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Volume 23, Issue 8, Jim Carnegie, Editor & Publisher
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Thursday Morning January 12th, 2006
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TV News ®
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Peacock net: We have a Pope
As once-dominant NBC works to get its primetime programming lineup back on track, the Peacock network has announced a shakeup in its top programming executive ranks. Kevin Reilly, President, NBC Entertainment, announced that former NBC programming exec Katherine Pope (pictured) is returning from NBC Universal Television Studio to be Executive Vice President, NBC Entertainment. Also returning to the network from its sister studio is Jeff Ingold, who's now Senior Vice President, Comedy Development, for NBC. Pope will replace Ghen Maynard, former Executive Vice President, Primetime Development, NBC Entertainment, while Ingold assumes the role once held by Cheryl Dolins, Senior Vice President, Comedy Development for NBC. Michael Thorn, Senior Vice President, Drama Development, also will depart the network, NBC said.
CSTV now part of CBS
Les Moonves didn't waste any time getting the new CBS Corporation into cable TV. Following the New Year's Eve split from the cable-dominated part of Viacom, CBS told the SEC it closed last week on its 325 million acquisition of College Sports Television Networks (CSTV) that was announced in November (11/4/05 TVBR #217). CBS paid 25 million in cash and shareholders of the former CSTV Networks Inc., including Founder and CEO Brian Bedol, who's staying on to run the unit for CBS, are in line to receive 300 million worth of CBS Class B stock on February 1st, with the exact number of shares to be determined under a formula based on trading for a period preceding closing. Based on the current price, that looks to be around 11.3 million shares. Moonves has said he doesn't plan to have CBS compete in cable in Viacom's strongest areas - - children's programming and music channels - - but that CSTV is a good fit with CBS Sports and the CBS SportsLine web operation.
TVBR observation: Time's a wastin'. Moonves and Bedol aren't content to stop with just what CSTV is offering now. This is going to be the vehicle for CBS to claim a chunk of the cable sports business that ESPN, Fox and Comcast are already battling over. With CSTV in-house, CBS can now work on how to expand in cable sports beyond the college arena.
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Delay threatening to sue ad runners
KHOU-TV Houston, the Belo-owned CBS affiliate nearby the congressional district of Tom Delay (R-TX) is reporting that the embattled former majority leader is threatening to sue any station that runs an ad for which a pair of public interest groups are seeking airtime. Campaign for America's Future and Public Campaign Action Fund are the groups, and they're taking their campaigns to the districts of Delay and Bob Ney (R-OH), using broadcast television and cable in Delay's and radio/billboard in the more rural area represented by Ney. The Delay ads detail his relationship with lobbyist Jack Abramoff. According to KHOU, Delay is calling the ads "false and defamatory" and is threatening any station that runs them with a lawsuit. KHOU said in its newscast that it was reviewing the ad and had not yet decided if it would run it or not.
TVBR observation: It would seem Delay would have a tough time. The ad in question sources all of its claims, mostly to the Associated Press. He's a public figure involved in a very public issue. It's not like CAF and PCAF are putting interviews with judges on the air. Attacking the medium upon which the message runs rather than answering CAF/PCAF would seem to be a misplaced tactic in any case.
Dan Snyder shows his stripes
The target - - radio, television and the Internet. The company - - Red Zebra Broadcasting. The CEO - - Bennett Zier. NFL Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder is ready to start his own group, which he intends to make a cornerstone of the team's broadcast empire. The group's initial acquisitions are expected to be announced shortly. Veteran broadcast exec Zier said, "This is a tremendous opportunity for me to run my own business as CEO and enjoy the support of the great entrepreneurial spirit and success of Dan Snyder. I look forward to building a dynamic company with great people and a unique esprit de corps." Red Zone LLC will be the Snyder company under which Red Zebra operates. It recently became majority stockholder of the Six Flags theme park company.
TVBR observation: We think the TV plans will have to wait for this nacent group. Since NFL TV rights are pretty much tied up at the network level, the obvious first area of concern for Red Zebra will be radio. It will find slim pickings in the Washington market, unless it is able to talk a major operator out of a viable stick. However, there may be ample opportunity to build a fairly extensive network of radio stations in the surrounding region, particularly in Virginia, where Red Zone is incorporated. As for other expansion plans, will Red Zebra try to tie in somehow with other Six Flag locations? It will be interesting to see what tack this fledgling outfit chooses.
