• Bounce TV unveils upfront programming slate

  Bounce TV, the nation’s only broadcast network for African Americans, announced its first-ever slate of upfront programming plans, including original new scripted and non-scripted series, series renewals, the return to broadcast television of one of the most-popular game shows in history, an exclusive new college sports rights deal and more. ';Bounce TV’s accelerated ...

• NBC delivers best May sweep in nine years

  NBC is closing out the traditional 2012-13 primetime TV season running within a tenth of a rating point of second place in adults 18-49, NBC's most competitive position at the end of a season in nine years. With results for the primetime week of May 13-19 bringing the networks within three days of the season's conclusion, NBC is running a tenth of a point behind #2 Fox, a dramatic ...

• CPJ Concerned by DOJ Pursuit of Fox Journalist

  The Committee to Protect Journalists said Tuesday it was "alarmed" by reports that the Justice Department was investigating a Fox News reporter as a co-conspirator in the leak of classified info because he sought that information from a source. ...

• U.S. stocks close higher on Fed QE comments

  +0.17% hitting record highs, after comments from two Federal Reserve officials suggested that the central bank is not close to tapering its bond-buying program. The Dow gained 52.30 points, or 0.3%, to end at 15,387.58 and the S&P 500 gained 2.87 points, or 0.2%, to 1,669.16. The Nasdaq ...

• New Agama cable TV probe delivers deep analysis high capacity

  Agama Technologies has launched Analyzer OMNIA, a new DVB-C monitoring probe with high density and parallel capacity. The new space- and cost-efficient product range will mean no more blind spots for cable operators, as it provides complete transparency of the delivered quality by monitoring up to 48 multiplexes and all individual services in real-time with complete TS analysis and full TR290 ...

• Litepanels announces new LS Series lighting kits

  Litepanels has unveiled new LS Series lighting kits, featuring the company's new lineup of LED lighting fixtures. The 1x1 panel fixtures that make up the kits provide soft, full spectrum illumination. Each kit comes with AC power supplies and light stands for each lighting fixture, as well as a rugged carrying case. The LS Traveler Duo Kit provides a pair of daylight color balance ...

• FUJIFILM to spotlight Premier Cabrio lenses at Cine Gear Expo

  FUJIFILM will showcase its Premier PL 4K+ cine lenses and Cabrio cine/ENG-Style lens series during Cine Gear Expo at The Studios at Paramount in Hollywood, CA, May 31-June 1. The Premier PL 4K+ Series features fast T speeds with color matched 4K and beyond optical performance. The ...

• NEP launches new HD vehicle for Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia

  has launched NCPII, a purpose-built mobile broadcasting facility designed to the specifications of Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia (CSN ...

• Riedel to showcase MediorNet interface card for Grass Valley 3G cameras

  Riedel's new MediorNet MN-GV-2 interface card allows bidirectional camera signals, including all embedded audio and telemetry control data, from Grass Valley 3G camera systems to be routed via ...

• Large-screen public display panels to see significant growth says NPD DisplaySearch

  Worldwide, the market for large screen public display panels is projected to grow at 23 percent compounded annually from 2013 through 2017, according to the latest NPD DisplaySearch ...

• Frame rate converter helps PacTV simplify operations

  frame rate converter to minimize the need for additional processing gear. PacTV owns three UFM-30FRC units and has been using its up/down/crossconverting capabilities for wide-ranging format conversions to transmit feeds around the world. As PacTV constantly works with incoming feeds via satellite and its proprietary global fiber network, the UFM-30FRC’s built-in frame synchronizer is an ...

• CGI pipeline efficiency drives success says Romey

  Mike Romey, head of pipeline for Zoic Studios, says building a pipeline that allows the studio to be more efficient and competitive is a must to handle a volume of work that grows each ...

• McCain takes aim at pay TV bundling OTA downgrades sports blackouts

  Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) has introduced the Television Consumer Freedom Act, which pushes MVPDs to offer channels on an a la carte basis rather than as program ...

• Film book festival tackles full-length HD film submissions

  The nine-day Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival has standardized on Signiant's Media Shuttle file-sharing system for submissions and ...

• Stakeholders prod FCC for “down from 51” plan

  It should tell you something that the industries that are expected to sell and buy spectrum when the incentive auctions take place agree on the way television channels should be repacked, and it should tell you a lot more that they are dismayed the FCC has decided to consider other methodologies. The companies that will be providing equipment for the project also agree with broadcaster (the ...

• Seven Questions with Dave Schutz

  About The Author: Editor-in-Chief Dave Seyler has spent the past 20 years with RBR-TVBR. He joined the company in 1992 after breaking into the broadcast trades with Broadcasting and Cable. He provides coverage of Washington, station transactions, general statistical reports and just about any other topic. He is learning to dodge hurricanes as the editor in residence at RBR-TVBR's Outer ...

