B&C Today: Netflix Climbs to New All-Time High; Senate, House Leaders Agree to Support Ray Baum Act

Broadcasting & Cable Newsletter   March 5, 2018     The best of BroadcastingCable.com delivered to your inbox daily     Top Stories       Netflix Climbs to New All-Time High Stock crosses $300 per share milestone READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: Netflix is the biggest gainer so far of the so-called FAANG stocks – Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google.   Senate, House Leaders Agree to Support Ray Baum Act FCC reauthorization bill allocates more repack funds READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: The bill is scheduled to get a vote in the House March 6, where it is expected to pass. Then it moves to the Senate, where the same is expected.   Hulu: 63%-Plus of Live TV Subs Watched Winter Games Coverage Live TV subs streamed 6.5 million hours of live and on-demand coverage READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: Heading into the event, Hulu built a personalized experience and interface for the Winter Games that enabled subscribers to pick their favorite sports and be alerted when they would be available for viewing.   More Top Stories       Fox Secures More Than 100 Licensing Deals for '9-1-1' WCYB General Manager Dempsey to Retire KOAT Albuquerque GM Roper to Retire Showtime Offers Opioid Series 'The Trade' to Non-Subscribers State AGs Say FCC Can't Raise Ownership Cap more headlines »   Blog of Note     Short Films Conquered Online, Now They're Finding Homes Everywhere Else, Including Where They Started By David Bloom, analyst and contributor, TV[R]EV To paraphrase Sally Field when she received her second Oscar, you like short films! You really like short films! Short-form videos are everywhere these days, busting the long-held 22-/44-minute straitjackets of traditional TV as online platforms freed millions of creators to go as long or as little as they wanted. For most creators, and their audiences, that usually meant something like 3 to 5 minutes a segment. But going short paid off big online. READ MORE » more blogs »   Departments       Currency: Discovery Names Leadership Team Post Scripps Acquisition Washington: Senate Passes Broadband Data Bill Programming: Amazon's 'All or Nothing' Series to Focus on Dallas Cowboys   Events     Technology Leadership Summit February 28 – March 1, 2018 | Raleigh, NC Learn More 20th Annual Multichannel News Wonder Women Luncheon March 22, 2018 | New York, NY Learn More Advanced Advertising Summit – Spring Edition March 26, 2018 | New York, NY Learn More Multicultural Television Summit April 3, 2018 | New York, NY Learn More Technology Leadership Awards at NAB April 9, 2018 | Las Vegas, NV Learn More Digital Media Tech Leadership Summit June 5-6, 2018 | Tampa, FL Learn More The Programmatic Summit June 7, 2018 | New York, NY Learn More more events »   Jobs     Director of Engineering - Transmissions NET - Nebraska's PBS and NPR Stations, NE   Chief Engineer WFSU Public Media, Tallahassee, FL   Director of Engineering - Network Operation and Distribution NET - Nebraska's PBS and NPR Stations, NE   Chief Engineer WOOD TV, Grand Rapids, MI   more jobs » News Blogs Events People TV Careers   Advertise Contact Us Send this to a friend       ©2018 NewBay Media, LLC

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