May 15 Spectrum Auction won’t be delayed after all
Rumors are flying that the May 15th spectrum auction Report and Order vote will be postponed
Gray TV moves into North, South Dakota
Gray Television has closed transactions that add television stations in North and South Dakota
NAB lists objections to Media Bureau’s JSA Public Notice
Here’s a letter to the FCC expressing legal problems with the Media Bureau's new processing guidelines
Bruce Beckner on Wheeler’s NCTA speech
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler’s delivered a speech at the NCTA Cable Show on 4/30. He mostly discusses the Open Internet NPRM thought the lens of MSOs that are providing broadband service. Bruce Beckner, Owner at Garvey Schubert Barer, give RBR-TVBR an analysis of the speech and a bit of history on legal precedent behind regulating data communications:
Advocacy groups file FCC complaints on 11 TV stations
The Campaign Legal Center and the Sunlight Foundation have filed formal complaints at the FCC against
21st Century Fox CDIs suspended on the Australian exchange
21st Century Fox announced trading of its CHESS Depositary Interests (CDIs) on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has been suspended in connection
LPTV vs Google, et al
Mike Gravino, Director, LPTV Spectrum Rights Coalition, just submitted this into the spectrum auction proceedings. They are
Tom Wheeler’s NCTA speech
Here is FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler’s speech at the NCTA Cable Show on 4/30. He mostly discusses the Open Internet NPRM thought
Time Warner Q1 up 9%; up 10% excluding Time Inc.
Revenues increased 9% to $7.5 billion in Q1. Adjusted Operating Income grew 7% to $1.5 billion
Preserving public safety as a core ‘first principle’ in US communications policy
Public safety is a core “first principle” for federal and state decision-makers when setting public policy
Univision: Comcast + TWC bad for Hispanic audiences
Univision President Randy Falco said that Comcast’s plan to buy rival Time Warner Cable could be
Top US TV shows kicked off Chinese streaming sites
Chinese authorities have ordered video streaming websites in the country to stop showing four
Journal Q1 up 3.7%
For the first quarter, Journal Communications’ revenue was $96.6 million, up 3.7% over Q1 2013. Digital revenue of $4.6 million
Media General announces secondary public offering
Media General announced 4/28 that certain of its stockholders intend to offer for sale 9,000,000 shares of the company’s voting common stock in a registered underwritten secondary public offering. The selling stockholders also expect to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 1,350,000 shares of voting common stock from the selling stockholders.
Media General Q1 up 16%
Media General’s Q1 revenue increased 16% to $144 million, compared to combined net operating revenue of $124 million in the first