Pay VOD future doubted
A study from Points North Group and Horowitz Associates, Inc. casts doubt on the viability of a pay-to-see model for television programming. Respondents, in an instance where they missed their favorite TV show, were asked if they'd like to be able to access it for free with commercials, or for 1.99 without commercials. The results weren't even close. Free with commercials won 62%-17%, with 21% undecided. The more tech-savvy 18-34 demo was more willing to make a choice, with only 5% undecided, but also came down overwhelmingly against paying for the show, 68%-26%. "Video downloads for $1.99 will have limited appeal. Consumers will grow tired of having their credit cards charged $1.99 every time they download a rerun of CSI," said Points North Group analyst Craig Leddy.
TVBR Condolences
Late last night TVBR was informed by Gordon Hastings, Pres. Of the Broadcasters’ Foundation of a dear friend passing - Lucille Luongo, she was a young 58 years old who had been ill with cancer since last September. Ms. Luongo was a past national president of the American Women in Radio and Television, a former Sr. Vice-President of Corporate Communications for Katz Media Corporation, and a decade long director of the Broadcasters’ Foundation. Lucille was an excellent broadcaster, friend and we shall miss her. The family requests that in lieu of flowers those wishing to do so may make memorial gifts to the Broadcasters’ Foundation Endowment Fund, 7 Lincoln Avenue, Greenwich, Connecticut.
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Cox joins the family tier parade
Like Comcast and Time Warner before it, Cox Communications is set to roll out a package of family-friendly basic cable channels, within the first quarter of this year in some markets. The tier will include local broadcast outlets, CNN Headline News, and other channels, including many with either educational or children's content. It will further be tailored to the local market according to what's available and what's in demand. The service will require a digital set-top box and is expected to run about 32 dollars a month.
TVBR observation: And like the two programs before it, it is likely - - make that certain - - to be slapped down by the Parents Television Counsel. PTC will again wonder why parents have to pay extra for a limited program menu to keep material they do not want out of their home. It'll be seen as forcing parents to indirectly subsidize the objectionable programming, and it'll be decried as a dodge to avoid a mandated a la carte regime. We'll be interesting to see how this plays out at the Senate hearing next week, which will have representatives from both PTC and the cable industry in attendance. So far, it does not appear that the family tier is the cure-all cable was hoping it would be.
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Ad Business Report TM
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"Daniel" advertisers targeted
Advertisers for NBC's controversial "The Book of Daniel" have been targeted by conservative activist org American Family Association (AFA), which condemned it as anti-Christian. The show itself ran only about 24 national spots during the two-hour back-to-back episodes that composed the premiere of "The Book of Daniel" from 9 to 11 p.m. last Friday. NBC reportedly offered lower prices for the spots, as well. This, in addition to general complaints to the media from the AFA about the contents of the program. The complaints led 5 of NBC's 232 affiliates to pre-empt the series. In the series, which will still return on Friday in its 10 p.m. slot and run through 2/3, Aidan Quinn portrays Daniel Webster, an Episcopal priest who lives in suburban NYC with his dysfunctional family, which includes a daughter who sells pot, a gay son and another son who is a teen Romeo. To compensate for the lack of demand from advertisers last Friday, NBC ran some 38 tune-in spots to promote its other primetime shows and the Olympics. AFA has circulated the following e-flyer for folks to complain to the show's advertisers.
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PPM gets agency commitment
The Interpublic Group (IPG), which represents more than 30% of all of radio's national spot dollars, has committed to using the ratings provided by the PPM to plan and buy radio once Arbitron deploys its electronic measurement service. However, this does not commit Arbitron to a specific timetable for PPM deployment. Arbitron still has not yet made a decision regarding when and for which markets it will deploy the PPM system to measure local market radio audiences, but it has been testing in Houston and Philadelphia; it is currently deployed in Montreal. The agreement covers the US-based radio planning and buying of IPG companies including: Campbell-Ewald; Campbell Mithun; Carmichael Lynch; Dailey & Associates; Deutsch; Foote Cone & Belding; Gotham Inc; Hill, Holliday, Connors Cosmopolus; Howard Merrell & Associates; ID Media; Initiative; Jay Advertising; The Martin Agency; Mullen; Siboney; Tierney Communications and Universal McCann.
