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How are the different online radio and television transactional providers making dollars for stations? With the product offering changing rapidly with new functionalities and competition ...Wall Street woes: More of 2007 in 2008
The first quarter of 2008 was nothing to get excited about for broadcasting stocks, either radio or television. In short, it was more of the ...Transmitter and programming considerations for HD Radio
In this Friday's Intel Brief consulting engineers Ed Bukont of Comm-Struction and Services and Marty Hadfield of The Hadfield Group discuss, respectively, the use of ...WiFi Radios: getting your station out there-even more
One of the latest tech crazes is WiFi Radio-with all of the free WiFi Hot Spots, WiMax and just plain unprotected wireless internet clouds in ...What the users say...
In today's Intel Brief on Traffic and Revenue Management Systems, we've gathered some quotes from radio and television traffic personnel responding to selected Traffic Directors' ...Dealing with tight credit; Part II
Our panelists turned to HD Radio, public companies going private and other front burner issues for broadcasters as the discussion continued....Dealing with tight credit; Part I
In the 3rd Annual RBR/TVBR Financial Roundtable, the elephant in the room was the current tight credit market. But there are still deals being done....Battle of the spot monitoring systems
How are spot and content monitoring providers improving their offerings for broadcasters, agencies and clients? Inquiring agencies and advertisers want to know—at the click of ...Why ratings no longer matter
Friday's Special Intel Brief is a look at history, and putting it into today's perspective. "Why ratings no longer matter" is a question mark that's ...Making your files public
You're sitting at the front desk at your station's offices, and in storms an old-timer who is practically frothing at the mouth. "DaggggggNABBIT!" he screams. ...Who needs HD Radio Conditional Access?
In this Friday's Intel Brief, RBR/TVBR, in conjunction with Thomas Rucktenwald, Director, Data Applications Sales and Hugo Latapie, Chief Technology Officer, NDS Americas, discuss Conditional ...Station trading in Q3 2007
Few industry movers and shakers are as handcuffed to the regulatory environment in the same way that M&A players in the broadcast field are. Radio ...Internet radio industry and audience measurement
Ando Media President/COO Robert Maccini has written an article for us that takes a look at issues surrounding AFTRA-induced ad substitution; how Internet radio is ...2007 on Wall Street: A year best forgotten
Warnings are being raised now of a recession in 2008, but for broadcasters the event arrived early. You know that radio and TV stocks did ...2008 forecasts: Tougher for traditional media?
In this Friday's Intel Brief, RBR/TVBR asked major industry organization heads in our annual survey for their 2008 forecasts, insights, solutions and ideas.2008 promises to ...Log in
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As always, John Gorman tells it like it is, whether we want to hear it or not. How sadly ironic that radio's success has been ...
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Does anyone else want to weigh in supporting this move? Do the sweeps really matter that much these days?
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Am I the only one bothered by Nielsen's move from February 2009 Sweep to March 2009?
The announcement from Nielsen came as a surprise. ...

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