GLG News by Movie Distribution Experts

Heilo, a new upstart in the MVNO market, will be an interesting player to watch, with broader potential than what ESPN experienced.

Tribune announces it will put its three biggest TV stations on the market:  WGN in Chicago, WPIX in New York, and KTLA in Los Angeles.The stations could fetch as much as $2.5 billion if sold.

The broadcast networks are bringing back game shows--adding the genre to complement reality programs in the category of "unscripted" television.Game shows offer many ways to attract audiences and also to counter the impact of TiVo and other DVRs.

It's a fair question to ask if the DVD will survive in the digital download age that's upon us.Downloading movies over the Internet will be popular, especially among younger people.But the DVD is no way close to going away.

Several suitors have emerged for the Tribune Company, among them a number of private equity firms along with Gannett.Private equity firms have entered the bidding for media properties en mass.  Why they have chosen to do so now in this era of increasing competition and fragmentation is puzzlin...

Nielsen puts on hold plans to launch a ratings service for television ads.Nielsen wants to reach agreement with the broadcast networks over ads in DVR HH.Another big reason for the delay is the lack of agreement on the new system by cable television advertisers.

Google announces plans to start selling advertising space in the top 50 newspapers to retailers and other businesses.There will be a three-month trial period for the project.There are concerns that Google's presence will dilute the local advertising market, while others view this as a positive...

Although DVD software growth has finally slowed, this packaged media business accounts for billions at retail and is a major factor in movie studio profitability.Despite huge media attention, digital downloads of films account for a single digit share of the home media market.Brick and mortar retailers...

Clear Channel Communications, the nation's largest radio group with over 1,100 stations, is putting itself on the auction block.WSJ reports two equity groups are interested in making a bid.A CCC breakup or sale could have huge repercussions for the radio industry.

Several key cable networks, along with the Cable Advertising Bureau, are declining participation in Nielsen's plans to measure commercial ratings.The decision by the cable operators to not participate is frustrating to advertisers, who are looking for better data on how commercials are viewed between...