Broadcasting & Cable News

Primetime Ratings: CBS Wins With Super Special

February 02, 2020

CBS had the winning score in Wednesday prime ratings, with a Super Bowl commercials special setting the pace. It was a soft night for broadcast ratings, and CBS won with a 0.8 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 4 share. Runners-up were ABC and NBC at 0.6/3. Super Bowl’s Greatest ...

Pai: C-Band Item Will Be on February Meeting Agenda

February 02, 2020

FCC chair Ajit Pai said he will be circulating a C-Band item next week for a vote at the February meeting. The FCC is proposing to auction 280 MHz out of the 500 MHz total in a band currently used for, among other things, satellite delivery of programming networks to broadcasters and cable ...

Marcin Jakowczyk Promoted to Sales Manager for Riedel Communications in Poland

February 02, 2020

WUPPERTAL, Germany — Jan. 30, 2020 — Riedel Communications today announced the promotion of Marcin Jakowczyk to Sales Manager for the company's Poland operation. Jakowczyk brings a decade of experience in the pro audio, broadcast, and telecommunications industries to his new role, including more ...

Fuse Honors Rising Stars With ‘Future History Class’

February 02, 2020

Fuse is launching “Future History Class of 2020,” an initiative designed to honor rising stars making an impact. The first group of honorees will coincide with the commemoration of Black History Month in February, followed by another group for Women’s History Month, Asian Pacific American Heritage ...

CBS Launches CBSN Philly Local Streaming Platform

February 02, 2020

CBS Television Stations and CBS Interactive have launched CBSN Philly, the sixth of ViacomCBS’ 13 planned local direct-to-consumer streaming news services in major markets. CBSN Philly features anchored news programming, coverage of live breaking-news events and a library of local news content ...

Sony PlayStation Vue: Requiem for a Revolutionary

February 02, 2020

Since Sony that it will shutter its five-year-old PlayStation Vue service at the end of January, the general reaction from the media-tech world has been a shrug. The rising costs of program licensing has rendered the business model for so-called virtual MVPDs like PlayStation Vue moot. In Vue’s ...

Audio Design Desk Debuts Transformative Sound Design App with Sonic Intelligence for Real-time Audio to Video Sound Editing

February 02, 2020

Los Angeles, CA – January 30, 2020 – Audio Design Desk, an entirely new breed of Digital Audio Workstation that uses AI-assisted content creation tools to enable filmmakers, editors, sound designers and creators to produce cinema-quality sound in seconds, has made its official debut in the media ...

Fred Silverman, President of Multiple Broadcast Networks, Has Died

February 02, 2020

Fred Silverman, who ran ABC, CBS and NBC, has died in Los Angeles. He was 82. Silverman brought All in the Family, Happy Days, Hill Street Blues and Roots, among other esteemed series, onto the air. He was known as having a “golden gut” for his knack for picking hit shows, though Silverman ...

Seinfeld-Authored Book Out in October

February 02, 2020

Jerry Seinfeld will have a new book out in October. The book does not yet have a title, and will feature the comedian’s work from across his five decades in comedy. “Whenever I came up with a funny bit, whether it happened on a stage, in a conversation, or working it out on my preferred canvas, the ...