Broadcasting & Cable News

Vignettes Mark Women’s History Month on Fuse

March 01, 2020

Fuse in celebrating Women’s History Month by honoring prominent women in the arts and politics it calls future history makers, As part of its Future History franchise, the network has picked out four women for its Future Women’s History Class of 2020. The honorees are: Singer Hayley Kiyoko for ...

CBS Re-signs Romo As Top Analyst for NFL Games

March 01, 2020

CBS Sports said it has re-signed its top NFL analyst Tony Romo. The new pact will pay Romo a record $17 million, according to a report from the New York Post. CBS Sports parent company ViacomCBS is under pressure to retain the NFL when the powerful league does its next round of rights deals. ...

FCC Seeks Comment on Restoring Internet Freedom Remand

February 23, 2020

The FCC is seeking comment on three issues related to its Restoring Internet Freedom (RIF) order, issues the court remanded back to it for further action. One commissioner is already weighing in with advice on how to register those comments. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld ...

NCTC And Imagine Team To Expand Ad Ecosystems For North American Cable Operators

February 23, 2020

LAS VEGAS – NCTC WINTER EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE – FEBRUARY 19, 2020 — Imagine Communications, which provides open, end-to-end advertising technology solutions for broadcasters, content owners, MVPDs and vMVPDs, today announced an agreement with the National Cable Television Cooperative (NCTC) to ...

Redbox Joins Crowded Free Streaming Market

February 23, 2020

Redbox, the company known for those ubiquitous DVD rental kiosks situated outside 7-11 stores, super markets and other retail locations, is throwing its hat into the crowded ad-supported, free-to-consumer streaming arena. Launching Tuesday, Redbox Free Live TV isn’t so much an “AVOD” platform in ...

Fuse Media Teams With Genius on Music Series

February 23, 2020

Fuse Media is teaming up with song lyric-based digital media company Genius on a new TV series that will premiere March 18. The series, Genius x Fuse, will bring Genius’ artist-centric content, including Verified, Deconstructed and For the Record with Rob Markman to linear TV. “Partnering with ...

Syndication Ratings: Shows Rise in Face of Senate Impeachment Trial

February 23, 2020

In a week marked by preemptions due to the Senate’s impeachment trial of President Donald J. Trump, CBS Television Distribution’s venerable Judge Judy managed to move up 10% to take the syndication lead in the week ended Feb. 9. Judy scored a three-week high 6.5 live plus same day national ...

CBS Unveils Debate Moderator Lineup

February 23, 2020

Evening News anchor Norah O'Donnell and CBS This Morning co-host Gayle King have been tapped as co-moderators of the CBS News-hosted Democratic presidential candidate debate Feb. 25 in Charleston, S.C. South Carolina holds its primary Feb. 29. Joining King and O'Donnell will be Face ...

Fox News Channel Gets Klobuchar for Second Town Hall

February 23, 2020

Fox News Channel has lined up a town hall with Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.). The event will be Feb. 27 in Raleigh, N.C., at 6:30-7:30 p.m. and moderated by Bret Baier, host of FNC's Special Report (weekdays, 6-7 p.m.), and Martha MacCallum, host of The Story ...