Satellite Radio Is Dead
Can the high-flying Satellite Radio pioneers whether the economic storm on earth? No, says this writer.
Clear Channel's Cloudy Future
What happens if the deal doesn't get done? That's the question looming over Clear Channel Communications (nyse: CCU - news - people ) and its shareholders now that the long-waited $19.5 billion deal to take the company private has become engulfed in litigation.
New Global Morning show debuts on Love 97FM
Love 97FM, the leading adult contemporary/oldies powerhouse in the Bahamas and on the World Wide Web is launching the "Global Breakfast Club."
The Sirius XM Thing
Is the Sirius-XM merger a good thing? It could be, says this writer, with a few caveats.
Fresh off open-access win, Google pushes for Wi-Fi in white spaces
Google Inc., a major force in prying open the 700 MHz band for third-party applications and devices, could also become the pivotal deal-maker in the equally controversial and politicized debate over whether federal regulators should make vacant TV channels -- white spaces -- available for unlicensed wireless broadband access.
DIGITAL NETWORKS VIE FOR AFFILIATION DEALS
As HD proliferates, so does available digital bandwidth. Radio stations now have the opportunity to carry video as well as data in a subset of their allocated spectrum. At NATPE, however, radio broadcasters were surprisingly lukewarm.
NHK chief Hashimoto offers to resign
Genichi Hashimoto, president of Japan Broadcasting Corp. (NHK), said Monday he has offered to resign to take responsibility for an insider trading scandal, just days before his tumultuous term was to expire.
TV Advertising is Dying
For advertisers that are still spending more than $70 billion on TV, a permanent slide in TV viewership levels could be the catalyst prompting a major spending shift away from TV in favor of newer media channels like the internet and multimedia cellphones.
NEW LOCAL STATION WJXE-TV 15 JACKSONVILLE AND COMCAST CABLE SIGN AGREEMENT
WJXE-TV 15, a new television station serving the Jacksonville market, has just signed a long-term, 24-hour exclusive programming arrangement with the nation’s leading broadband provider Comcast Cable.
Cable Ruling May Provide Opportunities For Google, Startups
The FCC may move to open up access to cable television on the basis that the big cable companies are too dominant, according to the NY Times.