Jean Pool, EVP/Director of North American Operations, Universal McCann, Chairman of Media Policy at the AAAAs,
tells us this is "Wonderful. It's simply better research. And God only knows we are so far behind Europe and much of the rest of the world in the research product that we value our inventory on." Pool tells us she was involved in the due diligence behind the decision, working with Universal McCann SVP, Director of Media Knowledge Susan Nathan on it. She adds, "By getting out there early with this and getting the publicity, we're trying to encourage Nielsen to carry through with that [PPM] relationship and get involved. Because that kind of funding will just help it to move more quickly."
Irene Katsnelson, Universal McCann VP,
Director of National Broadcast,
tells RBR/TVBR she's looking forward to utilizing the improvement for her clients: "Anything that will give more accurate information is exciting, because what radio has been using before is pretty archaic. Any technology that takes radio to the next level is welcome and good news." IPG clients include Safeway, MasterCard, CVS, American Airlines, Sony, UPS, Dunkin' Donuts, NASCAR, Alltel, Home Depot, AOL and Arby's.
TVBR observation: This is a great vote of confidence from IPG. When more agencies make similar proclamations of intent-to-use, the case should become easier to make with broadcasters - - and Nielsen. Bottom line - - agencies want reliable data to make their clients the most ROI. PPM may not be proven as perfect yet, but it's much, much more accurate than diaries.
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NBC looking to lighten O&O portfolio
TVBR sources confirm that NBC Universal is shopping four of its smaller market O&O stations - - not so much for the 600 million or so that they're expected to bring, but so that NBC can look to buy and build NBC/Telemundo duopolies in growth markets with large Hispanic populations. Birmingham, AL, Columbus, OH, Providence, RI and Raleigh, NC don't fit that profile, so NBC is looking for buyers. UBS is said to be handling the sell-off. News of NBC's plans to sell the four stations was first reported this week by Broadcasting & Cable. Here's the NBC shopping list:
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Market |
Calls |
Channel |
2004 billings |
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Raleigh, NC
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WNCN
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17
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32.6M
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32
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Columbus, OH
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WCMH
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4
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52.0M
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40
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Birmingham, AL
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WVTM
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13
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23.7M
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51
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Providence, RI
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WJAR
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10
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39.2M
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Source: BIAfn Media Access Pro
TVBR observation: If you are a buyer in TV, there are plenty of tires to kick on the lot. In the December 2005 issue of Radio & Television Report, we noted that 20 stations had been publicly been put on the auction block by Emmis, Raycom and Nexstar. Since then Raycom has announced one station sale, so these four from NBC put the count at 23. How many more are being shopped more quietly?
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Watchdog on telco cable entry
The Center for Digital Democracy is saying that any new regulatory regime that allows telephone companies into the cable business and does not include local franchising will ultimately damage the consumer. CDD's Jeff Chester argues that the companies are motivated by profit, and the provision of consumer-oriented and public-interest offerings now enforced by local authorities will quickly go by the wayside. "From connections that promote education and public safety to the funds and infrastructure that help provide for public access community programming, agreements made between local officials and cable companies are the last vestige of what is supposed to be a bedrock FCC policy - - localism," wrote Chester. "Without such a policy, phone and cable companies will be unaccountable to the communities they are supposed to serve, essentially holding them hostage to ever-increasing prices and ever-diminishing public interest obligations." He is calling for Commissioners Michael Copps and Jonathan Adelstein to put up a fight, and for concerned citizens to contact the FCC and make their opinion known.