• Fired WROD GM broker comment on litigation

  We just ran a story about Kevin Geddings, a terminated GM at Volusia Broadcasting's Oldies WROD-A/FM Daytona Beach, who is being sued by ...

• Just-sold Class A slammed for rule violation

  The FCC isn't saying that WJPW-CD Weirton WV didn't have its Children's Television Programming Reports in good order. But for 21 consecutive quarters, it apparently failed to file the reports with the Commission. The result is a hefty fine right as the station is being sold along with ten of its sister stations. The station is part of the Bruno Goodworth Network, anchored by ...

• FCC opens window the MX translator deals

  MX equals mutually exclusive, and out of all the applications for FM translators that have been sitting around for years in advance of the proceeding that is making room for additions to the LPFM service, there are a lot of them. The FCC is encouraging competing applicants to resolve the situation and avoid an auction for the contested translator CP. As a general rule, competing applicants are ...

• Sound Devices Elevates Commitment to Technical Sales Expertise with Recent Company Promotions

  , experts in audio and video products for field production,is pleased to announce two internal promotions. As the company continues to evolve in the professional audio and video markets, it has named Pat McConnell Vice President of Sales and Ed Capp Global Sales Director. At a time when the level of technical expertise required for successful sales is paramount, the pair has demonstrated ...

• Matrox and 1 Beyond Unveil StreamMachine DC at Streaming Media East

  At Streaming Media East in booth 320, Matrox and 1 Beyond today demonstrated the industry’s first battery-powered multichannel live production streaming system, ...

• Female Canadian Mountie sues claims sexual assault harassment

  A female staff sergeant has sued the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, claiming she was harassed and sexually assaulted in the 1980s. The suit against the Attorney General of Canada and 13 others says Staff Sgt. Caroline Mary Sarah O'Farrell, 52, was subjected to abuse while a constable in the Musical Ride, the police force's travelling equestrian show. The statement of claim alleges ...

• Teens Putting More Personal Info on Net

  Teens are increasingly putting personal information on social media sites, but they are also taking steps to manage the privacy of that information. That is according ...

• Pittsburgh to honor Pitt’s WPTS-FM

  The Pittsburgh City Council has co-sponsored a resolution, unanimously affirmed by the Council, to declare 5/28 "92.1 WPTS Day" in the City of Pittsburgh. This resolution follows a second consecutive Top-5 finish for WPTS Radio in MTVu's ranking of the best college radio stations in the country. It also recognizes WPTS Radio's decades-long history of providing University of ...

• NBC wins Monday with The Voice

  NBC’s singers beat ABC’s dancers Monday night as the network finished 1st and 2nd. CBS grabbed 3rd place and Univision was 4th ahead very subdued results for ...

• FMs sold in Nebraska Illinois

  $43K KHZZ-FM Sargent NE from My Bridge Radio (Stanley A. Parker) to Mid Nebraska Broadcasting LLC (Mark G. Jenson). Cash. Station is Class A on 92.1 MHz, has applied to upgrade to Class C1 on 92.3 MHz. As licensed, combo with KNLV-AM Ord NE. If application is approved, it would form a duopoly with KNLV-FM Ord NE as well. [FCC file date 5/13/13] $5K FM CP Clifton IL from Prairie Air Inc. (Vicki ...

• Insights on Internet radio campaigns

  TargetSpot, the largest digital audio ad network, released the results of campaigns for Auto, Retail, Banking, and Insurance advertisers, showcasing the effectiveness of the medium across these categories. In 2013, more than 147 million people in the US will tune in to Internet Radio, which equates to 67.4% of Internet users in the US. While more people are listening to Digital Audio than ever ...

• Streamline Acquires Radio Discussions.Com

  www.radiodiscussions.com ) from In3Media, operated by Diana Fleming. The popular boards were originally the discussion arm of In3Media’s Radio-Info.com site, and were retained when In3Media sold Radio-Info. Streamline Publishing CEO Jim Robinson said, ';This is a perfect fit for Streamline’s Radio Ink and RBR-TVBR news brands." These three strong individual businesses ...

• TiVo Asks Bureau to Rethink Charter Waiver

  TiVo has joined the Consumer Electronics Association in a challenge to the FCC's conditional waiver to Charter to supply set-tops with downloadable security rather than the current CableCARD hardware fix, but it is taking a different route. The Consumer Electronics Association on ...

• ATT NAB Auction Disconnect at FCC

  AT&T and the National Association of Broadcasters are on the same page, literally, when it comes to the FCC's just-released public notice on a post-incentive auction band plan for coexistence between wireless broadband and broadcast spectrum ...

