Broadcasting & Cable News

Cox Says It's Shutting Down Videa Advanced Ad Unit

February 02, 2020

Cox Enterprises said it is shutting down its Videa advanced advertising unit. The unit will close March 31. “Over the years, the company made significant progress in the programmatic television space, but it is no longer sustainable to continue operations. We thank our extraordinary employees for ...

Freer Leaving Hulu as Disney Asserts Control

February 02, 2020

The Walt Disney Co. said it is integrating money-losing video streaming service Hulu into its direct-to-consumer group and that Randy Freer, Hulu’s CEO will be leaving. Disney last year acquired control of Hulu, which had been owned by Disney, Comcast, Fox and Time Warner. Streaming has become a ...

Roku, Fox Reach Streaming Deal Before Super Sunday

February 02, 2020

Roku said it reached an agreement with Fox to carry its channels on its streaming devices. The current programming distribution agreement between Fox and Roku was about to expire Friday night. A lengthy dispute would have made it more difficult for people Roku devices to stream the Super Bowl on ...

Netflix Cuts Definition of a ‘View’ Down to 2 Minutes

January 26, 2020

Continuing to play by its own rules and metrics, Netflix said Tuesday that it has changed its benchmark for a counting views to whether a user sat through at least two minutes of the content. In its fourth-quarter letter to shareholders, the leading streaming platform said that it’s moving on from ...

Facebook Watch Extends ‘Red Table Talk’ Franchise

January 26, 2020

Facebook Watch said it made a new deal with Jada Pinkett Smith and Westbrook Studios that will keep the daytime series Red Table Talk on the platform for three years and extend the franchise with a new series featuring musician Gloria Estefan and her family. Red Table Talk features three ...

Court TV to Act Out Weinstein Rape Trial

January 26, 2020

With camera’s not allowed in the courtroom, Court TV said it plans to cover the Harvey Weinstein rape trial by having voice actors record testimony as it happens. The network is using what it calls ‘Court TV Instant Replay’ to bring the case to viewers. The actors will reach trial transcripts, ...

Broadcast Nets Limit Live Coverage of Day 1 Impeachment Trial

January 26, 2020

Only about a third of the way into the marathon first day of the Senate trial on whether to remove President Trump from office, the most of the broadcast networks and their affiliates returned to regular broadcast programming for late afternoon and prime time, relying on streaming and cable ...

PlayBox Neo Completes Large-Scale Upgrade for Olympusat

January 26, 2020

Olympusat CEO Tom Mohler applauds PlayBox Neo’s completion of a large-scale playout system upgrade for Olympusat, a leading provider of broadcast media services. The project includes the enhancement of 26 servers to the latest-generation Version 19 Channel-in-a-Box Neo, TitleBoxNeo and SafeBox Neo. ...

Primetime Ratings: NBC Scores With Strong ‘This Is Us’

January 26, 2020

NBC got the top score in Tuesday ratings, with This Is Us leading the network to a 1.0 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 5 share. That squeaked by the 0.9/4 that CBS posted. NBC had Ellen’s Game of Games at 1.0 and This Is Us at 1.4, both level with last week. New Amsterdam slid ...