Broadcasting & Cable News

Platinum Tools® Xpress Jack™ Termination Kit Now Available; Featured at 2018 NAB Show

April 01, 2018

NEWBURY PARK, Calif., March 28, 2018 - Platinum Tools (www.platinumtools.com), the leader in solutions for the preparation, installation, hand termination and testing of wire and cable, is proud to announce the new Xpress Jack Termination Kit (p/n 90175) is now available. Platinum Tools will ...

Sports Broadcast Hall of Famer Fred Aldous Instructs CRAS Students During Live NASCAR Phoenix Race

April 01, 2018

Avondale, Ariz., March 23, 2018 – When he isn't mixing the Super Bowl, Fred Aldous shares his insights and methodology with the next generation of pro audio engineers. Conservatory of Recording Arts & Sciences (CRAS; www.cras.edu) students recently had the opportunity to practice mixing live ...

Primetime Ratings: ‘Roseanne’ Opens Huge on ABC

April 01, 2018

ABC was the easy winner in Tuesday prime ratings, scoring a 2.8 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and an 11 share. ABC’s one-hour premiere of rebooted Roseanne did a 5.1, and had 18.2 million total viewers. CBS and NBC were the runners-up at 1.1/5. After Roseanne, ABC saw Black-ish up ...

Exclusive: CTD’s ‘Face the Truth’ Is a Firm Go for Fall

April 01, 2018

Face the Truth, a new talk panel strip from Dr. Phil McGraw and Jay McGraw’s Stage 29 Productions, is a firm go for fall 2018, said Paul Franklin, president of CBS Television Distribution. That makes it the second first-run show to get the go ahead for next season, joining Debmar-Mercury’s judge ...

Debra O’Connell Named WABC New York President/GM

April 01, 2018

Debra O’Connell has been named president and general manager of WABC New York. She has been executive VP, sales and marketing, at the Disney|ABC Sales consolidated advertising sales group. O’Connell will start at WABC immediately. She succeeds Dave Davis, who announced his retirement last month. ...

AMC Networks Creates Data-Driven Ad Sales Group

April 01, 2018

AMC Networks said it formed announced a new data-driven advertising sales team. The unit--AMCN Agility-- will support data products including AMC's proprietary Aurora Video Targeting Solutions platform, which offers transparency across the entire linear television landscape. Adam ...

Artel Video Systems Partners with Ward-Beck for Audio-Over-IP Demonstration at the 2018 NAB Show

April 01, 2018

WESTFORD, Mass. — March 28, 2018 — Artel Video Systems, a world-class provider of innovative real-time multimedia delivery solutions, and Ward-Beck Systems, a manufacturer of equipment for the radio and television broadcasting industry, will partner at the 2018 NAB Show to demonstrate audio over ...

DOJ Antitrust Chief: We Are Reviewing ASCAP, BMI Consent Decrees

April 01, 2018

Justice antitrust chief Makan Delrahim signaled this week that his division was taking a fresh look, and with a fairly critical eye, at the consent decrees under which performance royalty organizations (PROs) collect their fees. That came in an appearance this week at Vanderbilt Law School, where ...

Interra Systems Becomes Industry's First QC Vendor to Support IAB VAST Protocol

April 01, 2018

Offering Comprehensive Quality Checks for Dynamic Ad Insertion, BATON® Speeds up QC Operations, Improving Video Quality and Monetization CUPERTINO, Calif. — March 28, 2018 — Interra Systems, a leading global provider of solutions to the digital media industry, today announced that its BATON® ...