TiVo raising $120 million in new cash
Although TiVo got a $104 million payment from Dish/EchoStar in its long patent litigation, it is expensive for the digital video recorder (DVR) company...
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LBI Media raising $240 million
Wall Street continues to welcome broadcasting bond sales with open arms. LBI Media announced that it will make a private placement of $240 million...
Strong Q4 growth for LBI Media
Both television and radio posted strong growth in Q4 for LBI Media, with net revenues for the entire company up 19% to $30.7 million....
Mediacom is now a private company
Founder and CEO Rocco Commisso was successful in his second effort to buy out all other shareholders of Mediacom Communications. The deal at $8.75 per share was approved at a shareholders meeting Friday and a few hours later the money
Saga says Q4 revenues were up 7.4%
Saga Communications has postponed its full Q4 results announcement and conference call by a week from next Tuesday to March 15th due to the...
NFL talks move into extended overtime
If the NFL and the NFLPA are talking, that means no body is getting out locks or picket signs. After adding a day to the deadline, they added another week, setting the new goalpost at Friday 3/11
NFL 24-hour talk extension seen as positive sign
If the NFL and the NFLPA are talking, that means no body is getting out locks or picket signs. Not only is that a...
FCC completes communications business entry barrier report
The latest “Section 257 Triennial Report to Congress Identifying and Eliminating Market Entry Barriers For Entrepreneurs and Other Small Businesses” is done – it...
Analyst sees minimal risk for big nets if NFL goes bye-bye
There are a lot of good reasons for broadcast and cable networks to carry National League Football games, but a big profit margin is...
Both radio and TV grew double digits for Fisher Communications
Ad sales soared in Q4 for Fisher Communications. Radio revenues jumped 17% and TV blew the doors off with a 61% gain.
The TV performance...
Radio and TV both gained in Q4 for Entravision
Net revenues were up 5% in Q4 to $50.7 million for Entravision, brin ging the full year in with a gain of 6% to...
Court ruling may put NFL owners at third and long
NFL owners had been hoping to put $4B in guaranteed television money to use to weather a possible lockout in its contract dispute with...
News Corporation declares carbon neutral success
Constantly bashed by liberals for its Fox News Channel and other right-leaning news outlets, you might think News Corporation would be the last major media...
New head for Cox Media Group
Doug Franklin has been named President of Cox Media Group (CMG), reporting to Jimmy Hayes, President and CEO Cox Enterprises. Franklin will oversee the...