Daves of our lives: Squabble in UK over trademark
Dr. Seuss, in what amounts to that esteemed author’s short story collection “Sneetches and Other Stories,” is a tale entitled “Too Many Daves.” It...
Gannett TV soars as newspapers drag
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Netflix readying to do its own net neutrality enforcement
Netflix has been using the US Mail to compete with MVPDs in the entertainment distribution business, but increasingly it’s been offering the content it...
FTC shuts down internet schemer
A company, or as it became, a number of companies that used internet advertising to offer consumers access to government grants and the like, then started helping themselves to money via their bank and credit cards
Sentencing in Disney insider trading case
One of the two defendants arrested last May for allegedly trying to sell inside information from The Walt Disney Company has now been sentenced....
Battle underway for control of Fisher Communications
Having been rebuffed in its attempt to buy out other shareholders of Fisher Communications, the hedge fund behind Huntingdon REIT
Thoughts on wasteful and misguided FCC policy
Time for a short trip down memory lane: First with TV’s commercial birth, the FCC had just VHF TV assignments. Then after the early...
Newspapers dragging as Media General enjoys TV growth
The final quarter of 2010 saw broadcast revenues grow nearly 29% at Media General, but the companywide growth was only 7.2%, with the double-digit TV growth being countered by an 8.4% decline
Tribune Company reports improvement in 2010
Tribune Company continues its long stint in Chapter 11 reorganization, but it has provided some limited insight into how it performed financially in 2010
Another survey finds returning confidence as 2011 kicks into gear
A lot of research firms keep their fingers on the wrists of various groups to guage whether or not their view of the direction...
VOD to hit 50% of households by 2016
The revised year-end 2016 forecast for DVR Subscriber Households now stands at 61.8 million (50% of TV households), up from 37.9 million (32% of...
Conference Board sees uptick in consumer confidence
Reports on both consumer and CEO confidence have been decidedly on the optimistic side of late, and the latest from the Conference Board is...
Univision buying back more bonds
Univision Communications announced another tender offer to buy back some of its more expensive debt. The company has commenced a tender offer to purchase...
Tom Mock, inventor/engineer, passes
Kelly Christensen, StratosAudio CEO, tells RBR-TVBR that the company’s Engineering Liaison Tom Mock has passed at 76 while at his home in Sheffield, PA...