B&C Today: Feds OK Sony Purchase of Funimation; Dems Seek to Eliminate UHF Discount

Broadcasting & Cable Newsletter   August 23, 2017     The best of BroadcastingCable.com delivered to your inbox daily     Top Stories       Feds OK Sony Purchase of Funimation Will help fuel ANIMAX, other platforms READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: Funimation titles include Dragon Ball Z, Cowboy Bebop and Attack on Titan. Funimation also has the FunimationNOW streaming service on PlayStation, Google Play, Amazon, iTunes and other platforms.   Democrats Seek to Eliminate UHF Discount Reps. Price, Huffman lead effort READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: The discount dates from the analog days when UHF stations were weaker than VHF and means that the FCC only counts half of a UHF station's audience reach towards the national ownership cap.   Univision Stations Renew Carriage of Katz Broadcasting Diginets Bounce to move to WFDC-TV READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: The agreement comes weeks after Katz agreed to be acquired by the E.W. Scripps Co. for $302 million.   More Top Stories       Syndication Ratings: 'Family Feud' Tops Syndies in Surprise Week Starz, Jerry Bruckheimer to Develop 'Black Samurai' Series Espinoza Promoted to Head of Planning, Content Strategy at MTV, VH1, Logo 'Game of Thrones' Season Finale Nears 80 Minutes WGAE, DGA Urge N.Y.'s Cuomo to Sign Diversity Credit Comcast Enhances Sports Guide for X1 Fox News Stays Hot in Weekly Cable Ratings Race Hulu's New UI, Live TV Service Hits the Xbox 360 CNN Launches Snapchat Show Latino Groups Hail CBS Diversity Strides more headlines »   Departments       Local TV: NBC's Clear the Shelters Spurs 70,000 Pet Adoptions Washington: INCOMPAS: FCC Needs to Nix Exclusivity Agreements Fates & Fortunes: Endemol Shine North America Names Sharon Levy President of Unscripted and Scripted Television Programming: Dick Wolf's 'Criminal Confessions' Debuts on Oxygen Oct. 1 Platforms: Facebook Adds Publisher Logos to News Articles   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     Chief Engineer ValleyPBS – Fresno, CA, United States   Multimedia Lifestyle Reporter WAVY TV 10/WVBT FOX43 – Portsmouth, VA, United States   VP, Director of Programming WPVI-TV/6abc – Philadelphia, PA, United States   Director of Sales WROC – Rochester, NY, United States   more jobs » News Blogs Events People TV Careers   Advertise Contact Us Send this to a friend       ©2017 NewBay Media, LLC

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