The well-connected pirate
Just like the pirate Jean Lafitte, a pirate with possible connections to Napoleon Bonaparte and Andrew Jackson, this privateer of the electromagnetic spectrum in...
Reagan/Bush 41 AG attacks satmerger
Discussing XM/Sirius, former Attorney General Dick Thornburgh wrote, "To say that this proposed merger is problematic is an understatement." Using the OpEd space in...
House panel tees up Thomas H. Lee
All kinds of investors have had a role in financing broadcasting companies. The fear some have with private equity is that it views ownership as a temporary matter -- it either swoops in to liquidate an acquisition, or it looks to quickly build value and sell.
Dems hold the financial edge
This is where a lot of the last-minute political buys will be coming from, especially if you're in a district that wasn't on anybody's map but suddenly proves competitive.
Patel moving in at NTIA
An indication that nobody is going to sit around twiddling their thumbs when a DTV issue comes up is the swiftness of the action...
FCC nails retailer for analog PC TV computer boards
The FCC celebrated the beginning of its mandate that all consumer video electronics devices, most notably television sets, include DTV tuners. After the quick...
Credit where credit is due
A coalition of 47 state broadcaster associations was responsible for winning an extension of the comment and reply period on the FCC's NPRM on...
Arbitrary and capricious indeed
Everybody seems to agree that the FCC's action on cross-ownership was arbitrary and capricious. Some also believe its lack of action on other broadcast...
Brakes applied on FCC merry-go-round
Traditionally, the FCC Chair gets out of the way and allows the new president to put his own choice in the position. But
House teeing up private equity
Some might argue that there is no further cutting of costs possible, if increasing revenues is the goal (although that obviously is not stopping Farid Suleman at Citadel). And there don't seem to be too many buyers of any kind out there right now
Football being blocked by cable?
It is not a constitutional right to see any games, or to set the price to see them, or to demand that programmers show them at all.
Dorgan launches repudiation of FCC rulemaking
Wondering how John McCain (R-AZ) handled this the first time Dorgan used the tactic? Answer: Agreed with Dorgan philosophically but opposed the tactic.
FCC releases ownership diversification rules
A number of measures directed at increasing the number of "eligible entities" in the ranks of broadcast owners are officially out on the street...
FCC looks into WHNT story
Can't see this case going anywhere, unless it turns out that the malfunction was caused by interference from one of those experimental unlicensed white space devices.
News organization brings terror to Tampa
The ongoing road show presented by the Radio and Television News Directors Foundation will pull into the Tampa Convention Center next week, 3/13/08. It’s...