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  • BBC takes Red Bee deals to 2017 as overhaul continues

    The BBC has extended Red Bee Media's contracts to provide playout, metadata and interactive services by 18 months, to give it more time to overhaul the way it broadcasts and publishes content. The initial 10-year contracts for playout and metadata services, which were signed when Red Bee was spun off from the BBC, were due to end in December 2015.The contract for interactive services was ...

  • Ericsson set for global push into broadcast

    The head of Ericsson's broadcast division has underlined the company's aims to push further into the sector. Speaking on the first anniversary ...

  • New System Simplifies Media Credit Checking

    A new system that streamlines the credit application process for advertisers is now available online, the Broadcast Cable Credit Association says. The Electronic Media Credit Application, or EMCAPP, allows an advertiser or agency looking to buy ads to fill out a single credit application and agency-of-record letter that will be reviewable by multiple media outlets. "It actually helps ...

  • Sports Summit ESPN Chief Skipper Says World Cup Will Dominate

    The World Cup is just under a year away, and John Skipper, president of ESPN, Inc., could barely contain his excitement for the global TV property. He said the passion of the host nation, Brazil, coupled with mostly favorable (for U.S. viewers) kickoff times, will have Americans buzzing about soccer and tuning in to matches on ESPN in substantial numbers. "We think it's going to ...

  • PromaxBDA Panelists Say Second-Screen Viewing Is the New Norm

    Los Angeles -- Social media leaders at Wednesday's PromaxBDA Innovations Committee presentation, "Driving Viewers and Revenue with Creative Social TV Strategies," highlighted the increased importance of social media as a television marketing tool, and the growing trend of second-screen viewing. The panel was moderated by Andy Batkin, CEO of Social Summits, LLC, and featured ...


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Dave Chappelle's Block Party

Dave Chappelle's Block Party

At its best, Dave Chappelle's Block Party is reminiscent of the great late-'60s and early-'70s pop culture documentaries, including D.A. Pennebaker's Don't Look Back (1967), Michael Wadleigh's Woodstock (1970), and the Maysles' Gimme Shelter (1 ... ...

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  • NAB Broadcast-Targeted Content Regs Increasingly Indefensible

    The National Association of Broadcasters has told the FCC that a broadcast-only indecency policy is increasingly indefensible in a digital world where kids are accessing unfiltered content from a variety of platforms, and says a proposal to only pursue egregious indecency complaints is not enough.In comments on the FCC's proposal Wednesday, NAB said: "In the 35 years since the Supreme ...

  • Sports Summit Sports Programming Scores With Advertisers

    For advertisers, high-rated, live sports programming still delivers the biggest bang for their buck in the television space, according to executives speaking Wednesday at the Sports Business & Technology Summit in New York."Advertisers follow the eyeballs and right now there are a lot of eyeballs for sports," said Jon Diament, executive vice president of ad sales and marketing for ...

  • Dispute over Greek broadcaster illustrates how essential public service broadcasting is

    Protesters demonstrate outside Greek state television ERT headquarters in Athens last week. Prime minister Antonis Samaras was forced to climb down over his decision to close the state broadcaster. Photograph: ...

  • Sports Summit CBS McManus -- Fox Sports 1 Not Altering OurStrategy

    New York -- CBS Sports chairman Sean McManus expects the launch of Fox Sports 1 in August to make a lot of noise, but he's not changing the strategy of his cable competitor CBS Sports Network in light of the crowding field, he told attendees at Wednesday's Sports Business and Technology Summit presented ...

  • Public Knowledge Broadcasters Should Be Free From Content Regs

    "Whatever the future of broadcasting might be, there is no question that broadcasters have the same First Amendment rights as other speakers." That was the message to the FCC from Public Knowledge, TechFreedom, Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Center for Democracy & Technology in comments filed at the FCC.Former FCC chairman Julius Genachowski last fall announced that the FCC ...

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