life in ...