Broadcasting & Cable News

Source: Too Soon to Make Call on Pai NAB Appearance

March 08, 2020

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has not made a decision yet on his planned appearance next month at the National Association of Broadcasters's NAB Show, according to a source. Pai is still slated for a Q&A with NAB President Gordon Smith at the show, which was still on as of press time according to ...

Microsoft Says Airband is on Track

March 08, 2020

Marking the halfway point in its Airband rural broadband initiative, Microsoft said it is now in 25 states and one territory and is on track to meet its goal of three million more rural Americans with broadband access. Airband is Microsoft's promotion of unlicensed wireless in the TV white spaces ...

5 Questions with Julio Vaqueiro

March 08, 2020

“It is a crucial time for Hispanics in the United States, particularly during this upcoming election cycle,” says Julio Vaqueiro, whose career as a journalist at Telemundo is being honored with the CultureX Conversations Executive Leadership Award on March 25 at NYC TV Week Spring. This award is ...

Primestream to Debut Creative Bridge at the 2020 NAB Show

March 08, 2020

New Solution Unifies and Accelerates Workflows by Connecting People and Managed Media With Creative Tools MIAMI — March 5, 2020 — Primestream, a leading provider of asset management, automation software, and workflow orchestration solutions for media and production operations, today announced the ...

Vizrt Group Leverages IP-Based Adaptive and Software-Defined Visual Storytelling To Support Customers and Partners During Challenging Times

March 08, 2020

The Vizrt Group, parent company of the Vizrt, NewTek and NDI® brands, today announced the launch of VizrTV (www.vizr.tv) and NewTekTV (www.newtek.tv). These two “digital-first” communications platforms are designed to deliver key product awareness, innovation, and support messages to help customers ...

Bannister Lake Introduces Major Enhancements to Its Chameleon Election Module for the 2020 Election Cycle

March 08, 2020

New Features and Capabilities Allow Media Organizations of Any Size, On Any Platform, to Expertly Cover Elections Using Real-Time Data and Graphics CAMBRIDGE, Ontario — March 5, 2020 — Bannister Lake announced today that its industry-leading data aggregation and management product, Chameleon, will ...

Cantwell: FCC Should Help with Coronavirus-Related Remote Healthcare, Schooling

March 08, 2020

With the coronavirus spreading, and the need to prevent its further spread, Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) has called on FCC Chairman Ajit Pai to do whatever he can to promote telehealth and remote schooling. In a letter to Pai Thursday (March 5), Cantwell, ranking member of the Senate Commerce ...

'Spicer & Co.' Adds Co-Host

March 08, 2020

Lyndsay Keith has been tapped to co-host Spicer & Co., the new Newsmax series hosted by former White House press secretary Sean Spicer. The show, which airs at 6 p.m. weekdays, launched this week. Keith is a former brand strategist at Google and was also deputy communications director of the ...

Faith Jenkins is 'Divorce Court''s New Judge

March 08, 2020

Faith Jenkins is the new judge on Fox’s veteran court show Divorce Court, said Stephen Brown, executive VP of programming for the Fox Television Stations, on Thursday. Jenkins, who previously starred in Trifecta’s Judge Faith from 2014-18, starts her new role in July. She succeeds Judge Lynn Toler ...