A reflection on Las Vegas
The one really good experience I took away from Las Vegas came about by accident. We wound with a group of programmers listening to radio air checks from the baby-boomer days
Buffett fingered media’s financial woes
It’s not that financial wizard Warren Buffett said that newspapers and broadcasters would run into trouble – it’s when he said it. He wrote...
Indecency crackdown upheld
A sharply-divided US Supreme Court has voted 5-4 to uphold the FCC’s policy change in 2004 which permitted it to fine stations for “fleeting expletives” under the law prohibiting broadcasting of indecent
Indecency crackdown upheld
A sharply-divided US Supreme Court has voted 5-4 to uphold the FCC’s policy change in 2004 which permitted it to fine stations for “fleeting...
Taking note of Nielsen
The Nielsen Company B.V. is “proposing to issue $300 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2016.” It’s looking to use the cash...
The need for TV, cable and iPod is shrinking
The Pew Research Center repeated a long-standing survey to determine what Americans consider to be a necessity as opposed to a luxury. Television surprisingly straddles the dividing line
GSTVs Nielsen on Location Media Pocketpiece Reports hit milestone
Gas Station TV (www.gstv.com), a Destination Media company and the leading digital television network at the pump, has reached the one-year anniversary of the release of its Nielsen
GM to cut 23,000 jobs by 2011
CNNMoney.com reports General Motors announced plans to cut 23,000 U.S. jobs by 2011, drop its storied Pontiac brand and slash 40% of its dealer...
Univison renews retrans for Verizon’s FiOS
American Spanish TV giant Univision Communications announced that it has secured a multi-year carriage agreement with Verizon’s FiOS TV. The deal covers the entire...
Wall Street takes a breather
Friday, the traders on Wall Street took a day off from fretting and selling off, and the result was a slate of modest gains....
Alcohol back on watchdog radar
A coalition of organizations is pushing both Congress and the administration to update the nation’s policies regarding alcohol, and here’s the shocker – at this point it doesn’t say a thing about
The Mahlman Company launches “Asset Improvement Confederation”
Directed at both lenders and broadcasters in radio and television, The Mahlman Company has assembled a confederation of 25 experienced and active experts in...
RBR/TVBR observation: Reflections on Las Vegas 2009
It may be the worst of times when it comes to the economy in general and advertising spending in particular, but the 2009 NAB Show
Radio Shack converts a profit
Finally, a report showing a consumer electronics retailer gaining some benefit from the DTV transition. Instead of riding a wave of digital receiver sales...
Broadcasters moving into mobile marketing
There was big excitement at the NAB Show over new portable devices which consumers will soon be using to watch broadcast television. But there...