Broadcasting & Cable News

TCA: Freeform Sets Premiere Date for 'Motherland: Fort Salem'

January 19, 2020

Pasadena, Calif. — Freeform unveiled the premiere date for Motherland: Fort Salem, the network announced Friday during its portions of the TCA winter press tour. The drama, written and created by Eliot Laurence, will premiere March 18. Complete Coverage: TCA Winter Press Tour Motherland will air ...

Dish Offer Would Keep Apollo Stations on Dish for Super Bowl

January 19, 2020

Dish said it is offering to extend its retransmission consent agreement, with payment, to keep the stations recently acquired by Apollo Global Management from being blacked out before the Super Bowl. “Apollo Global Management, the new owner of the former Northwest Broadcasting stations, has ...

TCA: Spectrum Originals Sets Premiere Date for 'Manhunt: Deadly Games'

January 19, 2020

Pasadena, Calif. -- Spectrum Originals has released the premiere date for anthology series Manhunt: Deadly Games. The anthology series, which follows the manhunt for the perpetrator of the 1996 terrorist attack at the summer Olympics in Atlanta, will debut Feb. 3. Spectrum will roll out all 10 ...

Dish Subs Blacked Out By Apollo Northwest Stations

January 19, 2020

Dish Network said that its subscribers lost access to the signal from stations bought by Apollo Global Management in 10 markets at 7p.m. Saturday as retransmission consent negotiations failed. Apollo acquired the stations from Northwest Broadcasting last year. Dish said that Apollo was seeing ...

House Takes Deep Dive into Online Fakes

January 12, 2020

Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) used an informational hearing on deep fakes and other online manipulation to hammer Big Tech in general and Facebook in particular, while Republicans found more to like on the edge. The hearing, "Americans at Risk: Manipulation and Deception in the Digital Age," in the ...

Korea’s MBC TV Installs Two Calrec Apollo Consoles Into Flagship Channel

January 12, 2020

HEBDEN BRIDGE, UK, JANUARY 8, 2020— Long-time Korean Calrec customer Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC), which has an extensive installed base of Artemis and Apollo consoles, has once again turned to Calrec to satisfy its growing audio needs with the purchase of two additional Apollo consoles. ...

ABC to Air Emmy Awards Sept. 20

January 12, 2020

ABC will air the 72nd Emmy Awards Sept. 20. The event happens at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. No host has been announced. The event, celebrating the best in television, will air live coast to coast on ABC. Nominations will be announced July 14. The Creative Arts Emmy Awards happens Sept. ...

JVC Pro Now Shipping Connected Cam 500 Series Cameras

January 12, 2020

WAYNE, NJ, JANUARY 8, 2020 – JVC Professional Video, a division of JVCKENWOOD USA Corporation, is now shipping its CONNECTED CAM 500 Series streaming handheld camcorders. compact 4K cameras — the GY-HC500 base model, the GY-HC550 with advanced streaming and graphics, and the GY-HC500SPC sports ...

ABC Orders ‘Thirtysomething’ Sequel

January 12, 2020

ABC has picked up the pilot for thirtysomething(else), a sequel to ‘80s hit drama thirtysomething. The show will follow the grown up, 30-something children of the original cast. “We’re gearing up for a series but we’ll start with a pilot,” said Karey Burke, ABC entertainment president. The ...