Broadcasting & Cable News

Bakish Sees Streaming Revenue Up 35-40% in 2020

February 23, 2020

ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish forecasts that the company’s streaming revenue would increase by 35% and 40% in 2020. Speaking on the company’s quarterly earnings call Thursday, Bakish said that including subscriptions and digital video advertising, the company had $1.6 billion in streaming revenue in ...

HGTV Orders New Episodes of ‘Fixer to Fabulous’

February 23, 2020

HGTV has ordered 13 additional episodes of its original series Fixer to Fabulous, the network said Thursday. The network has added 13 new episodes of the series, which stars renovation and design experts Dave and Jenny Marrrs. The series drew more than 17.9 million viewers in its first season, ...

HBO Max Gets Carriage in New YouTube TV Deal

February 23, 2020

AT&T’s Warner Media said it signed a new distribution agreement with YouTube TV that makes HBO and Cinemax available to subscribers and includes a commitment to distribute HBO Max when it launches. YouTube TV, one of the largest virtual multichannel video programming distributors (MVPD) with ...

Primetime Ratings: 'Masked Singer' Pulls Through for Fox

February 23, 2020

Fox beat out the other networks in Wednesday's primetime ratings race, scoring a 1.5 and a 7 share, adults 18-49. That just squeaked by the 1.4/7 NBC earned. The Masked Singer grew 5% from last week to a 1.9 and a 10 share from 8 to 9 p.m. Lego Masters dropped 16% to a 1.0/5. NBC had ...

PLAYERS MEDIA GROUP INTRODUCES NEW HOME FOR SPORTS LIFESTYLE CONTENT: PLAYERSTV

February 23, 2020

Athlete Partners include Chris Paul, Vernon Davis, CJ McCollum and Carmelo Anthony, Among Others PlayersTV Launching Exclusively on Samsung TV Plus Next Month ...

Fox Renews ‘So You Think You Can Dance’

February 23, 2020

Fox said it renewed its competition series So You Think You Can Dance. The show’s 17th season will appear on the network this summer. The show is produced by Industry Media’s 19 Entertainment and dick clark productions. Cat Deeley hosts. Auditions for the upcoming season of So You Think You Can ...

Paley Center for Media Announces Spring Programs

February 23, 2020

The Paley Center for Media announced Wednesday (Feb. 19) its lineup of PaleyLive and Paley Media Council programs for spring of 2020. Appearances will be made by Tracy Oliver, writer of the hit film, Girls Trip, Paula Kerger and Judy Woodruff of PBS, and LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner and his father ...

HBO Max Greenlights Bethenny Frankel Competition Series

February 23, 2020

HBO Max has ordered eight episodes of Bethenny Frankel series The Big Shot With Bethenny (working title). A release date was not announced. Mark Burnett produces along with MGM Television. In each half-hour episode, contestants fight for the chance to work for Frankel's company, Skinnygirl, a ...

Studio Technologies Announces New Dante-enabled StudioComm Multichannel Monitoring Solution at NAB 2020

February 23, 2020

LAS VEGAS, FEBRUARY 20, 2020 – Studio Technologies introduces its new StudioComm Dante Audio-over-IP-enabled multichannel monitoring system, the Model 792 Central Controller and the Model 793 Control Console, at NAB 2020 (Booth C7049). The new system combines a robust rack-mounted main electronics ...