B&C Today: Verizon to Build Public Safety Network; Discovery Scores With Amazon and Eurosport

Broadcasting & Cable Newsletter   August 17, 2017     The best of BroadcastingCable.com delivered to your inbox daily     Top Stories       Verizon to Build Own Public Safety Network Says it will provide 'best reliability, greatest innovation' READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: Verizon says it is planning to build and operate a core public safety communications network—similar to the FirstNet interoperable public safety communications network being managed by AT&T.   Discovery Scores Sports Streaming Deal With Amazon in Germany, Austria Fans can watch Bundesliga matches, Olympics live READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: The agreement lets subscribers stream events including Bundesliga soccer matches, Grand Slam tennis events, and the Olympic Winter Games from PyeongChang in 2018 for 4.99 Euros, or $5.84, per month.   Carlton Cuse Returns to ABC Studios Will develop projects under Genre Arts banner READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: The news comes days after it was announced that Shonda Rhimes is leaving ABC for Netflix.   More Top Stories       A&E's 'Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath' Gets TV's Biggest Promo Push Writers Guild: Trump Disgraces Nation Dish Doles Out Digital Antennas as Retrans Battle Looms Kagan: Pay TV Loses 976K in Q2 Mitsubishi Exclusive Sponsor of ABC News Eclipse Coverage Sling TV to Offer Mayweather-McGregor PPV ESPN Adds 'MultiCast' to its Apple TV App USA Sets 'Suits' Spinoff Pilot Starring Gina Torres FCC Net Neutrality Comments Top 20 Million USTelecom Promotes Mayer to Cybersecurity Senior VP more headlines »   Blog Of Note     Guest Blog: Delivering Precision and Scale on TV Requires More Than Demo Targeting and Dayparts By Matt Collins, senior VP, marketing, Simulmedia TV remains the most powerful and easiest way for brands to find new prospects, but doing it successfully today in a highly fragmented landscape of broadcasters and programs requires moving well beyond targeting demos in dayparts. It requires leveraging billions of high quality data points about your target audience and using that data to predict what they'll watch when your ad runs. READ MORE » more blogs »   Departments       Programming: Peter Moffat's 'The Last Post' Comes to Amazon Prime Technology: AltspaceVR Is Back From the Dead Washington: Charlottesville Fallout: Trump Ends Advisory Councils Fates & Fortunes: Couric to Keynote WICT Conference Currency: A+E Networks Unveils New Branding Campaign Editor's Note: B&C Today is off Friday, Aug. 18. We will see you again Monday, Aug. 21.   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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