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| Entertainment Media Business Report TM |
PGA Tour rights to
CBS, NBC and The Golf Channel
The PGA Tour announced a new package of TV rights agreements running from 2007 through 2012, with the biggest change being that Comcast's The Golf Channel will become the PGA Tour's exclusive cable partner, replacing ESPN. ESPN's broadcast sister, ABC, also bowed out of the bidding, so the PGA Tour will have all of its events on two broadcast networks, CBS and NBC, and one cable net, The Golf Channel. "Over the long-term, we think this new two-network model is going to work extremely effectively for the Tour. It offers fans and sponsors the very significant benefits of better continuity and promotion," said PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem of the new broadcast contracts. "Adding a very significant PGA Tour role for The Golf Channel further solidifies the presentation of our sport to the fans," Finchem said. "Further, the association with Comcast is especially appealing. The wide array of Comcast's promotional assets and its forward thinking in the media and communications industry substantially enhances the value of this new partnership," he added. And Finchem had kind words for the networks who are leaving: "We would like to acknowledge the contributions that ABC and ESPN have made to our sport over many years. They have been tremendous partners, and we thank them for their support and commitment." Exact financial details of the new agreements weren't disclosed, but Finchem said total prize money and financial benefits to players will increase by approximately 600 million over the term of the contracts - - a 35% increase over the previous six years.
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Behrendt cleared in 80% of US
Sony Pictures Television's (SPT) new relationship/talk series, "The Greg Behrendt Show," has been sold to television stations in 23 of the top 25 markets and is now cleared in 80% of the country, according to John Weiser, president, distribution, SPT. In addition to all 26 Tribune stations, clearances now include WDIV/Detroit (Post-Newsweek), KTVK/Phoenix (Belo), WOIO/Cleveland and (Raycom) and WYTU/Milwaukee (Weigel), plus stations from other key groups, including Sinclair and Hubbard Broadcasting and The WB 100+ Station Group. Best-selling author and comedian Greg Behrendt, who co-wrote the best sellers "He's Just Not That Into You" and "It's Called a Breakup Because It's Broken," will dispense practical advice in a "humorous yet empowering and uplifting manner" in the syndicated one-hour relationship/talk show scheduled for a fall 2006 launch.
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Football and dancing also big with TiVo users
Just like the Nielsen ratings, the latest week's viewership rankings for users of TiVo digital video recorders was dominated by ABC, with its college football bowl games, an NFL playoff game and the season premier of "Dancing with the Stars," plus ever-popular "Desperate Housewives." CBS' "CSI" still managed to grab the #2 spot.
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Univision Online to deliver behavioral targeting
Revenue Science, a behavioral targeting provider, has been selected by Univision Online, the interactive division of Univision Communications, to help the company deliver more relevant advertising through behavioral targeting. This agreement marks the first time Revenue Science's technology and services have been deployed for a Spanish-language website. "Throughout 2005, Univision.com had more advertisers than any other Spanish-language Web site and we are always looking for new ways to help these advertisers reach their target audiences," said Javier Saralegui, president of Univision Online. "Revenue Science's industry-leading behavioral targeting technology and service will bring major benefits to our advertisers, by expanding the amount of valuable inventory available and enabling the precision delivery of campaigns to a variety of large, high-quality consumer audiences." "Working with Revenue Science will enable our advertisers to deliver their campaigns directly to high-value audiences such as Automotive, Personal Finance, and Wireless, no matter what page of our site they are on," said Tom Arrix, SVP of Sales at Univision.com.
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| Traffic |
What's new for 2006? Part III
As many GMs and traffic managers will be looking to update their traffic and billing systems this year, RBR/TVBR asked a few current (and new) vendors to detail their latest and upcoming offerings. As well, what sets their systems apart from the rest. Continued from yesterday.
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| Stock Talk |
Market advance misses TV
Most stock sectors were up yesterday, but not TV. The Dow Industrials advanced 32 points, or 0.3% to 11,043 on comments by a Fed official that inflations is "quite moderate." For TV stocks, though, there are worries about the ad slump continuing and the sector closed mixed, with nearly equal numbers of gainers and decliners. The biggest gainers were Washington Post, up 1.5%, and Emmis, up 1.1% as it rebounded from losses earlier this week. The worst performer was CBS, down 1.4% for its Class B stock.
