Vivvo CMS 4.0 http://www.rbr.com/ ©2007 Spoonlabs d.o.o. http://www.rbr.com/files.php?file=rss_logo1_757997737.jpg http://www.rbr.com/ http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/5908.html WASHINGTON BEAT Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:00:00 -0500 When Byron Dorgan (D-ND) announced he was reviving his Resolution of Disapproval tactic to block execution of the FCC's new acceptance of broadcast/print cross-owned groups http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/5905.html WASHINGTON BEAT Mon, 10 Mar 2008 10:59:00 -0500 Discussing XM/Sirius, former Attorney General Dick Thornburgh wrote, "To say that this proposed merger is problematic is an understatement." Using the OpEd space in the http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/5874.html WASHINGTON BEAT Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:28:00 -0600 The FCC celebrated the beginning of its mandate that all consumer video electronics devices, most notably television sets, include DTV tuners. After the quick issuance http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/5901.html WASHINGTON BEAT Sun, 09 Mar 2008 19:57:00 -0500 All kinds of investors have had a role in financing broadcasting companies. The fear some have with private equity is that it views ownership as a temporary matter -- it either swoops in to liquidate an acquisition, or it looks to quickly build value and sell. http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/5877.html WASHINGTON BEAT Fri, 07 Mar 2008 06:30:00 -0600 A coalition of 47 state broadcaster associations was responsible for winning an extension of the comment and reply period on the FCC's NPRM on encouraging http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/5876.html WASHINGTON BEAT Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:29:00 -0600 An indication that nobody is going to sit around twiddling their thumbs when a DTV issue comes up is the swiftness of the action to http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/5841.html WASHINGTON BEAT Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:48:00 -0600 Paying attention to the local audience is a key part of the business plan of most successful broadcasters. But the one-size-fits-all approach to encouraging localism, http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/5843.html WASHINGTON BEAT Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:50:00 -0600 Some might argue that there is no further cutting of costs possible, if increasing revenues is the goal (although that obviously is not stopping Farid Suleman at Citadel). And there don't seem to be too many buyers of any kind out there right now http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/5844.html WASHINGTON BEAT Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:51:00 -0600 Traditionally, the FCC Chair gets out of the way and allows the new president to put his own choice in the position. But http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/5847.html WASHINGTON BEAT Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:53:00 -0600 Everybody seems to agree that the FCC's action on cross-ownership was arbitrary and capricious. Some also believe its lack of action on other broadcast ownership http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/5812.html WASHINGTON BEAT Wed, 05 Mar 2008 04:48:00 -0600 Can't see this case going anywhere, unless it turns out that the malfunction was caused by interference from one of those experimental unlicensed white space devices. http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/5805.html WASHINGTON BEAT Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:40:00 -0600 Wondering how John McCain (R-AZ) handled this the first time Dorgan used the tactic? Answer: Agreed with Dorgan philosophically but opposed the tactic. http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/5808.html WASHINGTON BEAT Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:45:00 -0600 It is not a constitutional right to see any games, or to set the price to see them, or to demand that programmers show them at all. http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/5806.html WASHINGTON BEAT Wed, 05 Mar 2008 10:43:00 -0600 A number of measures directed at increasing the number of "eligible entities" in the ranks of broadcast owners are officially out on the street after http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/5873.html WASHINGTON BEAT Sun, 09 Mar 2008 10:27:00 -0500 This is where a lot of the last-minute political buys will be coming from, especially if you're in a district that wasn't on anybody's map but suddenly proves competitive.