The Switch, a global provider of production services and delivery of live video, will spotlight the latest capabilities of its rapidly growing service offering and global network presence and how it […]
Looking at the trouble regional sports networks are having getting distributors to pay for local sports and at CBS affiliates pulling their local feeds from vMVPD FuboTV, Lightshed partners analyst Rich Greenfield is questioning whether the retransmission gravy train for TV broadcasters has left the station.
As part of their partnership, Polaris will create content for HBCU Go, VOD, as well as AMG properties including TheGrio. Content will be focused on culture, music and news.
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Tedial, a media technology solutions specialist, says its award-winning smartWork cloud-native, NoCode media integration platform will be at NAB 2023 (April 16-19 at the Las Vegas Convention Center) with a suite of […]
The Broadcasters Foundation of America has renamed its annual Lifetime Achievement Award to the Edward F. McLaughlin Lifetime Achievement Award, in honor of the iconic broadcaster, who passed away in 2018. The […]
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AMC Networks, once one of cable TV’s big success stories, has struggled to find its way in the streaming era. James Dolan is hunting for a new CEO, and his wife, Kristin Dolan, is a candidate.
Big name advertisers from Netflix to Google are paying as much as $7 million for a 30-second spot during the big game on Sunday, in order to capture the attention of the roughly 100 million viewers who tune in each year.R
The programming veteran will lead development and production for all alternative series and specials at the Nexstar-owned network.
Black-owned and Black-targeted media leaders are stepping up their campaign to convince major advertisers to boost spending on companies like theirs. Byron Allen, founder, founder, chairman and CEO of Allen Media Group, will join Kathy Haley, co-founder and publisher of TVNewsCheck, for an in depth and frank conversation about how marketers and their agencies can help bring equity to a marketplace that has long paid lower rates for and minimized spending on Black-owned and Black-targeted media. Join the conversation by registering here for the webinar, set for Wednesday, Jan. 25 at 1 p.m. ET
The 67-year-old actor died on Oct. 24, 2022, of sudden cardiac dysfunction due to arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease, according to a report by the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner.
“Can NBC afford to give up something that someone else will snatch and possibly make even bigger?”
As cars become computers, more bandwidth becomes vital.
Laura Molen, who rose to president of advertising sales at NBCUniversal during a decade-long run, has announced plans to depart the company early next year. The longtime deputy to ad and client partnerships chief Linda Yaccarino will stay on through the end of the first quarter of 2023 in order to help with the transition. (Image credit NBCU)
NBC News has temporarily removed journalist Ben Collins, who covers disinformation and extremism and their intersection with digital venues, from regular reporting on Twitter and Elon Musk according to a person familiar with the matter, citing remarks on social media that the NBCUniversal news organization felt were not consistent with its editorial standards. NBC News declined to make executives available for comment.
The key Democrat’s confirmation remains stuck in committee.
CNN’s senior vice president of original series program development, Jon Adler, is exiting the cable news network by the end of the year. The news comes after the media company announced it would be pulling back on original series and documentary content commissioned by outside partners. Adler has been with CNN for a decade and helped launch the CNN’s original programming slate. He was promoted to this role in March, ahead of the debut and eventual discontinuation of CNN+.
A media entrepreneur who created the Westwood One radio network that brought rock concerts and personalities such as Larry King and Casey Kasem to millions of listeners, Pattiz has died at 79. His death was confirmed by Westwood One, now owned by Cumulus Media. The company did not disclose the cause of death. (Image: Eric Risberg / Associated Press)
Gayle King was asked on Thursday’s Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen for her thoughts about the situation at ABC’s GMA3, in which co-hosts Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes where at least temporarily pulled from hosting duties after their romantic relationship was made public. “It’s just gotten very messy and very sloppy,” she said.
Weinstein, the current VP of digital media, will replace the retiring Terry Murphy, who is wrapping up a 42-year career with C-SPAN on January 6.
