Dow edges up; S&P 500 retreats for second day
Most stocks slipped for a second day with the Dow industrials posting a fractional gain Tuesday as a gauge of home-builder sentiment showed improvement...
Fresh 102.5 playing Christmas music
CBS Radio’s KEZK (Fresh 102.5 FM) St. Louis may not be the very first playing it this year, but certainly one of the first....
Eagle Comm. signs vCreative PPO for production workflow
Eagle Communications, with O&Os 28 radio stations in Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska, (and 30 cable systems in Kansas and Colorado), has inked a deal...
Schurz, Internet Broadcasting, TownNews.com forge alliance
South bend, IN-based Schurz Communications, Internet Broadcasting Systems, and TownNews.com announced a multi-year partnership to serve the multiplatform digital needs of Schurz’s TV, newspaper...
Third sale in less than three years for Sebring LPTV
The license for what is now WGPS-LP Sebring FL has gone from Trinity Christian Center of Santa Ana to Rehoboth Beach Communications to Bella...
DOJ Clears the Air on E-Cigarette Ads
Pillsbury attorney Scott R. Flick has explained the rules pertaining to broadcast tobacco advertising and now he turns his attention to a new but related category – electronic cigarettes. Click and learn.
ACA asks FCC to block Sinclair retrans “collusion”
The American Cable Association says it wants the Commission to stop Sinclair Broadcasting from colluding in the negotiation of retransmission consent with a “sidecar” license holder that’s separate from Sinclair in name. ACA’s fear, of course is that the practice will can drive up prices to MVPD providers.
Litany of licenses: granted and dismissed
Here’s a list of the FCC’s latest licenses, construction permits and transfers of control—granted and dismissed—for TV, AM and FM. This list is current as of 2/7/14:
Senate Judiciary Committee holding Comcast-TWC hearing
The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold the first public hearing on Comcast's proposed
LA PPMs coming Tuesday; Reason for delay
On 6/9, Nielsen Audio announced the Los Angeles market PPMs for May were going to be delayed for
GreatLand Connections may be merger offspring
A new cable company may be coming to a town near you, or even the one where you live.
“The hills are alive…
…with the sound of closings”
TV News: Gray/NBCUniversal, Bounce, Rentrak, Ultra HD, MVPDs
Here’s a little news item channel surfing
Radio Ratings from Detroit to Denver
This trip will not follow any geographical parameters
Verizon Now Offering “Flights” to the IBM Cloud
Verizon is now offering its customers a secure and direct connection to the IBM Cloud