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Here's how stocks fared on Wednesday
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Symbol |
Close |
Change |
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Symbol |
Close |
Change |
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Acme
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ACME
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3.88
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+0.31
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LIN TV
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TVL
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10.92
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-0.01
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Belo
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BLC
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22.20
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-0.16
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McGraw-Hill
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MHP
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48.90
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-0.38
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CBS |
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26.18
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-0.38
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Media General
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MEG
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50.53
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-0.34
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CBSa |
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26.27
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-0.22
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Meredith
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MDP
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53.64
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+0.12
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Clear Channel
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CCU
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31.61
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-0.39
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News Corp.
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NWS
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17.12
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+0.17
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Disney
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DIS
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25.56
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+0.24
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Nexstar
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NXST
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4.23
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+0.07
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Emmis
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EMMS
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18.49
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+0.20
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NY Times
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NYT
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27.52
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-0.19
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Entravision
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EVC
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7.07
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-0.06
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Paxson
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PAX
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0.95
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+0.04
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Fisher
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FSCI
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42.10
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+0.05
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Saga Commun.
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SGA
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10.18
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-0.02
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Gannett
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GCI
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62.78
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-0.63
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SBS
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SBSA
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5.27
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+0.05
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Gen. Electric
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GE
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35.43
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+0.24
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Scripps
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SSP
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49.77
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+0.47
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Granite
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GBTVK
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0.25
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unch
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Sinclair
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SBGI
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8.84
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-0.12
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Gray
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GTN
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9.52
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+0.01
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Time Warner
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TWX
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17.57
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+0.07
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Gray, C1. A
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GTNa
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8.89
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-0.11
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Tribune
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TRB
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30.98
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-0.21
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Hearst-Argyle
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HTV
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24.00
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+0.04
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Univision
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UVN
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31.33
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+0.13
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Jeff-Pilot
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JP
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58.25
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-0.04
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Wash. Post
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WPO
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783.25
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+11.35
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Journal Comm.
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JRN
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13.99
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-0.02
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Young
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YBTVA
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3.78
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+0.03
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Liberty Corp
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LC
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46.98
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+0.06
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Bounceback
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While Brad Nimmons' article (1/10/06 TVBR #6) makes valid points on the surface, he ignores the coming changes to television measurement theories that are becoming more prominent in clients' thinking. The whole basis of Nielsen and Arbitron is to measure audience size and viewing or listening habits based on diary methods, PPM and other equations that try to measure audience size. Clients today have been moving quickly to find new ways of measuring advertising costs to sales results. In other words, audience size does not necessarily matter as much as the quantifiable sales results of the advertising.
None other than General Motors, whose stock is delicately balanced these days and has had weak sales has now gone to more of a Direct Response mode of TV expenditures to find a more cost effective way to KNOW how much success the advertising is providing to actual sales. Companies are getting very highly skilled in producing programs, software and theories to measure these very important results. The wave of the future is here. "How effective is my advertising" now means "tell me how our sales are in direct proportion to our advertising - - and if you can't, I'll find someone who can." Who said size is everything??
Stan Elgart
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Below the Fold
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Ad Business Report
PPM gets agency commitment
The Interpublic Group (IPG), has committed to using the ratings...
Washington Media Business Report
Watchdog on telco cable entry
The Center for Digital Democracy is Kicking up its heels over cable...
Media Markets & Money
NBC looking to lighten portfolio
Shopping 4 of its smaller market O&O stations...
Entertainment Media
Business Report
Behrendt cleared in 80% of US
Sold to television stations in 23 of the top 25 markets...
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TV Media Moves
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From PBS
to a museum
Pat Mitchell has been named President of the Museum of Television & Radio, creating a vacancy at PBS, where she has been President & CEO. Also, Christy Carpenter has been promoted from VP to Executive VP and COO of the museum, which has facilities in New York and Los Angeles.
Sears in control
Gannett has promoted Leslie Sears to Assistant Controller. She was previously director of consolidation accounting and financial reporting.
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RBR - Radio News
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Stern and Buchwald
are sitting pretty
He may have escaped scrutiny by the FCC, but Howard Stern now has to deal with the SEC. We're betting he doesn't mind. Sirius Satellite Radio has delivered the 34 million plus shares it owed Stern and his long-time agent, Don Buchwald, because Sirius exceed subscriber targets for 2005 after signing Stern (1/6/06 RBR #4). The shares have now been registered with the SEC so that Stern and Buchwald may, if they wish, sell all or part of them. Because of the filing, we know the exact split of the booty. One Twelve Inc., owned by Stern, got 31,125,000 shares, worth 204.5 million bucks at Monday's closing price. Chipombe LLC, owned by Buchwald, got 3,125,000 shares, worth just over 20 million.
