White paper calls for a free market approach to video reform
A host of onerous and outdated regulations on the television
Senators express concern with FCC’s JSA actions
Here’s a letter to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler from five Democratic Senators expressing concern with
Amazon Prime Music launches
Prime Music will provide ad-free, on-demand streaming to 1M+ songs to Amazon's Prime subs. Mobile streaming is included, as is an offline download option.
Storm takes tower down for three WV stations
Kindred Communications in Huntington, WV lost a 400-foot tower Tuesday night when it was
Sirius XM’s Frear presents at Morgan Stanley Finance Conference
Sirius XM Holdings EVP and CFO David Frear spoke to investors and analysts at the Morgan Stanley Leveraged Finance conference 6/12. Courtesy of Seeking Alpha, here are some highlights from his presentation:
The rising revolution against pay-TV
A debate is raging in the halls of Congress about the future of TV. And an unholy trinity of the pay-TV
‘The 100’ finale down; ‘Growing Up Fisher’ finale hits low
FOX and NBC tied for number one Wednesday in Adults 18-49 while NBC was on top with total viewers. On NBC, Growing Up Fisher...
Fitch expects to rate Oaktree’s unsecured debt “A”
Fitch Ratings expects to assign an unsecured debt rating of 'A' to the $250 million of senior unsecured private placement notes offered by Oaktree Capital Management, an indirect subsidiary of Oaktree Capital Group, LLC. The offering is expected to close on 9/3. A portion of the net proceeds are expected to be used to effectively refinance notes maturing in June 2016, while remaining proceeds are expected to be used for working capital and general corporate purposes.
Jeff Kagan: Smartphone revolution changing other industries as well
Customers love innovation and that’s why industry after industry is starting to work with smartphones and the wireless industry. However some customers
Nielsen: TV food ads take the cake among dads
With Father’s Day around the corner, lots of people are scratching their heads trying to figure out what to get the man who has everything. Turns out, the answer might be as simple as a sandwich, because it appears food really is the key to a man’s heart: six of the top 10 ads among dads in 2014 advertised food products or restaurants.
CBS looking at deals after divesting outdoor stake
CBS has taken the final step in the spinoff of its CBS Outdoor business following CBS Outdoor Americas'
AT&T files DirecTV deal with FCC
AT&T's buy of DirecTV would offer consumers access to video in a variety of media and give the
PPM Day 3 Update
The Nielsen May PPM covers the trend setting April / May Arbitron scorecard of the past. We don't have the absolute total story, with non-subscribers not included, but the broad numbers offer market insights for what's hot…and what's not. Here's Day 3 of the just released overview from Nielsen, currently in the process of cross checking the Los Angeles numbers for April / May re-release:
Internet ad revenues hit all-time Q1 high
Internet advertising revenues in the U.S. reached $11.6 billion for the first quarter of 2014, marking a
Radio Market Ad Trends Dinner takeaways
On 6/10 we hosted the Radio Ad Trends dinner with Cumulus’ sales management team. The dinner