Broadcasting & Cable News

Primetime Ratings: Fox Wins With Emphatic ‘Empire’

April 01, 2018

Fox was the ratings winner in Wednesday’s prime, riding a robust Empire to a 1.7 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 7 share. Next up was CBS at 1.2/5. Empire returned to the Fox schedule up 25% to a 2.0 while Star climbed 15% to 1.5 . On CBS, Survivor did a flat 1.7, SEAL Team a ...

Stephens College and SeriesFest Announce New Jan Marino Scholarship to Help Women over 55 Pursue Careers in Television and Screenwriting

April 01, 2018

DENVER, Colo. – (March 28, 2018) – Stephens College and SeriesFest are pleased to announce a new scholarship to support women over age 55 enrolled in Stephens College M.F.A. in Television and Screenwriting program. Named to honor author Jan Marino, the mother of M.F.A. student Betsy Marino ...

Clyburn Chief of Staff Grossman Exiting

April 01, 2018

There are some big-time comings and goings in the office of FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn. Going are chief of staff David Grossman and wireline legal advisor Claude Aiken. Joining the office are Nese Guendelsberger as wireline legal advisor and Michael Scurato as media legal advisor. No word on ...

WGAE Has Appeal To Onion Staffers

April 01, 2018

An "overwhelming" majority of Video and editorial staffers at comedy web sites The Onion, AV Club and Clickhole have decided to unionize with the Writers Guild of America, East, and have called on management to recognize WGAE as its collective bargaining representative, according to the union. (No, ...

Cobalt Digital Releases Next-Generation HEVC Professional 4K and Multichannel HD/SD Encoder Series

April 01, 2018

Equipped With 12G/6G-SDI and Quad 3G/HD-SDI Inputs, New 9992-ENC-4K-HEVC for openGear Represents Superset of New Encoding Platform's Capabilities CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — March 29, 2018 — Cobalt Digital today announced the release of its new 9992-ENC series of HEVC/H.265/MPEG-5-ready encoders for ...

GCI, NCTI Do a Deal

April 01, 2018

NCTI, the Colorado-based provider of cable and broadband technology training services, said it has signed a three-year enterprise license agreement with GCI focused on training and developing the Alaska-based service provider’s field techs. The license agreement spans NCTI’s networking courses and ...

INCOMPAS Defends Netflix's Oscar-Worthiness

April 01, 2018

INCOMPAS, a D.C. advocacy group for competitive networks and some edge providers, including Netflix, has taken issue with director Steven Spielberg's comments that Netflix productions should not qualify for Oscars. Spielberg said they should be treated as TV productions, so confined to Emmys. More ...

SERIES MANIA UNVEILS DETAILS SURROUNDING THE 2018 FESTIVAL TO BE HELD APRIL 27 – MAY 5 IN LILLE, FRANCE

April 01, 2018

March 28, 2018 – The SERIES MANIA festival was created in 2010, and has grown continually since then, boosting its profile in both France and abroad. With more than 50,000 visitors and 1,200 accreditees in 2017, this festival, which is entirely dedicated to the TV series genre, has become a key ...

Starz App Reaches LG Smart TVs

April 01, 2018

Starz is the latest programmer to launch an app for certain smart TVs from LG Electronics that are powered by webOS. Like Showtime’s launch on LG's smart TV platform earlier this week, Starz’s debut on those sets is for an app that supports both its standalone, direct-to-consumer service (for $8.99 ...