Wednesday, October 2, 2024

TV Still Garners Largest Share of U.S. Ads

TV will garner $36.8% of total media spending in 2016.
Dish Network

Poaching Subs May Help Dish Bottom Line

Dish tells SEC pay-tv services increasingly look to their competitors for new subs.
Netflix

AT&T ‘Outraged’ at Netflix Throttling

Reaction is swift to Netflix "throttling" admission.

Go Behind the Scenes of PCTV’s City Hall Rebuild

PCTV rebuilt the studios in City Hall, a building that dates to the 1920s.
Preston Padden

600 MHz Auction Revenues May Exceed AWS-3

Preston Padden delves into why revenues from the spectrum auction may be larger than AWS-3.

NAB Reveals How AT&T Flip-Flops on Retrans

AT&T seeks many prohibitions against TV owners in retrans regulation.
TV Remote

Rovi-TiVo May Merge

Rovi is said to be in talks to acquire TiVo.
Gray Television

WAGT is Auction-Bound

A Georgia high court overruled a lower court decision about WAGT(TV), Augusta.

Lawmakers Scrutinize Set-Top Box Proposal

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler’s set-top box proposal continues to come under scrutiny.
SBG / Sinclair Broadcast Group

Sinclair Closes on Private Debt Offering

Sinclair Broadcast Group closed a private offering of senior unsecured notes.
Democrat and Republican

Sanders Ahead in TV Spots

Bernie Sanders’ campaign has aired 8,821 spots putting him first in TV ads, according to Media Monitors.

The Backstory on FCC’s Repack Pivot

FCC is starting to think about the repack.
Gavel

Who’s on Forward Auction List May Surprise You

We know more about the wireless companies that plan to bid in the upcoming incentive auction.

NAB: FCC Should Begin Repack Planning Now

NAB agrees with AT&T on many elements of the TV repack.
Comcast

Comcast Pursues Own Rate Setting

Comcast Cable pursues own rate-setting in certain cities.