Home media gateway boxes hit 24 million by 2017

MRG, an SNL Kagan company that specializes in video and media ecosystem research, has released its latest report, “Demand for Home Media Gateway Set-Top...
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NRF likes latest jobs report

October employment statistics bode well for the economy in general, said the National Retail Federation, and on top of that, were very positive for its own retail sector. It sees strong holiday and general economic implications.

Dean Dillon recognized as BMI icon

Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) presented the 2013 BMI Country Awards, honoring the prolific songwriting career of BMI Icon Dean Dillon, as well as the...

NETIA MAM adds MediaSpeech speech-to-text

NETIA announced a partnership with Vecsys, a leader in the speech-to-text market, through which the latter company's MediaSpeech "speech2text" engine will be integrated into...
U.S. Congress

House Democrats go after e-cigarette marketers

House Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Henry Waxman (D-CA) and two key subcommittee heads have sent a letter to the FDA sounding the alarm about efforts to sell e-cigarettes, particularly to young consumers.
Entravision Communications Corporation

Entravision sees minor Q3 downturn

Entravision’s net revenue dropped to $57.8 million in the quarter, from $58.5 million in Q3 2012, a decrease of $700K or 1%. Of the overall decrease, $1.2 million was from the television segment and was blamed on political ad comps, partially offset by increases in local ad revenue and retransmission fee dollars. This decrease also offset by a $500K increase (3%) in the radio segment, which saw an increase in local ad revenue, even though political ad comps were down as well.
Nielsen

Nielsen names Mitch Barns as next CEO

He’s a 28-year marketing vet who has spent the last 16 years at Nielsen building its core
Saga Communications, Inc.

Saga grows revenue, but profits slip

The lack of political income took a bite out of Saga’s Q3 2013 comps, but the radio-leaning multimedia group still managed to post a positive net revenue number. However, expenses were also up, punching a hole in operating income
Tom Wheeler

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler issues his opening statement

Wheeler was short on specifics in his initial remarks after assuming his new job. He noted the challenge of staying on top of a communications universe where rapid change is the rule of the day; and said the FCC’s challenge “…is to secure the future through the actions of the present.”
SQAD

Clarion Capital Partners completes SQAD buy

SQAD, TV, radio and digital cost analysis provider, says Clarion Capital Partners, LLC has completed its acquisition of the company. The existing shareholders, including...
Shopping

Washington dampens holiday spending enthusiasm

Financial services firm Edward Jones is getting contradictory results in its analysis of this year’s holiday
Hands

HNAM names new advisory committee members

Harry Nelson Artist Management President Harry Nelson says some of the top players in the radio, media, and music industries will join his companies’...

BMI to mark 75th Anniversary

Broadcast Music, Inc., the global leader in music rights management, will celebrate the 75th year of its founding in 2014. To do so, BMI...
Mignon Clyburn

MMTC hails Mignon Clyburn’s greatest hits

History will note that Acting FCC Chairwoman Mignon Clyburn took the “acting” portion of her title seriously, keeping big FCC projects moving and amassing a legacy of accomplishment during her sixth months at the helm. MMTC took it upon itself to celebrate the latter with a 12-item greatest hits list, five of which were broadcast-related.

NABA to launch full committee for radio

The Toronto-based North American Broadcasters Association announced the formation of a full Radio Committee as approved by its Board of Directors at their 9/30...