B&C Today: Court Tosses FCC's JSA Rule; FX Picks Up Final Seasons of 'The Americans'

Broadcasting & Cable Newsletter   Trouble seeing this email?      The best of BroadcastingCable.com delivered to your inbox daily       Our Top Stories         Court Throws Out FCC's JSA Rule Chastises FCC over late quadrennial review, directs it to define eligible entity READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: The Court, though, left open the possibility the FCC could restore the JSA rule.   FX Picks Up Final Seasons of Spy Saga 'The Americans' 13 episodes to air in 2017, with last 10 appearing in 2018 READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: So far this season, The Americans has averaged 2.2 million total viewers using live plus seven day ratings.   Indianapolis Gets Indy 500 Live for First Time Since 1950 The Indianapolis Motor Speedway Wednesday lifted the longstanding local TV blackout READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: Indianapolis viewers have only been able to watch the Indy 500 live twice.       More Headlines         FCC's Wheeler Signals JSA Rule Could Return House Appropriations Bill Would Delay Set-Top Proposal GroupM Digital Buying Chief Bluman, 44, Dies Joel McHale, Ryan Seacrest, Alec Baldwin to Join Kelly Ripa on 'Live' FCC Proposes Axing Last Local File Obligations FTC Chair Ramirez Wants Broadband Privacy Authority Turner's Sager to Get Jimmy V Award at ESPYs NBC, Fandango Partner on Olympics Promotion Pac-12 Sanctions eSports Competitions WLS Chicago's Krashesky Filling Magers' Anchor Seat more headlines »     Blog Of Note       Can 'American Idol' Be Rebooted? By Michael Malone Amidst the spate of revitalized TV shows, including Twin Peaks on Showtime, The X-Files on Fox and upcoming MacGyver on CBS, one has to wonder if American Idol, the single biggest ratings phenomenon of the newish century, can be brought back. The topic was kicked around during an HRTS "State of the Industry" panel on non-scripted television, and Trish Kinane, president of entertainment programming at FremantleMedia North America and an exec producer on America's Got Talent (and former Idol exec producer to boot), definitely did not rule out the possibility. READ MORE »   more blogs »     Events       Next TV Summit & Expo June 15, 2016 | Hyatt Regency San Francisco | San Francisco, CA Learn More The Cloud & IP Tech Leadership Summit June 22-23, 2016 | Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare Hotel & Conference Center | Rosemont, IL Learn More Keynotes & Cocktails: Women of the West (partner event) June 29, 2016 | The Television Academy's Saban Media Center | Los Angeles, CA Learn More News Technology Summit September 27-28, 2016 | Tampa Airport Marriott | Tampa, FL Learn More OnDemand Summit September 29, 2016 | Manhattan NYC, An Affinia Hotel New York , NY Learn More NYC Television and Video Week Virtual Reality 20/20 October, 17, 2016 |The TimesCenter— NYC Learn More B&C Hall of Fame October, 18, 2016 | Waldorf Astoria— NYC Learn More Advanced Advertising October, 19, 2016 | Grand Hyatt— NYC Learn More Next TV Summit October, 19, 2016 | Grand Hyatt— NYC Learn More Hispanic Television Summit October, 20, 2016 | Grand Hyatt— NYC Learn More The Diversity Discussion December 5, 2016 |Convene Conference Center | New York, NY Learn More more events »     Jobs       Account Executive WBNS 10TV – Columbus, NA, United States   Assistant Chief Engineer GEB America – Tulsa, OK, United States   TV Engineer Arkansas State University – Jonesboro, AR, United States   Broadcast Television Relations ION Media Networks, Inc. – USA, United States, United States   more jobs »   News Blogs Events People TV Careers   Advertise Contact Us Send this to a friend       ©2016 NewBay Media, LLC

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