• Sky News plans deployment of Dejero LIVE+ mobile apps

  Dejero LIVE+ Mobile App licenses. After a successful testing period with the Dejero technology, including the world's first intercontinental live video interview using Dejero's LIVE+ Mobile App installed on an iPhone, Sky News is in the process of deploying the technology to supplement its domestic and international newsgathering operation. The Dejero solutions and support were ...

• Bannister Lake and Compix partner for social media integration

  . The resulting system cost-efficiently marries professional branding and content management to create a customizable social media tool that enhances the viewing ...

• ESCORT and Siano partner on a new Mobile-TV accessory

  Siano recently announced a new device, the ESCORT MobileTV accessory for iPhones, iPads and iPod Touch. This new mobile TV-compatible receiver is supported by Siano highly integrated mobile-DTV receiver chip and iOS digital TV middleware. The ESCORT MobileTV includes an ATSC-mobile tuner and a built-in rechargeable battery to deliver live entertainment, sports and breaking news from supported ...

• ABC and other networks move toward Nielsen online TV audience tracking

  ABC is starting to see the bigger picture of capturing audience engagement as it pertains to online TV. Nielsen is breaking out into new areas as well with ...

• Ad Sales Account Executive

  Fenwick Island, DE – HELP PUT THE SPOTLIGHT ON RESULTS "Nimble, Adaptable, Entrepreneurial Describes you - AND your Clients. Whether they're a local business or a national presence, Clients need to reach their audiences in a more targeted, compelling and strategic fashion than the traditional mass market commercial. Comcast Spotlight, the leading ad-creation business in the ...

• Study Viewers Seek TV Info on Social Media

  The ways social media is having an impact on TV -- and vice versa -- is a both a big deal here and a global phenomenon, according to a new study by Viacom. In "When Networks Network: TV Gets Social," Viacom says viewers have three main reasons for TV-related social media use. Those are: Functional, such as searching for show schedules; communal, such as connecting with others; ...

• Dish Sprint Begin Due Diligence

  Dish Network's month-long attempt to acquire Sprint Nextel moved a step forward Monday after the wireless giant said it had received a waiver of various provisions in its merger agreement with Softbank that would allow it to conduct due diligence discussions with the satellite TV service provider. In a statement late Monday, Sprint said the waiver will permit the company and its ...

• Beyond Netflix Is Yahoo the Next HBO

  Although lately most of the mobile TV news has been via Amazon launching new pilots for upcoming shows and Netflix streaming hit shows such as "House of Cards," there is one up-and-coming player that is not on many people's radar right ...

• Digital Rapids Bringing Award-Winning Media Transformation and Workflow Innovations to ANGA COM and Broadcast Asia

  At the ANGA COM Exhibition and Congress and at Broadcast Asia, Digital Rapids will be showcasing its solutions for file-based media transformation workflows; live and linear multiscreen encoding and broadcast; and ingest, encoding and archive. Visitors can experience first-hand how Digital Rapids' innovative solutions, technologies and expertise enable media enterprises to bring live and ...

• Digital Rapids releases Stream 3.8

  Digital Rapids has released version 3.8 of its Stream software for the StreamZ, StreamZHD and Flux ingest, encoding and streaming systems. Advances in the new version include H.264, MPEG-2 and DVCPRO encoding enhancements, including 4K Ultra HD H.264 encoding support; expaned support for automated multiscreen advertising insertion workflows; and new predefined project files for transforming ...

• WRN Broadcast appoints non-exec director

  WRN Broadcast has appointed the former boss of Arqiva's broadcast and media division to the role of non-executive director. Nick Thompson, who was managing director of Arqiva's broadcast and media division until 2011, will work with WRN Broadcast's board and executive management team on the company's strategic development plan.WRN Broadcast chairman Tim Ashburner said: ...

• Global Radio told to sell seven stations

  Global Radio , owner of network radio brands including Capital, Heart and Real, must sell stations in seven areas of the UK to appease the competition regulator's concerns over its 70m acquisition of GMG Radio.The UK's largest radio operator has been told by the Competition Commission that it must sell some of GMG Radio's Real and Smooth stations, or its own services such as Heart ...

• Celebrating Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month – Honoring our Partners and Building New Bridges For Collaboration and Outreach

  In June 1977, a House resolution called upon the president to proclaim the first ten days of May as Asian-Pacific Heritage Week. The month of May was chosen to commemorate the immigration of the first Japanese to the United States on May 7, 1843, and to mark the anniversary of the completion of the transcontinental railroad on May 10, 1869. Over time, additional resolutions passed and in 1992, ...

• Charter Gains Big in ACSI Survey

  Charter Communications, leaped 8% in the American Customer Satisfaction Index in the past year, finishing the period with an overall benchmark score of 64 out of a possible 100 and placing a strong second to perennial cable ACSI leader Cox Communications.Cox finished the period up 3% to 65, still below the 67 score it netted in 2011, but an improvement ...

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