Broadcasting & Cable News

National Lampoon Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary at SXSW Comedy 2020 With 'National Lampoon Radio Hour: The Live Show'

January 19, 2020

New York, January 16, 2020 - National Lampoon is taking its 50th anniversary celebration to SXSW Comedy Festival 2020! The iconic comedy brand will present “National Lampoon Radio Hour: The Live Show” on Sunday, March 15 and Monday, March 16 at Esther’s Follies in Austin, Texas in front of live ...

Fox to Air ‘Harry & Meghan’ Special Jan. 29

January 19, 2020

Fox will air the one-hour special Harry & Meghan: The Royals in Crisis Jan. 29 at 8 p.m. ET/PT. The special looks into the couple’s plan to make a break from their role in the royal family. Telepictures is producing the special, which Fox calls a TMZ investigation. “More than a dozen people ...

LeGeyt Succeeds Ornelas as NAB COO

January 19, 2020

NAB chief operating officer Chris Ornelas is leaving the National Association of Broadcasters Feb. 1. According to NAB President Gordon Smith, Curtis LeGeyt, head of government relations for NAB, will succeed Ornelas as COO. Ornelas has been tapped to join Beasley Media Group as general ...

Gateway Mastering Simplifies and Streamlines Client Proofing Process With Sonoris Software

January 19, 2020

DAMWALD, Netherlands — Jan. 14, 2020 — Sonoris, a global provider of high-end audio products for recording and mastering, today announced that Gateway Mastering Studios is using a customized and branded version of the Sonoris DDP Player — dubbed Gateway Player — to streamline its client review ...

Peacock Plans Less Than 5 Minutes of Ads Per Hour

January 19, 2020

The part of Peacock that will be ad supported will feature most of the ways the TV business has been looking to fix its broken commercial model, which has been turning off viewers and driving them to ad-free services. Peacock, unveiled Thursday by Comcast’s NBCUniversal unit at an investor ...

IHSE's Draco tera KVM Switch Anchors State-of-the-Art High School TV Station in Fort Worth, Texas

January 19, 2020

CRANBURY, N.J. — Jan. 14, 2020 — IHSE USA's Draco tera 16-port matrix switch is a core element in a newly upgraded, state-of-the-art broadcast facility for NHSTV, a Texas-based television station run entirely by high school students and funded by the Northwest Independent School District (NWISD). ...

ANTON/BAUER AND OCONNOR EQUIP PRODUCTION OF NETFLIX SERIES 'GREEN FRONTIER'

January 19, 2020

BURY ST EDMUNDS, U.K., and SHELTON, Conn. — Jan. 14, 2020 — Anton/Bauer's DIONIC® XT batteries and the OConnor 2560 camera support system were essential tools in the production of "Green Frontier," a Colombian crime/thriller miniseries currently airing on Netflix. The Anton/Bauer and OConnor gear ...

NBCU to Launch Peacock on April 15 to Xfinity Subs

January 19, 2020

Comcast’s NBCUniversal said it will launch its streaming service Peacock on April 15. There will be several versions of the service: Peacock Free, which is ad supported and Peacock Premium which will be free to Comcast subscribers and, through a distribution deal, to Cox subscribers. Other viewers ...

SMPTE 2020 Call for Papers Now Open Under New Review Procedure

January 19, 2020

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Jan. 15, 2020 — SMPTE®, the organization that is defining the future of storytelling, is seeking technical manuscript proposals for the SMPTE 2020 Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition (SMPTE 2020), Nov. 9-12, at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites in Los Angeles. ...