Broadcasting & Cable News

CBS Sells Fall Slate Programs to Pay TV Platform in Turkey

July 08, 2018

CBS Studios International said it signed a new exclusive multiplatform, multiseries content licensing agreement. As part of the deal, Digiturk’s channels will be airing series that will launch on CBS this fall including FBI, Happy Together and Neighborhood. It will also get The CW’s reboot of ...

Channel One Going Dark

July 08, 2018

Opponents of Channel One News are celebrating the announcement by Houghton Mifflin that it is pulling the plug on the in-classroom broadcast service. "Our last broadcast aired in May, and we will be winding down ongoing operations," the company announced on its website. "While the daily broadcasts ...

ACT: NTIA More Likely Than FCC to Produce Unbiased Broadband Report

July 08, 2018

ACT: The App Association, which represents more than 5,000 app developers and device makers, said the Commerce Department's National Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA) should be the one collecting and compiling data on broadband availability, not the FCC. "[T]he technology ...

FuboTV Names Ex-Sourcepoint Executive Magnusson as CTO

July 08, 2018

Sports streaming service FuboTV named Geir Magnusson Jr. as chief technology officer. Magnusson, previously co-founder and CTO of Sourcepoint Technologies, will be based in New York and report to David Gandler, co-founder and CEO of FuboTV. He succeeds Jason Solinsky. FuboTV last week ...

Bill Shine Named to Trump Communications Team

July 08, 2018

Donald Trump has made it official. Former Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network co-president Bill Shine has been named assistant to the President and deputy chief of communications. The President has made no secret of his affection for Fox News, particularly compared with the outlets he feels ...

Primetime Ratings: Macy's 4th of July Fireworks Gives NBC Easy Win

July 08, 2018

NBC took Wednesday's primetime ratings with Macy's 4th of July Fireworks display, per the Nielsen overnights, 18-49. NBC scored an overall 1.1/7 in primetime. CBS was second with a 0.7/4, led by a new episode of Big Brother. The Macy's fireworks special aired live from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. and did a ...

FCC Shot Clock Stays Off

July 08, 2018

The FCC's voluntary merger review shot clock hasn't been getting much action lately. The Sinclair-Tribune shot clock remains stopped--since January--and probably won't start until at least July 12, the deadline for comment on Sinclair's latest version of the deal, though the FCC is not making it ...

Thinking of Cutting the Cord? Think Again

July 08, 2018

Cable companies are feeling the heat as streaming services sweep the industry. It’s predicted that by 2021, 81 million Americans—or 30 percent—won’t be using traditional paid TV. At first glance, cable and streaming services may appear to be enemies. In reality, the two can work together to build ...

Ed Schultz, Former MSNBC Primetime Host, Dies at 64

July 08, 2018

Former MSNBC Host Ed Schultz died Thursday, the network reported. He was 64 years old. He joined MSNBC as the host of a weekly talk program with a progressive point of view, The Ed Show, in 2009. The show stayed on the network until 2015. More recently, he hosted a program on RT America, News with ...