After four years of participating on panels at the annual NAB Show, newly minted commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission, Ajit Pai, used TV terms to describe being asked to give this morning's keynote speech. "It's like going from a morning show to prime time," Pai said to the standing-room-only crowd at the broadcasting, media...
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April 25, 2017
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In NAB keynote, Ajit Pai seeks 'new spirit of cooperation' with skeptical broadcasters
By Chris Ariens
After four years of participating on panels at the annual NAB Show, newly minted commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission, Ajit Pai, used TV terms to describe being asked to give this morning's keynote speech. "It's like going from a morning show to prime time," Pai said to the standing-room-only crowd at the broadcasting, media...
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The series is unconventional, but that could work in its favor
By T.L. Stanley
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By T.L. Stanley
One group just loves Netflix
By Sami Main
Storied print, broadcasting and digital company looks to the future
By Chris Ariens
Like most media companies, 130-year-old Hearst is having to find new ways of doing business. The privately held magazine publisher, TV station owner, minority owner of cable networks including ESPN and A+E, and new media investor makes a quarter of its profits from business services, ranging from ratings agency Fitch to Hearst Health to Floor...
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'We're platform and language agnostic'
By Sami Main
According to David Chitel, the CEO and founder of NGL Studios, 43 percent of millennials come from a multicultural background. To that end, Latino video marketing company NGL Studios is entering this year's NewFronts presentations to show advertisers the different ways their branded content can connect with that generation. "This audience is a critically important...
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Bill Nye Saves the World is The Daily Show, but with science
By Sami Main
With original series galore, Netflix has some of the most premium comedy and dramatic programming available to viewers. But as millennials choose on-demand content, with or without ads, they have the opportunity to opt out of content from news stations on TV or online through social media and their websites. And social media has become...
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Commingling real-life and fictitious LAPD detectives
By Richard Horgan
In this age of true-crime podcasts, the following reads like the narrator-intro for the beginning of another such series: Kari Lenander haunts Detective Tim Marcia's dreams, saying: "Don't forget about me. Don't forget about me. Why did this happen to me?" For nearly 15 years, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) investigator has poured through...
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Think Empire, en espanol
By Chris Ariens
As Spanish-language TV in the U.S. continues to move away from the sappy storylines of the telenovela, one network is banking on a combination of music, action and romance to grab viewers. Telemundo, NBCUniversal's fast-growing Spanish-language network, will debut Guerra de Idolos (War of Idols) tonight. Think Empire, but in Spanish. The network has landed...
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Finding ways to keep viewers engaged
By Sami Main
Technology around TV keeps advancing, and advertisers are desperate to keep up with changing viewer behaviors. If people walk out of the room when ads appear on traditional TV, will the rise in streaming platforms change their habits? Companies like BrightLine and true[X] have tried to solve the problem by creating targeted and interactive ads...
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