Breaking: Hearing on FCC process lacks fireworks
There has been a good bit of legislative bluster aimed at the Federal Communications Commission over the years, but the bureaucratic system is what...
Employment trend weakens
Noted business research firm The Conference Board says that good news is that employment stats its gathering are the strongest that they’ve been in...
News Corporation applauds FBI arrest of counterfeiter
When you think of counterfeiting, you think of someone printing phony money. How about phony coupons?
News America Marketing, a subsidiary of News Corporation, is...
Fisher vote tally is days away
The suspense continues. With the biggest shareholder, Mario Gabelli, backing part of the dissident slate, it seems likely that there will be some new faces on the Fisher board. However
Ed Schultz named defendant in suit
Ed Schultz, host of MSNBC’s “The Ed Show” and “The Ed Schultz Show” on radio, has been sued for $100K in federal court in...
San Francisco votes to restrict Yellow Pages delivery
Currently in San Francisco, it is possible to opt out of having a Yellow Pages phone directory delivered to your residence, but that may...
Battle underway for control of Fisher Communications
The annual shareholders meeting at Fisher Communications today in Seattle began with the usual feel-good video telling shareholders “we believe in our people.” But...
Fisher CEO sticking to business ahead of vote
As competing slates compete for board seats, with the dissidents wanting to put the entire company up for sale, one thing everyone agrees on is trying to sell Fisher Plaza or restructure the real estate holding to free up cash.
Strong quarterly growth for Disney
Revenues were up 6% to $9.08 billion for The Walt Disney Company in fiscal Q2 (January-March). Media networks led the way, with the cable...
Cox Communications enters the online streaming game
Cox Communications is the latest MSO, after Comcast’s XFinity, Verizon FIOS and others, to offer content online: Its “TV Online” service gives customers the...
Scripps TV posts gains, but print reddens the bottom line
Despite the loss of political revenue, The E.W. Scripps Company managed to post a 3.2% gain in television revenue. But weaker than anticipated newspaper...
AT&T U-Verse customers choose camera angle for Cubs game
iPTV provider AT&T U-Verse, WGN America, and WGN-TV are giving Chicago Cubs fans across the country a chance to control how they watch the...
Fisher CEO hails Q1 results
A day ahead of shareholder voting which will determine whether dissidents will take control of the Fisher Communications board of directors, the company reported...
Patent litigation comes to the Interactive TV Sector
Invidi Technologies Corp, a provider of addressable television advertising solutions, filed a patent infringement complaint on May 5, 2011 against Visible World and Cablevision. ...
Almost 250K getting refund in FTC bracelet bust
The Federal Trade Commission has been working on the Q-Ray Bracelet Scam going back to 2003, when it charged the manufacturer for making false...