GLG News by Satellite Radio Trend Experts (North America)

Bills to provide a performance royalty on the radio industry were introduced in both the House and Senate; if passed the measure would mean millions of dollars in fees paid by the radio industry.

The FCC voted to amend the long-standing newspaper=broadcast cross-ownership rules to allow combinations in the top 20 markets subject to certain conditions being met. The action was met with disdain by just about every stakeholder involved.

Predicting which model or brand will be hot is difficult for anyone to do on the micro scale. Predicting which technologies, trends, and markets will see growth and penetration on the macro scale is less difficult to do. Astute investors will look for the strongest players in certain segments.

    Semiconductor suppliers are on the forefront of an innovation and content wave that will continue to flood the automotive market.      The total content per car will continue to grow, along with the total number of automobiles per capita will grow, especially...

True, the people meter introduction was supposed to have moved faster by now, but changing to a new measurement system is complicated.  It is better to pause and get things right than it is to plow ahead and commit more mistakes.

Tesla Motors struggles to develop a viable plug-in hybrid in indicative of deeper issues that have yet to be resolved with plug-in hybrid technology, specifically battery technology. The OEM's who are committing to a plug-in hybrid should be very careful in the commitments made to this product tech...

The dependence on foreign oil and the still debatable impact of vehicles on carbon contribution to the environment are both political realities that will drive automotive companies to develop alternative modes to propel vehicles. Whether this will be fuel cell hydrogen, partial to full hybrids,...

The Senate Commerce Committee unanimously passed a bill to limit any further media consolidation efforts until a 90-day period for public comment could be completed.  In effect, if this gets passed on the Senate floor it could kill any efforts to allow newspaper-broadcasting combinations in the...

Advertising projections for 2008 for the United States show small, marginal increases in media sectors, with the Internet capturing the largest increase, estimated at 20%.  Traditional media (television, radio and newspapers) fare much worse with single digit to no growth.

In order to grow sales in the US, and to hedge against the Euro/Dollar Volkswagen will re-enter the American manufacturing arena. The possiblity is very strong that such a facility would be a flexible site capable of producing Volkswagen, Audi, and possibly Porsche product. With a strong supplier...