DirecTV wants its bonds back
Satellite broadcast service DirecTV has begun a cash tender for any and all of its outstanding 6 3/8% senior notes due 2015. That’s $1...
Commerce rumors swirl past Julius Genachowski
Talk about moving FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski seems to be on the wane, and names of past and present leaders at big time corporations such as Google and Pfizer is on the upswing
StorerTV celebrating 25th Anniversary at NAB
The television program management software provider is celebrating this milestone during the NAB Show in Las Vegas. For 25 years, StorerTV has created software...
FCC Incentive Auction Webinar: More questions than answers!
SpectrumEvolution.org (SEO) had the opportunity to participate in the first webinar on incentive auctions held today
Analyst looks at the Citadel sale multiple
Marci Ryvicker at Wells Fargo Securities has been looking at the final deal terms...She said it validates the trading multiples of 8-10 times EBITDA
Jim Higgins' dad passes
United Stations' President/COO Jim Higgins has lost his father, George Higgins, at 92. George was a US Navy vet and a lifetime resident of...
FTC lists top ten complaint categories
The Federal Trade Commission does not directly oversee broadcasters, but broadcasters can be dragged into issues that are within the agencies purview when it comes to false or otherwise objectionable advertising. The good news
Whoa!!! Blair Levin is way off base…yet again!
The idea advanced by Blair Levin to migrate digital television from MPEG-2 to MPEG-4 is of course, an advancement in efficiency, and SpectrumEvolution.org...
FTC opens probe into alcohol advertising
The marketing of beer, wine and distilled spirits is on the agenda at the FTC four the fourth time since 1999. Specifically, the agency...
JCDecaux eying CBS Outdoor
Convinced that CBS Corporation CEO Les Moonves is interested in divesting CBS Outdoor, the top executives of Paris-based JCDecaux told analysts Wednesday that the company is looking to expand and that it
Fisher nominates its own slate of director candidates
Facing a hostile bid to take control of its board of directors, Fisher Communications has announced its own slate of candidates for election at...
Nevada Sen. John Ensign heads for the exit
The total number of US Senators declining to stand for re-election has reached eight with the announcement by John Ensign (R-NV) that he will...
Harris Corporation realigns its business segments
The broadcast product businesses at Harris Corporation are now part of a new Integrated Network Solutions division at the company. Harris announced Tuesday that it...
NYC subway tunnels may be filled with ads
The NYC Metro Transit Authority (MTA) is looking to tap a huge amount of unclaimed ad inventory in the tunnels between stations. It would...