B&C Today: FCC Sets Comment Dates on Latest Sinclair-Tribune Filing; Fox Adding WWE Smackdown

Broadcasting & Cable Newsletter   May 22, 2018       The best of BroadcastingCable.com delivered to your inbox daily     Top Stories       FCC Sets Comment Dates on Latest Sinclair-Tribune Merger Filing Won't render decision until at least July 12 READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: That public notice signals the commission has what is expected to be essentially the final version of the deal, though still with questions about this latest iteration.   Fox Adding WWE Smackdown to Lineup of Live Sports Wrestling show moving from NBCU in Fall 2019 READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: According to a published report, the deal is nearly complete and would have Fox paying nearly $1 billion over five years for Smackdown.   Black Lives Matter's Message to Hill: Net Neutrality Matters Joins in call for House diversity caucuses to back net neutrality CRA READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: The Senate voted 42 to 47 last week to nullify the FCC's December reg rollback order, which is scheduled to take effect June 11.   More Top Stories       GroupM's Pangis Tapped as New CEO at NCC Media Kaufman to Head Consumer Products at Viacom/Nickelodeon Rubini Promoted to Senior VP at 20th Century Fox TV Distribution Ajit Pai, Newton Minow, Team to Promote Telehealth HBO to Air Documentary About 'Serial' Subject Adnan Syed Obamas Ink Multi-Year Deal With Netflix Vernon Sanders Named Amazon Co-Head of Television Senate Democrats Say Kids TV Mandate Must Stay more headlines »   Departments       Ratings: Royal Wedding Watched By 29.2M People: Nielsen Distribution: 'Last Man Standing' Gets the Last Laugh Platforms: T-Mobile Preparing to Disrupt Pay TV Upfront Central: Broadcast Nets Hustle to Avoid Being Upfront Weak   Events     Digital Media Tech Leadership Summit June 5-6, 2018 | Tampa, FL Learn More The Programmatic TV Summit June 7, 2018 | New York, NY Learn More OTT & Video Distribution Summit August 2, 2018 | Los Angeles, CA  Learn More News Technology Summit September 26-27, 2018 | Baltimore, MD  Learn More 16th Annual Hispanic Television Summit October 4, 2018 | New York, NY  Learn More Streaming Tech Leadership Summit October 22-23, 2018 | Atlanta, GA (SCTE)  Learn More NYC Television Week October 29-November 1, 2018 | New York, NY  Learn More Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame Awards, part of NYC TV Week October 29, 2018 | New York, NY  Learn More NYC Television Week's 40 Under 40 Awards October 30, 2018 | New York, NY  Learn More TV Data Summit, part of NYC TV Week October 31, 2018 | New York, NY  Learn More Advanced Advertising Summit, part of NYC TV Week November 1, 2018 | New York, NY  Learn More Next TV Summit, part of NYC TV Week November 1, 2018 | New York, NY  Learn More   more events »   Jobs     VP, Programming & Production NESN, Watertown, MA   Promotion Writer Producer Hearst Television, New Orleans, LA   Professor of Practice or Instructor Kansas State University Journalism and Mass Communications, Manhattan, KS   Broadcast Engineering Manager Shop LC, Austin, TX   more jobs » News Blogs Events People TV Careers   Advertise Contact Us Send this to a friend       ©2018 NewBay Media, LLC

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