B&C Today: NBCU Has Olympic Fever; CBS Poised for Season Win

Broadcasting & Cable Newsletter   Trouble seeing this email?      The best of BroadcastingCable.com delivered to your inbox daily       Our Top Stories         NBCU Cable Networks Catching Olympic Fever USA returns to lineup for Rio with 110.5 hours of coverage READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: In total, NBC Olympics plans to have more than 6,000 hours of coverage, including streaming, of all 130 competitions at the Rio Games.   CBS Poised for Season Win in Demos, Total Viewers Eye edges NBC in key demos, bigger win margin in total viewers READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: The Eye averaged close to 11 million total viewers, ahead of NBC's 8.1 million, ABC's 6.8 million, Fox's 5.8 million and CW's 2.0 million.   Redstone Names New Trustees and Directors Appoints granddaughter to board at National Amusements, which owns stakes in Viacom, CBS READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: The trust will control Sumner Redstone's assets, including National Amusements, when he dies or becomes incapacitated.       More Headlines         Syndication Ratings: 'Live' Rises on Strahan's Exit Indy 500 Could Lift Local Blackout If Race Sells Out FCC Asked to Open Formal Proceeding on Zero Rating Plans Motor Trend Updates SVOD Service Comcast: Set-Top Box Proposal Fails on All Counts Spanish Soccer Game Hits Facebook Live FX Cues Up 'Fargo' Marathon June 4 Senate Candidate Putting Big Bucks Into Florida TV Public to Get Round-By-Round Spectrum Auction Updates YouTube Upgrades E3 Gaming Hub more headlines »     Blog Of Note       Guest Blog: Google's Plan to Destroy Local TV By Jonathan Taplin On Jan. 27, 2016, FCC chairman Tom Wheeler announced an initiative called AllVid, saying that it "is time to unlock the set top box market." Wheeler proposed that any company be able to sell a set-top box that would interface with the existing cable and satellite architecture. Within hours of the announcement, Google's Washington, D.C. office sent out an invitation. 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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