RBR observation: An article in yesterday's Wall Street Journal suggested that Stern's 500 million paycheck over five years (and it's now up to 610 million, we would note) may add to the trend to inflate CEO pay. We question that thinking. It's not unusual for top entertainment talent to be paid more than their corporate bosses. Stern was paid more than Mel Karmazin at Infinity/CBS/Viacom and again now that they're reunited at Sirius. Oprah Winfrey makes more than Roger King at KingWorld. In fact, it's quite common for a market-leading morning DJ or an established local TV news anchor to be paid more than the station GM. Those things have nothing to do with how a board of directors should compensate their company's CEO.
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TVBR Radar 2005
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Television News you won't read any where else. TVBR--First, Accurate, and Independently Owned.
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Analyst warns of double digit drops in broadcast stocks this year
Most radio and TV stocks were down significantly in 2005, but Harris Nesbitt analyst Lee Westerfield doesn't think the pain is over. He's warning investors that new mobile tech and advertising risks create an equity downside of 15-20% in 2006 for broadcast stocks. That's on top of the losses that almost all radio and TV stocks suffered in 2005. Just back from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Westerfield sees threats from mobile broadband and PC-to-TV video convergence. "Announcements at CES foreshadow events ahead in 2006, such as a) deepening web media partnerships between mobile broadband players and the likes of Yahoo! and Google; and b) launch of Microsoft Vista [new operating system] with its media functionality this coming fall," the analysts said in a note to investors. As such, Westerfield is maintaining his "Negative" rating on the broadcasting sector (although he does like the Hispanic specialists). He expects pure-play radio company values to contract from their current multiples of around 11.5 times EBITDA to 10 times and pure-play TV from 10.5 to nine times.
TVBR observation: Yahoo! and Google have to get their content from somewhere. Google produces zero content of its own and Yahoo! very little. So, while these new players are competitors to broadcast and cable TV, they are also potential outlets for repositioning broadcast and cable content - - producing new revenue streams for broadcasters. Pretty much every network has announced multiple deals in recent months to deliver programming via the Internet or cell phone systems. And there are opportunities for local stations as well. That's why April's annual TVB management conference in New York will be devoted to a single topic: multiplatform opportunities and challenges. Don't count broadcasters out just yet. But realize the Facts - Technology is waiting for no one including the broadcasters and related companies doing business in the media. Traditional means of conducting business have finally have seen closure. Technology waits for no one - Period. Trying to slow it down will only result to self imploding.
01/11/06 TVBR #7
How'd Emmis TV do last quarter?
Good question. Although Emmis Communications operated its entire TV group right up to the end of its fiscal Q3, which ended November 30, 2005, the TV stations are being treated as discontinued operations and their results were not included in yesterday's quarterly financial release. Thus, all we know from the release is that the net income from discontinued operations totaled 5.29 per share. That would include profits from the TV sales to Gray and LIN which closed on November 30th, producing net proceeds of 441.6 million. However, we found more in Emmis' 10-Q filing at the SEC, showing that the TV group produced net earnings of 11.1 million for the quarter.
01/10/06 TVBR #6
Winds of Naples hit Emmis
Emmis execs cautious about ad market as National radio business was stronger than local in fiscal Q3 for Emmis Communications, but company officials told analysts in their quarterly conference call that the strength for national was due more to the company's collection of stations, rather than any trend for the industry. Also, the situation has now reversed, with local a bit stronger.
RBR observation: On Emmis radio side we stated in RBR that our eyes focus on Emmis as the temperature reading for the radio business and now we will have to take into account the wind chill factor. It is going to be a cold 2006 as many conference calls on the way will demonstrate that there is a cold wind blowing through Naples this year. Bear Sterns has already taken their first step and it will not surprise us at RBR to see others follow their recommendation and not just Emmis but many in the radio business. Radio will have to find new ways and use new media technology to face this problem with national spot giving the agency more accountability with ROI.
01/10/06 RBR #6
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