CBC scores rights for 2014, 2016 Olympic Games
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) has been awarded broadcast rights to the next two Olympic Games, weeks after Bell Media--rival private network and lead...
Media, friends and kids influence back-to-school spending
Back-to-school budgets will be the same or higher this year, if only because of rising prices, says a Deloitte survey. The study notes that...
Hulu Plus comes to Apple TV boxes
Hulu, the online TV biz owned by Fox, ABC and NBC, said its $7.99-a-month premium service is coming to Apple TV. Customers can register...
Michael Copps: Watchdog
When he was an FCC Commissioner, Michael Copps perhaps came as close to being a media watchdog as a commissioner possibly can. But now...
YouTube offering Olympics to 64 countries; not U.S.
The IOC is freely broadcasting the Olympics to 64 Asian and sub-Saharan African countries on YouTube. Ghanaians, or Indians, or Basotho can tune in,...
Watchdog calls for new Telecom Act
MMTC President David Honig said that the communications industry of today involves things that weren’t even commonly-used terms yet when Telecom 1996 was passed....
Oracle pulls campaign at BBB’s request
A full page Oracle ad in the Wall Street Journal read “Giant European Retailer Moves Databases From IBM Power to Exadata…Runs 20 Times Faster.”
But...
Gripes of Wrath: Few complaining about indecency
In an era when a handful of motivated media watchdogs can inspire thousands of their followers to complain to the FCC, you may think...
Clear Channel Changes Competition
It's akin to a light switch. One moment you claim that Pandora is not your competition, while you are building a Pandora-like delivery platform...
Two paths to business growth are marketing and sales
A business consultant says there are a lot of things you can spend money on in an effort to increase revenue, but when push...
Journal Q2 revenue of $95.5 million is up 6% (audio)
Journal Communications had a strong Q2 with operating earnings up 17% driven by political and issue advertising and a continuing recovery in many of...
Geoff Neuhoff passes at 59
Geoff Neuhoff, President and CEO of Neuhoff Communications, passed away suddenly Sunday, 7/22. Over a career that spanned more than 30-years, Geoff built a...
Netflix affection for HBO goes unrequited
Reed Hastings, the CEO of Netflix, recently floated the idea of bringing original HBO programming to its own subscribers by striking a deal with...
The Breakdown of Breaking News
What constitutes “breaking news” these days, anyway? That’s what a colleague asked me after the botched reports of the Supreme Court ruling on health...
Univision gets all rights to Chivas de Guadalajara
Univision Deportes will become the U.S. home of Chivas de Guadalajara, one of the most popular soccer teams in the US and Mexico. The...