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  • $30K deals in Texas Virginia

    $30K KMUL-AM/KICA-FM Farwell TX from Tallgrass Broadcasting LLC (C. David Rhoades, receiver) to Tejas Broadcasting LLC, a subsidiary of New World Broadcasting Inc. (James L. Anderson). $7.5K earnest money, balance in cash at closing. LMA until closing. Superduopoly with KKNM-FM Bovina TX, KGRW-FM Friona TX, KICA-AM/KKYC-FM Clovis NM. [FCC file date 5/14/13] $30K WRIS-AM Roanoke-Lynchburg VA ...

  • Watchdog expresses misgivings about Wheeler nomination

    Free Press would like an FCC chairman who puts the public first and foremost and industry stakeholders second, and does not believe that's what we're going to get with nominee Tom Wheeler. In an article on Huffington Post, Free Press's Craig Aaron had no trouble identifying potential problems with Wheeler as head of the Commission. First and foremost is his resume, which ...

  • Fort Worth LPTV worth a million plus

    $1.05M KFVW-LD Dallas-Fort Worth TX (Fort Worth TX) from Gerald Benavides to New York Spectrum Holding Company LLC (Charles M. Naumer et al). $52.5K escrow, balance in cash at closing. [FCC file date ...

  • TV execs well-represented on CEO pay list

    A list of the best-paid corporate executives in the US during 2012 is top-heavy with television CEOs. And CBS honcho Leslie Moonves is king of the hill, leading all executives and beating the #2 by over $10M despite suffering a pay decrease compared to his 2011 income. The list comes from research firm and executive compensation specialist Equilar. The average CEO of a large public company ...

  • Amedia Russia Inks Volume Deal With CBS Studios International

    In the wake of the L.A. screenings, Amedia Russia has concluded a multiyear, multiplatform volume deal with CBS Studios International, which will give it rights to broadcast current and future series produced by CBS. As part of this agreement, Amedia will also have rights to offer CBS programming on its own digital platforms, including the linear pay-TV channels Amedia Premium HD, Amedia 1 ...


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Bandits

It's always a shame to see a great character in a lousy movie. It's a waste because one inspired character isn't enough to elevate the movie above its basic mediocrity, even if he or she makes it almost worth watching. And, at the same time, you can't help but wonder how even more effective the character would have been had he or she been placed in the context of a better movie. ...

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  • Harmonic Ellipse 3000 to make Asia debut at BroadcastAsia2013

    Harmonic will showcase the Ellipse 3000 contribution encoder for the first time in Asia. The Ellipse 3000 employs MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 AVC 4:2:0/4:2:2 8- and 10-bit compression technologies to enable transmission of pristine real-time video over satellite and broadband contribution networks. By encoding the highest-possible picture quality at the front end of ...

  • Sound Devices announces enhanced options for PIX 260i users

    Sound Devices now offers expanded audio and video recording and file transfer capabilities with its newest firmware update, Version 1.02. With the new version, all drives are now formatted as exFAT instead of UDF. While this new drive formatting is available, it is still possible for PIX 260i users to record and play back from UDF drives for compatibility with the PX 220i and PIX 240i. Users ...

  • Topeka station loses a reliable engineer who’s seen it all

    WIBW, the CBS affiliate in Topeka KS, has announced that veteran broadcast engineer Elmer Gunderson, the station’s longest-tenured employee who started in November 1955 (just two years after the station officially went on the air), has died of cancer. Perhaps fittingly, in a 2008 interview with the Topeka Capital-Journal, Gunderson related his love for the broadcast business and how ...

  • Q Public Service Broadcasting A

    The London-based musical duo -- J. Willgoose, Esq and Wrigglesworth -- use samples from old public information films and footage as the basis for their brand of music You''re coming to Belfast. What can you tell us about the live show? J. Willgoose, Esq: "There''s a lot going on! Me and Wrigglesworth take care of the music and do as much as possible live. ...

  • News Corp. Board Approves Separation

    News Corp. said its board has approved the plan to separate its businesses into two companies that will be publicly traded. The two new companies will be 21st Century Fox, which will own the TV and movie businesses, and News Corp., which will own publishing assets in Australia. The separation is expected to occur on June 28. The new movie and TV company will have three new directors who ...

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