Global Advertising Forecasts Drop: An Indicator for Uncertain Times
October 1, 2008
Gap Widens in Online Advertising | online.wsj.com
1. Zenith Optimedia, Universal McCann, WPP, BMO Capital Markets, Oppenheimer, Lehman Brothers and eMarket all have announced downward revision of overall Ad spend for 2008 2. Nielsen Monitor-Plus: first-half U.S. ad spend declined 1.4 percent, compared with the same period in 2007, to $67.6 billion
Internet Protocol TV Emerging, but Slowly in the US
September 29, 2008
IPTV subscriptions to grow 64 percent in 2008: Gartner | www.reuters.com
A new report by the Gartner Group details strong growth in both IPTV households and revenues through 2012, but most of the growth is happening in Europe.
NAB Chief Urges Radio Industry to Focus on Success, Reach of Medium
September 22, 2008
Rehr: 'Negativity' Threatens The Radio Business | www.radioink.com
At the NAB Radio Show in Austin, CEO David Rehr challenges the radio industry to avoid negatism sweeping the industry and encourages operators to promote the success of the medium at both reaching audiences and through new technologies.
Sirius XM Offers Projections for 2009
September 11, 2008
Sirius XM Offers Merger Update | www.radioink.com
SIrius XM releases new information post-merger on financials for 2009 and some programming notes about the company.
Ethnic Growth of US TV Households Continues According to Nielsen
September 11, 2008
Nielsen: TV Households to Increase 1.5% for 2008-09 Season | www.mediaweek.com
Nielsen has released new data on audiences and TV households as the 2008-2009 television season begins as of 9/1/2008.
Will Disney Create a Paradigm Shift for TV Distribution
August 18, 2008
Disney May Sell ABC TV Stations, Caris Analyst Says | www.bloomberg.com
Analyst David Miller for Caris & Co. tells Bloomberg that Disney might sell its ten television stations to exit the distribution business. Such a move would be a huge change for the traditional network powers.
TV Advertising tops Newspapers, but Internet Leads All Media by 2011
August 7, 2008
Study: Broadcast Beats Papers for Ad Sales | www.reuters.com
Article summarizes the latest Veronis Suhler Stevenson report which predicts that TV advertising will surpass newspapers in 2008, but in just three years the Internet will be in first place.
August 7, 2008
Satellite Radio: Dead Companies Walking | www.lightreading.com
Article suggests there is limited if any future for satellite radio. The FCC's decision to let the companies merge suggests otherwise.
CBS Selling Stations, but Who's Buying?
August 5, 2008
CBS To Sell 50 Radio Stations | www.radioink.com
CBS Corp., the second largest radio operator in the U. S., announced it will divest 50 radio stations located in mostly medium size markets in order to reduce expenses and focus on large market clusters. The question is who will buy these stations?
MPAA to Fight Online Movie Piracy with Aggregation and Search Site
July 28, 2008
Court records: MPAA sought info on PirateBay founders | news.cnet.com
1. Motion Pictures Association of America site to link to any legal distributor such as Fandango, Xbox Live, Netflix, iTunes and Sony's PlayStation Store. 2. Recent research conducted by the MPAA and Yahoo found that the internet plays a significant role in driving people to film.
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