B&C Today: WJAR Report Prompts FCC Commissioner Action; What Blockchain Means to Media

Broadcasting & Cable Newsletter   April 4, 2018     The best of BroadcastingCable.com delivered to your inbox daily     Top Stories       WJAR Report Prompts FCC Commissioner Action O'Rielly seeks end to 911 fund diversion in Rhode Island READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: Commissioner Michael O'Rielly toured the Rhode Island's 911 facilities following an investigative report by WJAR that found major call center problems due to underfunding.   What Blockchain Means to Media New technology could transform advertising, distribution READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: Operators, ad-providers and content creators are accelerating their efforts to establish blockchain as a secure, authenticated, multi-user system for distribution and payments.   Syndication Ratings: Most Shows Rebound in Week Two of March Madness 'Judge Judy' leads syndication, while 'Dr. Phil' leads talk READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: Many syndicated shows rebounded in the week ended March 25, despite many of them being up against a second week of the annual NCAA basketball tournament, which featured the Sweet Sixteen round on CBS and TBS.   More Top Stories       Multicultural TV: Minorities Becoming Majority, Says 'Taken From the Headlines' Panel Derek Dalton Named WBBM Chicago GM Starz, TiVo Align on New Licensing Deal Twitter Renews Live Streaming Deal With Baseball HBO Leads NAMIC Vision Award Wins Frans Vermeulen Joins Tru Optik as Chief Operating Officer Trump Doubles Down on Sinclair Defense in Twitter Media Attack Need to Know: Blockchain more headlines »   Blog of Note     It Takes Bad Timing By John Eggerton If Sinclair Broadcast Group's goal in circulating its stations-wide, must-read warning about fake news was to differentiate its local news from the un-moderated social media echo chamber, it was clearly a miscalculation both in a branding sense and a political one. READ MORE » more blogs »   Departments       Technology: Amagi Uses AI to Prepare Video for New Platforms Currency: Dish Drops Univision's Digital Lifestyle Channels Programming: Michael Kenneth Williams Takes on Juvenile Justice on New Season of 'Vice'   Events     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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