Boston broadcasters coping with NBA lockout
The Boston Globe published a snapshot of what local broadcasters are doing to cope with the loss of lucrative NBA games. Right now they’re...
Tie up loose ends from 2011 before holidays hit
Just as the seasons are racing by, so are 2011
Viacom moving its stock listing to Nasdaq
The competition between the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq market is intense not only for new issues, but over existing stock listings...
NAB, RTDNA argue to affirm court ruling on indecency
Two major broadcast associations teamed up to argue that the FCC’s discriminatory enforcement of indecency policy has a chilling effect on broadcast content and...
EMI sold to Universal Music Group and Sony Music
Citigroup has concluded its auction of EMI Group by selling the record company in two pieces for a total of $4.1 billion. Vivendi’s Universal...
Hal Bruno dead at 83 (video)
ABC News announced the death of its longtime political director, Hal Bruno, at age 83. Bruno had headed campaign and election coverage for the...
Former FCC Chairs assail indecency enforcement before SCOTUS
Politics of Newt Minow and Mark Fowler, both former FCC chairmen, are quite different;...They said the content the FCC is trying to keep of broadcast is available in mere seconds by switching to MVPD or internet programming. Bravo
Disney ends fiscal year with up quarter
Fiscal Q4 (July-September) saw growth in revenues and profits for both the broadcast operating and cable TV at The Walt Disney Company. For that...
Strong quarter for Viacom
Viacom beat Wall Street expectations with its Q3 financial results. The movie studio side led the way, but Viacom’s cable networks also grew revenues.
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Bill Gates salutes Univision education effort
As part of its ongoing commitment to education, Univision Communications addressed the critical need for information with its unprecedented education week “¡Edúcate! Es el...
Yell Group asks lenders to take a haircut
As it reported a 12% decline in revenues for the first half of its fiscal year, London-based Yell Group plc, which operates the Yellowbook directory business in the US, announced plans to restructure its debt. Moody's Investors Service says
First nationwide EAS test: a few glitches, but not bad (video)
Well, the first nationwide test wasn’t perfect, but it wasn’t a dismal failure, either. First of all, not all stations ran the test right...
Informative Summit on African American Male in American Media
“Part of what hurts the Black man in America, with respect to images, is that the scripts they have for us are all negative....
Teaming up to help military families stay connected
Sesame Street and The Electric Company unveiled a new collection of resources for military families. The innovative materials are designed to help elementary school-aged...
Mobile shopping is a 60-60 proposition this holiday season
According to a study from BIGresearch