Broadcasting & Cable News

Batter Up: Marquee Network to Launch Promo Campaign

February 09, 2020

On Feb. 10, two days before Chicago Cubs pitchers and catchers report to spring training in Mesa, Arizona, the Marquee Sports Network will launch a promotional campaign for the team’s new television home. This season all local Cubs telecasts will be on Marquee, a joint venture of the Cubs and ...

Pebble Beach Expands Global Sales Operations

February 09, 2020

Pebble Beach Systems, a leading automation, content management and integrated channel specialist, today announced the promotion of Mat Shell as the company’s new Head of Sales, and the appointment of Roger Sewell as Vice President of Sales for Central and Eastern Europe, as well as Central Africa. ...

WWE ‘Evaluating Strategic Alternatives’ for Streaming WWE Network

February 09, 2020

World Wrestling Entertainment said it was “evaluating strategic alternatives” for its streaming WWE Network, a move that coupled with a dramatically reduced 2020 outlook helped drive the stock down by about 15% in early trading Feb. 6. WWE stock had been in a nosedive since Jan. 30 when it ...

Facilis to Debut Version 8 of their Shared Storage System and Version 3.5 of FastTracker MAM at NAB 2020

February 09, 2020

HUDSON, MA (February 6, 2020) – At NAB 2020, on booth SL9613, Facilis, a leading international supplier of cost-effective, high performance shared storage solutions for collaborative media production networks, will debut version 8 of the Facilis Shared Storage System, version 3.5 of its FastTracker ...

Primetime Ratings: ‘Masked Singer’ Pops on Fox

February 09, 2020

Fox won the Wednesday ratings race, with The Masked Singer leading the way to a 1.8 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 9 share. In second was Chicago-fueled NBC at 1.1/5. The Masked Singer got a 2.0, with — spoiler alert — Drew Carey unmasked and voted out. He was sporting a llama ...

Netflix Cancels Skate Drama ‘Spinning Out’

February 09, 2020

Skating drama Spinning Out will not see a season two on Netflix. The series launched Jan. 1. “A figure skating Olympic hopeful struggles to balance, love, family and fragile mental health as her dream of winning takes a dizzying hold,” goes the Netflix description. Samantha Stratton created the ...

AMC Networks’ Acorn TV and Sundance Now Series Receive Four of the Five Edgar® Award Television Nominations

February 09, 2020

The sole TV award from the most prestigious and oldest mystery organization in the U.S. nominates Line of Duty (twice), Manhunt and Wisting Silver Spring, MD; February 6, 2020 – Acclaimed series from AMC Networks’ Acorn TV and Sundance Now have received four of the five Edgar® Awards ...

XFL Kicks Off Feb. 8 on ABC

February 09, 2020

XFL football action kicks off Feb. 8. ABC, Fox, FS1, ESPN and ESPN 2 are the partner networks. The fun starts on ABC Feb. 8, as the Seattle Dragons take on the DC Defenders at 2 p.m. ET. At 5 p.m. ET, it’s the L.A. Wildcats versus Houston Roughnecks on Fox. Sunday, Feb. 9 has the Tampa Bay ...

VITEC Announces New Multicast-to-the-Edge HTML5 IPTV Player and Offers Early Adopter Program for Existing Enterprise IPTV Platform Customers

February 09, 2020

SUNNYVALE, Calif. — Feb. 4, 2020 — VITEC, a worldwide leader in advanced video encoding and streaming solutions, today announced it has launched an early adopter program for its enterprise customers to deploy and test its latest radical innovation, EZ TV Player Lite™. The new EZ TV Player Lite ...