Saturday, October 5, 2024

The Truth about Retrans

To hear some MVPD executives, if broadcasters stopped requesting retransmission consent dollars
Pile of Money

Orlando Class A Tries to Wriggle out of Fine

WHDO-DC Orlando had a litany of violations on its rap sheet

TEGNA Draws a Revolver – and a Loan

The former Gannett television group now known as TEGNA continues to move quickly
FCC

FCC Charters Merger Review Team

The FCC received applications to merge assets of Charter , TWC and Bright House
CBS

CBS Financial Move are Noted

The primary motivation for the latest issue of senior unsecured notes from CBS is to

Spotlight on a Piece of Gray Play

Gray Television announced a complex set of deals last week
CBS

CBS Issues Notes to Buy Stock

The stock it’s interested in: Its own
Dollar Sign

Retrans Expected to Top $10B by 2021

Also increasing, according to the latest report from SNL Kagan

Preserve the Sanctity of the Duplex Gap

A coalition of organizations is telling the FCC it would be a huge mistake

The State of LPTV

The low power television community is facing existential challenges
Rocco Commisso

Mediacom Exec Wants a Retrans Intervention

Mediacom’s Rocco Commisso has written to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler

Foolish Take on a Viewing Study

Motley Fool thinks that any television executive looking at trends in viewing device usage
Sold

Colorado Quartet Changing Religions

You don’t see on like this every day
AT&T

AT&T/DirecTV Closing In on Merger OK

DOJ is said to be cool with the plans of telecom giant AT&T and satellite MVPD DirecTV
LPTV

LPTV? What LPTV?

FAB asserts that if the FCC and contractor Greenhill did not consider the impact of the incentive auction