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  • Wheeler spinning media stocks

    FCC chair nominee Tom Wheeler has a strong background in communications, and now he has a strong communications stock portfolio. But he has promised to cash out any stocks that might pose a conflict of interest in his upcoming job. According to Hillicon Valley, chief among the holdings are interests in AT&T and Verizon. But that is hardly the end of it. In all, Wheeler is said to have some ...

  • Foundation buys Williamsport FM

    $125K WPTC-FM Williamsport PA from Pennsylvania College of Technology (Davie Jane Gilmour) to Williamsport Lycoming Broadcast Foundation (Todd Bartley). $12.5K earnest money, balance in cash at closing. [FCC file date 5/10/13] $20K KWEI-AM Boise ID (Notus ID) from Media Enterprises LLC (Milton Erhart) to Treasure Valley Broadcasting Company (Randal A. Williamson, Helen Williamson). Cash, ...

  • MMTC takes aim at McCain’s a la carte bill

    David Honig of the Minority Media and Telecommunications Counsel says that as appealing as a la carte sounds in terms of being a boon to consumers, it actually would not beneficial and would decimate diversity on the channel menu. Honig said that a tier system of programming makes room for many special-interest and niche program services in an MVPD's program guide. That gives them the ...

  • High FCC hurdle for tailor-made market analyses

    An attempt to block a non-Arbitron market multi-station deal using an analysis that ignores the contour overlap methodology used by the FCC for analyzing local cap compliance has been turned down. The stations are KRAO-FM, KCLX-AM, KMAX-AM Colfax WA and KZZL-FM Pullman WA. The stations were sold by Palouse Country Inc. to Inland Northwest Broadcasting LLC. The objection came fro Radio Palouse ...

  • Deb Turness is new NBC News President

    Deborah Turness, former editor of ITV News, the UK's most-watched commercial network news service, has been named President of NBC News. Turness joins CNBC President Mark Hoffman and MSNBC President Phil Griffin as part of the NBCUniversal News Group leadership team reporting to Fili-Krushel, Chairman, NBCUniversal News Group. Turness will be based at the NBC News HQ at 30 Rock and starts ...


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And Everything Is Going Fine [Blu-Ray]

Spalding Gray made his living talking about his own life, so it is only appropriate that And Everything Is Going Fine, Steven Soderberghs documentary about/tribute to the late actor/writer/monologuist, allows Gray to speak of his life and its signific ... ...

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  • Leader Instruments enhances VidChecker VidFixer

    VidFixer 5.0 offers the same functions as VidChecker V5.0, as well as an integral transcoder allowing output in a user-selectable alternative to the source file ...

  • Small Tree Shared Storage Plays Vital Role in Boutique Post-Production Companys Rapid Growth

    Originally founded in 2012 to handle post-production on two feature film projects, Prodigi House in Jakarta soon acquired additional clients - including Samsung and Honda - seeking support with TV commercials. With additional projects and tighter deadlines, the company installed a Titanium16 shared storage system from Small ...

  • Rogers invests in Quantel again for new Montreal channel

    Newbury, UK, 20th May 2013: Rogers Communications has purchased a Quantel Enterprise sQ news and sports production system for its new Montreal operation, City Montreal, to serve the Quebec region of Canada. Rogers is in the midst of constructing a new Studio and Production facilities in the heart of downtown Montreal. Once completed this new HD station will be on air in mid-August 2013. At the ...

  • Fired WROD GM sued by station owner

    Kevin Geddings, a terminated GM at Volusia Broadcasting's Oldies WROD-A/FM Daytona Beach is being sued by station owner Joe Hopkins for misappropriation of ...

  • CAB Cable Shows Tops in Multiscreen Usage

    In a pre-upfront research report, the Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau spells out increases in consumption of cable content and brands across multiple screens. According to the report, consumers spend more than 85 hours per month with cable content on TV and the Internet, beating the 34 hours consumers spend with broadcast content and the 24 hours consumers spend with Facebook and the ...

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