Rave reviews for Sinclair’s downmarket TV buy
Wells Fargo Securities analyst Marci Ryvicker has looked at the deal between Cox, Sinclair and a third party company and likes what
Aereo expands regional coverage
Barry Diller’s Aereo, a service that lets users watch live broadcast TV on their iPhones, tablets and
Sinclair picks up Cox stations in four markets
Cox Media has been pruning its portfolio, and the latest move is to send a quartet of television stations to Sinclair Broadcast Group. In...
Moody’s sees a stable Clear Channel
The leverage is still very high at radio giant Clear Channel, but a new note proposal which would come due
RAB: Radio turning the corner in digital sales
Radio gained digital share in 2012, and it looks like many stations are building on that momentum in 2013, according to a report issued...
DISH finds way around Fox blocking its Hopper ads
Since FOX and the other three major broadcasters are turning down DISH’s ads over the current copyright violation litigation suits
Nielsen to expand TV to include broadband, iPads, game consoles
After a meeting in New York 2/19, Pat McDonough, SVP Insights and Analysis, Nielsen, tells RBR-TVBR
RIAA at loggerheads with Google over pirate sites
The music industry is still being hammered by sites that allow illegal downloading of music. It says
Nielsen gets a nod – and a downgrade – from Moody’s
Moody’s Investors Service believes that Nielsen’s acquisition of Arbitron makes all kinds of strategic sense
Nielsen/RAB: Super Bowl ad recall was low
Despite the usual hype around television ads that ran during this year’s Big Game, many viewers said they didn’t watch them – and even...
CBS Radio creates Director/Music Initiatives role
Looks like CBS may be heading down the Clear Channel path in making deals with labels:
Now Comcast won’t air ads for firearms
We recently reported the nationwide gun debate is moving to local gun shop advertising as well: Last month Time Warner Cable placed more
Gray hits record Q4, FY numbers
Gray Television’s Q4 revenue was $126.6 million, topping the previous Q4 record of $114.6 million set in 2010. Needless to say, political
Clear Channel profits in Q4, 2012
Revenues were up at Clear Channel for the Q4 based on a $50M increase over the same quarter the year prior, helping to put...
Emmis launches FM Sports Talker in Indy
Indianapolis' first FM sports station, 107.5 The Fan, has launched as a partial simulcast of Emmis’ ESPN