Broadcasting & Cable News

New Data from SMI Show The Power of Three

January 19, 2020

According to the Rule of Three in economics, all industries mature into three dominant competitors. And that’s certainly evident in the linear TV business. Between them, ViacomCBS, NBCUniversal Media and The Walt Disney Co. now have a 55% percent share of all ad revenue on National broadcast and ...

Fox News Going Wall-to-Marbled Wall With Impeachment Trial

January 19, 2020

Fox News Channel plans extensive live coverage of the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. Starting Tuesday (Jan. 21), when the trial effort begins "in earnest," Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said this week and FNC echoed, FNC will air gavel-to-gavel coverage. FNC chief ...

Court TV’s O.J. Simpson Trial Series to Launch Jan. 23

January 19, 2020

The new Court TV said it will launch its 37-part series, OJ25, marking the 25th anniversary of the O.J. Simpson murder case on Jan. 23 at 9 p.m. The Simpson trial was a national sensation and drew a massive audience to the original Court TV, which was closed by Time Warner and turned into truTV in ...

Demi Lovato to Sing National Anthem at Super Bowl

January 19, 2020

Demi Lovato will sing “The Star-Spangled Banner” at the Super Bowl Feb. 2. Lovato announced the news on Instagram. “Singing the National Anthem at #SBLIV,” she said. “See you in Miami.” Lovato has released six albums, including Tell Me You Love Me, which came out in 2017. Fox airs the Super Bowl ...

Primetime Ratings: NBC Wins With ‘Chicago’ Dramas

January 19, 2020

NBC earned the top spot in Wednesday prime, the Chicago shows leading the Peacock to a 1.2 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 6 share. That easily beat the 0.7/4 that CBS scored. Chicago Med and Chicago Fire did 1.2s and Chicago P.D. rated a 1.1. All three were up a tenth over last ...

Xiaolu Xue’s Blockbuster "Whistleblower" Shot With Blackmagic Cameras

January 19, 2020

Fremont, CA - January 15, 2020 - Blackmagic Design today announced that the new Chinese blockbuster film by Xue Xiaolu, “Whistleblower,” used a number of Blackmagic Design cameras to shoot the film, including URSA Mini Pros, Micro Cinema Cameras and Micro Studio Camera 4Ks. The camera packages, ...

Tolleah Price Named EP of Hearst's 'Matter of Fact'

January 19, 2020

Tolleah Price has been promoted to executive producer of Hearst Television’s weekly political half-hour Matter of Fact with Soledad O’Brien. Price moves up from supervising producer, which is the position in which she joined the show. She succeeds Jillian O’Brien, to whom she previously reported ...

Most Marketers Have Used Advanced TV, FreeWheel Says

January 19, 2020

A majority of marketers are using forms of advanced TV advertising to reach target audiences, according to a new survey for Comcast’s ad tech company FreeWheel conducted by Advertiser Perceptions. The survey of about 300 marketers and agencies found that 66% of respondents have bought advertising ...

TCA: Discovery to Launch Chip and Joanna Gaines' Magnolia Channel in October

January 19, 2020

Pasadena, Calif. — Discovery Communications will launch its new network featuring Chip and Joanna Gaines this October as the company works toward a potential digital streaming service, Discovery president and CEO David Zaslav announced Thursday. Zaslav said during opening remarks at Discovery’s TCA ...