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getTV TO AIR RESTORED EPISODES OF THE CLASSIC, CONTROVERSIAL VARIETY SERIES, “THE SMOTHERS BROTHERS COMEDY HOUR” NOT SHOWN ON TV IN DECADES

CULVER CITY, CA – February 28, 2020 - This March, getTV will premiere the iconic late 1960’s variety series “The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.” The show, which has not been shown on TV in almost three decades, will air every Sunday during the month. “The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour” featured ...

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Amazon, Roku, Hulu, YouTube and Vudu Among the Brands Presenting at IAB’s 8-Day NewFronts Event

The Interactive Advertising Bureau has announced its agenda for its spring 2020 Digital Content NewFronts event in New York, a lineup that will include presentations from YouTube, Amazon, Roku, Hulu, Vudu, Twitter and Verizon. A four-day series of 13 stand-alone presentations will kick off Monday, ...

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Media Mass Against Maryland Digital Ad Tax

The media industry is pushing back hard on a proposed Maryland digital ad tax they call the "most serious" threat to commercial advertising in the past several years. Groups ranging from the major ad associations to NCTA-The Internet & Television Association to the Motion Picture Association, ...

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Primetime Ratings: ABC Wins With Consistent ‘Grey’s’

ABC got top spot in Thursday prime, with Grey’s Anatomy leading the Alphabets to a 0.9 score in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 5 share. Station 19 got a 1.0 on ABC and Grey’s got a 1.1. A Million Little Things scored a 0.6. All three shows were flat. Fox and Univision got 0.6/3s. ...

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FCC Boosts Unlicensed Use of TV Spectrum

The FCC has voted on a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking freeing up more "white spaces" spectrum between TV channels for wireless broadband by allowing for taller towers and higher powers for mobile and fixed wireless so signals can reach farther and over more difficult terrain. Computer ...

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D.C. Reacts to FCC C-Band Vote

Stakeholders weighed in Friday (Feb. 28) after the FCC voted to proceed with a public auction of C-Band spectrum for 5G, an item that had prompted heated debate from the Hill and elsewhere. “The U.S. must win the race to 5G," said House Energy and Commerce Committee ranking member Greg Walden ...

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Stakeholders React to FCC's White Spaces Item

The FCC's decision to expand the use of so-called "white spaces" TV spectrum for unlicensed wireless broadband drew quite a crowd Friday after a unanimous vote to allow for higher power and taller towers to extend the reach of unlicensed uses. Related: FCC Votes to Free Up More White Spaces ...

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Internationally Successful Australian TV Series Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries Returns with All-New Globe Trotting Adventure in Acorn TV’s First Feature Film MISS FISHER AND THE CRYPT OF TEARS

“Fun as fun procedurals get, balancing glam period style with clever cases and jazzy characters”- The New York Times “Smart, slick mystery series… a female cross between The Saint and James Bond: unstoppable, unbeatable and unapologetic”- MediaPost “This is television at its most ...

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SDVI at the 2020 NAB Show

At the 2020 NAB Show, SDVI will showcase SDVI Rally, the award-winning cloud-native media supply chain platform that deploys all applications and infrastructure to create a dynamic, responsive media supply chain. At booth SU11707, the company will demonstrate new features and capabilities within ...

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