Broadcasting & Cable News

Hear From and Meet The Industry Leaders Changing the Shape of Television

January 19, 2020

NEW YORK – Future’s NYC Television Week, the industry’s premiere event for insights, information and networking with and from the leaders shaping the television industry today and in the future, returns with its much anticipated spring event, March 24-26. The interactive and engaging conference is ...

Judge Dismisses AT&T Suit Against Max Retrans

January 19, 2020

A federal judge dismissed with prejudice a six-month old lawsuit filed by AT&T against Max Retrans, adding that the broadcast TV consultant headed by former Nexstar Media chief operating officer Duane Lammers did not violate a 2016 non-disclosure agreement. The original suit, filed in U.S. ...

Crystal Vision now shipping IP gateways that work with both ST 2022 and ST 2110

January 19, 2020

Crystal Vision has released three IP gateways which work with ST 2110 video as well as ST 2022, increasing their usefulness in broadcast systems. IP inputs and outputs are individually selectable between ST 2022 and ST 2110, allowing use with both protocols at the same time if required. Designed ...

Primetime Ratings: Fox Wins With Strong ‘Last Man Standing’

January 19, 2020

Fox had top score in Thursday prime, comedy Last Man Standing leading the way to a 0.7 rating in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 4 share. That squeaked by the 0.6/3s put up by ABC and CBS. Two episodes of Last Man Standing got a flat 0.8 and Deputy dropped 14% to 0.6. On ABC, ...

‘Bill Hemmer Reports’ Premieres on Fox News Jan. 20

January 19, 2020

Bill Hemmer Reports starts on Fox News Channel Jan. 20, taking over the 3 p.m. slot following Shepard Smith’s departure in October. Hemmer shifts out of three-hour morning program America’s Newsroom. The aim of the new show is for viewers to get “the whole picture,” Hemmer said, which is hard to ...

How Doubling Down on Addressable Technology Can Transform An Advertising Buy

January 19, 2020

Sometimes it’s hard to know if your advertising strategy is really worth the investment. How do you know you’re getting the right message to the right consumers regardless of where, when or how they watch TV? For a growing number of advertisers, one particular strategy is offering a solution: ...

Julia Louis-Dreyfus Signs Exclusive Deal with Apple

January 19, 2020

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, having ended her award-winning run on HBO with Veep, has signed a new multi-year agreement with Apple. The deal comes as new competing streaming services look to lock up talent. Under her new deal, Louis-Dreyfus will develop new projects exclusively for Apple TV+, which was ...

‘Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne’ on A&E This Summer

January 19, 2020

A&E Network’s Biography will focus on rock legend Ozzy Osbourne. Documentary special The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne will air this summer, after it premieres at SXSW in March. Osbourne was the singer in hard rock band Black Sabbath in the ‘70s before embarking on a solo career. Known as the ...

TCA: Freeform Renews 'Grown-ish', 'Good Trouble'

January 19, 2020

Pasadena, Calif. — Freeform has renewed grown-ish and Good Trouble, the network announced Friday during its portion of the TCA winter press tour. The pick-up gives comedy grown-ish, a spin-off from ABC's black-ish, a fourth season. From ABC Signature Studios, grown-ish is executive produced ...