B&C Today: Fox Rolling Out Local News on WDCA; AT&T Joins Internet Action Day

Broadcasting & Cable Newsletter   July 12, 2017     The best of BroadcastingCable.com delivered to your inbox daily     Top Stories       Fox Rolling Out Local News on WDCA Washington The launch is part of the group's effort to use WDCA as an extension of its primary station, WTTG READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: Fox sold WDCA's spectrum in the broadcast incentive auction for $119 million.   AT&T Joins Internet Action Day Wants Congress to clarify FCC has regulatory authority without imposing Title II READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: ISPs have long argued that Title II fans don't have a monopoly on wanting to protect network neutrality.   Microsoft Claims Rural White Spaces Plan Could Cost Less Than $12 Billion Says "not our goal to make a profit" from rollout envisioned for next 5 years READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: NAB has attacked Microsoft's "Rural Airband Initiative," calling the proposal "the height of arrogance."   More Top Stories       Kevin Hart, Lionsgate to Launch Comedy Streaming Video Service Season Two of 'Stranger Things' Starts on Netflix Oct. 27 Wyoming Commits to FirstNet Season Three of 'Outlander' on Starz Sept. 10 CBS to Air 'Michael Jackson's Halloween' in Fall Senate Slates FCC Nomination Hearing Dems Add Their Voices to Internet Advocacy Day ISPs Seek More Time to Challenge Title II in Supreme Court Season Seven of 'Homeland' to Be Shot in Virginia NAB Lists Reasons Microsoft's Vacant Channel Push Is Off Base more headlines »   Blog Of Note     From Disrupter to Distribution Channel: Social Media's Influence Grows as Local TV Adapts By Josh Davis, Share Rocket Director of Customer Success The meteoric rise of social media has brought tremendous change to the American media landscape over the last decade. Many viewers are consuming more media than ever through their mobile devices and on social networks. According to the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism's Digital News Report 2017, 51% of those surveyed in the U.S. now get news from social media. That's a 5% increase from the 2016 report and that figure is double what it was in 2013. READ MORE » more blogs »   Departments       B&C Events: Telemundo to Preview 2018 World Cup Coverage at Hispanic Television Summit Washington: IIA Joins AT&T in Non-Title II Internet Action Day Advocacy Technology: Netgear DOCSIS 3.1 Router Combo Reaches Retail Fates & Fortunes: FCC's Pai Names Tina Pelkey New Press Secretary Local TV: Symson to Take Over as E.W. Scripps CEO on Aug. 8   Events     News Technology Summit September 26-27, 2017 | Atlanta Airport Marriott, GA Learn More Streaming Technology Leadership Summit October 16-17, 2017 | The Stewart Hotel, NYC Learn More NYC Television Week October 16-19, 2017 | NYC Learn More B&C Hall Of Fame October 16 | Grand Hyatt Hotel, NYC Learn More VR 2020 Summit October 17 | The Stewart Hotel, NYC Learn More Advanced Advertising October 18 | Sheraton Times Square, NYC Learn More NextTV Summit New York City October 18 | Sheraton Times Square, NYC Learn More Hispanic Television Summit October 19 | Sheraton Times Square, NYC Learn More TV Data Summit October 19 | Sheraton Times Square, NYC Learn More more events »   Jobs     Network Technical Support Specialist / Equipment (HBITS 4644) Advanced Technology Solutions, Inc – Albany, NY, US   Jr. Media Planner Zimmerman Advertising – Fort Lauderdale, FL, US   Director of Development Tastemade – New York, NY, US   Project Manager (VOD/OTT - Television/CableTV) Ubique Systems Inc. – Plainview, NY, US   more jobs » News Blogs Events People TV Careers   Advertise Contact Us Send this to a friend       ©2017 NewBay Media, LLC

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