AT&T and DirecTV draw discrimination lawsuit
According to NAAAOM, AT&T and DirecTV have been excluding African-American-owned media from their channel lineups.
Standing ovation for Gray
Gray Television isn’t the biggest television group out there...
Clock resumes for major mergers
The informal 180-dau clock for two major mergers involving players in the video universe have been dormant.
CBS/Dish impasse on the brink
The owned and operated broadcast television stations of CBS are currently being aired on Dish Network...
DirecTV on the bubble
DirecTV is issuing senior unsecured bonds that won’t be due until 2025
Padden tells auctioneers how to get it right
Preston Padden laid out the position of the group he represents – potentially willing spectrum relinquishers.
FCC leaves LPTV out on a limb
The FCC’s latest proposals for dealing with the LPTV aspect of the incentive auction...
A billion going from Cox to Cox
Cox Communications Inc., is issuing unsecured notes to pay off debt, and also to issue a massive dividend to Cox Enterprises Inc.
Caballero buys into Bakersfield
A low power television station in the Bakersfield CA Nielsen DMA is changing hands.
Telemundo expands without expanding
Telemundo Group is offering a new network, but will not require any new television stations upon with to air it.
Phone fail costs SLC station
Typically when a broadcaster violates the FCC’s phone call broadcast rules...
LPTV organization makes its case
Among its arguments is that CTIA isn’t so much against LPTV participation as it is...
Nexstar’s LA bet gets a thumbs up
Wells Fargo Securities analyst Marci Ryvicker used one of Nexstar honcho Perry Sook’s favorite words...
Entravision ups buyback plan
Entravision likes a certain stock -- its own.
WOW factor absent in cable company analysis
Moody's sees high leverage and limited avenues of escape.