“Outernet” to beam free Wi-fi across the globe
NYC-based non-profit Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF) is planning to change
Report: Comcast-TWC merger could kill ATVA
Fierce Cable says that Comcast's deal to acquire Time Warner Cable will likely result in the demise of the American Television Alliance, the coalition of pay TV distributors that TWC formed in 2010 to lobby for reform of retransmission-consent rules.
Univision Q4: Television up, radio down
Net revenue for the company increased 3.6% to $696.2 million in Q4. FY net revenue was up
Nielsen Q4 up 12%; first quarter that includes Arbitron
Q4 marked the first full quarter of Arbitron in the company’s results. Revenues in the quarter
2014 Ward L. Quall award winners named
The Broadcasters Foundation of America announced the recipients of the 2014 Ward L. Quaal Leadership Awards, to be presented at the Foundation’s
Channel sharing: A new opportunity for broadcasters
Tom Wheeler, FCC Chairman, penned a blog with the title above regarding enthusiasm for
Sony/ATV renews with BMI
Sony/ATV Music Publishing has agreed to return licensing and royalty distribution authority to Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) for all categories of public performance uses. Consistent with a recent Federal Court ruling, the new agreement will leave current licenses and the flow of royalties to songwriters and publishers from hundreds of thousands of licensees undisturbed.
Community service keeps broadcasters relevant
There was a time not so long ago when broadcasters enjoyed an exclusive franchise. Cable television was less a competitor and more a collaborator. The early cable TV systems merely relayed the signals of stations to areas with weak reception. Original programming for cable was non-existent with the exception of the “weather channel” where a camera scanned wind, temperature and barometric pressure readings to an instrumental music accompaniment. Fast forward to 2014:
Ubiquity to expand offering with ZUUS buy
The Pandora of music videos? Irvine, CA-based Ubiquity Broadcasting Corp. has entered into a non-binding deal to acquire ZUUS Media, a next generation media company operating the ZUUS multi-platform music video network. ZUUS is a music service offering 150 curated digital music video channels based on genre, decade and “mood” across mobile, tablet, web, Facebook, and connected TV platforms.
CBS Local Digital breaks monthly records
CBS Local Digital Media’s websites and mobile apps attracted 56.8 million unique users – a new record for a single month – in January. Last month’s traffic topped the previous all-time high (50.6 million in April 2013) by 12% and was up 37% compared to January 2013.
Nielsen security breach with employee SS IDs?
A Nielsen Audio employee, who remains nameless because the company has strict orders
Rick Vaughn named PD of WRDW
Beasley Broadcast Philadelphia welcomes radio industry programming vet Rick Vaughn as Program Director of Wired 96.5 WRDW-FM. Vaughn’s first day in the Wired 96.5...
Verizon accused of data throttling to sabotage Netflix, Amazon
After the D.C. Circuit court struck down the FCC’s Net Neutrality
Disney’s fiscal Q1 up 9%; cable up, broadcast down
Disney’s Q1 2014 fiscal quarter ended 12/28/13. Revenues were $12.31 billion, up 9% from
PlaceIQ, Rentrak partner to extend TV data to mobile
PlaceIQ, which provides audience data with location, time and real-world behavior, just announced with Rentrak that it will extend TV targeting to