Liberty Global to acquire Ziggo
In October Liberty Global’s preliminary takeover bid for Dutch cable TV operator Ziggo was rejected by the Ziggo board. Liberty had
DIRECTV, DISH combine addressable ad platform
The satcasters have combined sales efforts for addressable advertising allowing statewide political
Law Firm: SCOUTS question bodes well for broadcasters
Attorney Harry Cole wrote in the Fletcher Heald & Hildreth CommLawBlog that
Court of Appeals upholds Hopper, AutoHop ruling
On 1/24, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit unanimously denied
Savage, Hannity feud heating up
The dislike between WestwoodOne’s Michael Savage and Premiere’s Sean Hannity has burst to the surface
Comcast/NBCU strike 10-year deal 49ers, Levi’s Stadium
Comcast and NBCUniversal unveiled 10-year agreement with the San Francisco 49ers and
New Charlotte area tower rejected
Lexington, NC-based Davidson County Broadcasting’s proposed 1,190-foot-tall FM tower
Liberty Media weighs in on Charter’s TWC bid
Liberty released the following statement from its Chairman, John Malone, and its President and CEO, Greg Maffei, regarding support for
CNN sheds some 40 journalists
CNN has cut more than 40 senior journalists as part of a reorganization of the business under new president Jeff Zucker, appointed at the...
NABOB, NNPA left out of tobacco ad buy
On 1/23 Target Market News broke the story that DOJ and the largest tobacco companies had negotiated a consent order in the long running...
UK network bans Twitter
Twitter has been banned from being mentioned on broadcasts by Britain's TalkSport network in protest at the social network's lack of response over abusive messages sent to its top talent Stan Collymore. Collymore had called on Twitter to take immediate action against users sending him death threats and racist epithets after he suggested Liverpool Soccer forward Luis Suarez dived to win a penalty last weekend.
Ex-FCC chair suggests broadband bias
“The FCC is redistributing spectrum, not freeing it,” says Mark Fowler Chairman of the Federal
The Star Radio Group files for bankruptcy
The Free Lance-Star Publishing Co. (FLS) of Fredericksburg, VA filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition 1/23
FCC fines Birach Broadcasting $10K
It’s a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture for failure to enclose the antenna structures for WTOR-AM 770 Youngstown/Buffalo, NY within
Journal Broadcast Group realigns structure
Journal Broadcast Group announced some major organizational changes to its leadership team reflecting the