Broadcasting & Cable News

Square Box Systems to Preview New AI-Based Content Analysis Capabilities for Industry-Leading CatDV MAM

April 08, 2018

WARWICK, U.K. — April 6, 2018 — At the 2018 NAB 2018 Show, Square Box Systems is previewing a range of groundbreaking new content analysis capabilities for its flagship CatDV media asset management (MAM) solution, leveraging the latest artificial intelligence (AI) technology for speech recognition ...

Parsons Nominated to Join CBS Board of Directors

April 08, 2018

CBS has nominated former Time Warner CEO Richard Parsons to join its board of directors. Shareholder will get a chance to vote on Parsons and the company’s other director at CBS’s annual meeting on May 18. CBS has made a bid to acquire Viacom. CBS and Viacom are both controlled by the family of ...

Testronic Expands Film & TV Operations In New Bangkok Office

April 08, 2018

Testronic, the leader in quality assurance (QA), localization services and compliance for the film, television and games industries, has opened an office in Bangkok, Thailand, solidifying its expansion into the Asia film, television, and games market. The Thailand office adds to the company’s ...

FX Gives ‘Trust’ TV’s Biggest Promo Push

April 01, 2018

B&C has partnered with attention and conversion analytics company iSpot.tv to bring you a weekly chart we call Promo Mojo: exclusive data showing the top five TV promos ranked by TV ad impressions. These are the shows networks have been promoting most heavily to drive tune-in (our data covers ...

Mediamorph Names Inman Chief Marketing Officer

April 01, 2018

Content management software company Mediamorph said it named Jerry Inman as chief marketing officer. Inman, previously CM at Demand Worldwide, will be responsible for Mediamorph’s global marketing strategy, brand storytelling, increasing awareness and deepening customer relationships. “Jerry brings ...

O'Rielly to FCC Diversity Committee: Focus on Incubator

April 01, 2018

FCC Commissioner Michael O'Rielly had message for the FCC's Diversity Committee, which was re-chartered under new chairman Ajit Pai: Focus on the broadcast incubator program as a way to address the "abysmal" state of ownership diversity after decades of restrictions on ownership. As part of the ...

Vieira to Host PBS Series ‘The Great American Read’

April 01, 2018

Meredith Vieira will host The Great American Read, a book-focused series that debuts on PBS May 22. There are eight parts to the series, which will see Vieira “uncover the nation’s 100 most-loved novels, the people who love them and their authors,” according to PBS. Vieira has been host on NBC’s ...

Powell: Facebook Troubles Expose 'Mythology' of Openness

April 01, 2018

Facebook basically facilitates "precision propaganda" that can be used for good or evil, so its current troubles in Washington over the Cambridge Analytica user data mining were predictable and symptomatic of an issue that needs addressing in Washington. That is according to Michael Powell, ...

Shorts International Launches World’s First Short Movie TV App

April 01, 2018

LONDON--Shorts International, the world’s leading short movie entertainment company and operator of the ShortsTV channel, is pleased to announce the launch of the ShortsTV App, a revolution in the delivery of short movie content. Using advanced machine-learning algorithm technology, the ShortsTV ...