GLG News by TV Advertising Purchasers

1. Motion Pictures Association of America site to link to any legal distributor such as Fandango, Xbox Live, Netflix, iTunes and Sony's PlayStation Store.      2.  Recent research conducted by the MPAA and Yahoo found that the internet plays a significant role in driving...

1. DIRECTV is the key factor in stimulating the HD market.    2.  For the MSOs and Telcos, Time Warner leads in terms of High-Definition feeds with 56 HD channels in the New York

1.       Driven by political expenditure, Hispanic Ad spending continues to show strong growth.     2.       Spanish speaking areas of the US are expected to continue fuel advertising growth over the coming years

1.    Real D, Dolby and NuVision battle it out over ease of use, technology and business model      2.    The number of 3-D Cinema installations is tiny compared to the total number of screens worldwide… there is an extensive market waiting to be...

1. Fox and Paramount “experiment” with new release sales on iTunes      2. Studios have hesitated to offer new releases for sale on iTunes due to pricing fears and the fear of Apple becoming al too powerful.

1.  Sharp recently regained the number one spot for sales of HD LCD TV’s from Vizio.  2. 60% households who are planning to purchase a new television in the next six months are planning to buy an HDTV set.      3.  DIRECTV is achieving strong HD growth.

Evaluation of NTRI Q3 performance: Q3 underperformance is not an indicator of a fad diet. Competition and lack of new campaign are primary drivers of recent performance. However, this might be an early indicator that NTRI is done with their steep growth phase and enters into the maturity phase with...

1. Sky's stake into ITV was seen (at the time) to be a major coup for the corporation. 2. It was designed to block their main rival (ie - Virgin) from taking a stake in the largest broadcaster in the UK. 3. It also gave them a say in ITV's future. Will this potential ruling lead to Sky opening...

Viewer-ship is down at the broadcast TV networks.   The new Nielsen ratings system may have an equalizing effect on the flight of ad dollars from broadcast to cable TV.

FiOS concentration on customer satisfaction is translating into very low churn.     FiOS TV is top in customer satisfaction with DirecTV second, Dish Network third, Comcast tied with AT&T U-verse in fourth place, followed by Cox, Cablevision, Time Warner, and Charter.