Broadcasting & Cable News

ACA Summit: Pai: Open Internet Order Was 'Galling Regulatory Onslaught’

March 25, 2018

Neither rain nor snow nor a federal government shutdown kept the American Cable Association from plowing ahead with its annual D.C. Summit, or FCC chairman Ajit Pai from making the rounds with a keynote speech Wednesday morning (March 21), according to a copy of that speech supplied by the ...

KHOU GM McEldoon Retiring

March 25, 2018

Susan McEldoon, president and GM of Tegna's KHOU-TV Houston, is retiring. McEldoon joined KHOU in 2004 as director of sales and was named VP and station manager in 2005. She has been president and GM since 2007. She has been a member of the CBS Affiliates Board and was named B&C's GM of the ...

Clyburn: Delay 5G Infrastructure Vote

March 25, 2018

FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn says she is all for speeding 5G, just not the route FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr has mapped out. In a statement Wednesday (March 21), Clyburn cited concerns expressed by Tribal Nations, environmental protection advocates and local governments. Related: Dems Hammer ...

ESPN Signs Up to Make Presentation During NewFronts

March 25, 2018

With more viewers watching its sports content on digital platforms, ESPN has signed up to make a presentation during the Digital Content NewFronts on May 2. It will be the first time ESPN has taken part in the NewFronts. “Sports fans are benefiting from a new era of innovation, and we have an ...

Cities File FCC Complaint in Charter/Northwest Carriage Dispute

March 25, 2018

The cities of Yuma, Ariz., and El Centro, Calif., and the town of Jackson, Wyo., have jointly filed a complaint with the FCC against Charter/Spectrum systems in their respective municipalities--Bresnan and Time Warner Cable Pacific West--over removal of Northwest Broadcasting TV stations from those ...

Hill Passes Bill Targeting Online Sex Trafficking

March 25, 2018

In another government shot across the bow at edge providers, the bipartisan Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA) has passed the Senate 97 to 2. It passed the House last month, and now heads to the President's desk, where it will get a warm reception. "President Donald J. Trump applauds the ...

Key Communications Provisions Make it on Omnibus Bill

March 25, 2018

Legislation to reauthorize the FCC, boost mobile broadband and provide additional funds, as needed, for broadcasters' moves to new spectrum in the post-incentive auction repack has been included in the must-pass omnibus spending bill scheduled for a vote this week, which must pass by Friday to ...

ABC News Launches ‘Start Here’ Podcast

March 25, 2018

Beginning March 28, ABC News will debut a daily podcast called Start Here. Reporter Brad Mielke hosts. The podcasts run around 20 minutes and are available by 6 a.m. ET on Apple Podcasts, TuneIn, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Play Music and the ABC News app. “This new venture will provide expertise, ...

Conant Named CBS News Political Director

March 25, 2018

Caitlin Conant, CBS News executive director of communications, has been named political director of CBS News. She starts Monday, April 9, and will be based in Washington. Conant will report directly to CBS News VP/Washington Bureau Chief Christopher Isham and will help guide the network’s political ...