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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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Primetime Ratings: ‘Roseanne’ Opens Huge on ABC

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 ...

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

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 ...

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Debra O’Connell Named WABC New York President/GM

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. ...

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AMC Networks Creates Data-Driven Ad Sales Group

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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® ...

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