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GZFX News GameZnFlix Acquires DVDavenue, LLC
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mPhase Technologies' Nanobattery Achieves Breakthrough in Portable Power; Joint development with Lucent Technologies Bell Labs yields the first fully assembled working nano-based battery prototype
By BusinessWire
2/9/2006 1:07:01 PM
XDSL ! mPhase Technologies' Nanobattery Achieves Breakthrough in Portable Power; Joint development with Lucent Technologies Bell Labs yields the first fully assembled working nano-based battery prototype
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Prime Rate Investors, Inc. Announces Company Representation at Winter Olympics
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SIRI: Subaru to Offer SIRIUS Satellite Radio in 2006
Subaru to Offer SIRIUS Satellite Radio in 2006
* SIRIUS to be Offered as Port and Dealer Installed Option on Subaru Forester and Impreza * SIRIUS to be Standard on Subaru Outback Sport Special Edition
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SIRI6.03, +0.05, +0.8%) and Subaru of America today announced that Subaru will begin offering SIRIUS as an exclusive port and dealer installed option this year in some 2007 model year vehicles. Subaru will also offer SIRIUS as a standard feature in the 2007 Outback Sport Special Edition.
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PRRM hits .0002 on ... Prime Rate Investors, Inc. Retires Stock; Announces Countdown to Steamboat TV-18 Launch
2/8/2006 8:00:24 AM
The Verizon Deal:
Verizon FiOS TV delivers more than 300 digital video and music channels, including more than 20 high-definition channels, plus access to more than 1,800-plus video-on-demand titles. Verizon provides FiOS TV on its fiber-to-the-premises network, which it is building in parts of 16 states, more than half of the states where it offers landline communications services. FiOS TV is currently available in parts of North Texas, Florida, Virginia, New York and Massachusetts, and Verizon will announce additional markets soon.
http://www.qtelevision.com/site/press.asp?ID=3750
Broadcasters And Satellites: Meeting The On-Demand Challenge
Tuesday , February 07, 2006 17:41 ET
By Peter J. Brown
Feb 01, 2006 (VIA Satellite/Access Intelligence via COMTEX) -- Consumers want more control over their time and their content. Broadcasters are responding by making their content available on demand using a variety of distribution channels including DBS and broadband.
While the satellite industry knows the boundaries well and accepts that true on-demand delivery is off limits, at least for now, the direct broadcast satellite players are nonetheless actively pursuing solutions. Direct-to-home operators are refining their near video-on-demand (VOD) technology such as advanced digital video recorders (DVRs) like DirecTV Plus and a portable solution from Echostar Communication Corp.'s Dish Network. Satellite radio also is ramping up its efforts, with both XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio continually expanding the capabilities of their portable players. "Consumers want control over what they hear in the car," says Ted Schadler, vice president and principal analyst at Cambridge, Mass.-based Forrester Research Inc. "... This is a very challenging environment in which to innovate and advance the business model."
At the same time, satellite service providers are trying to determine what broadcasters really expect and how far the broadcasters intend to go. In the first half of this decade, the satellite service providers successfully addressed the dual challenge of digitizing network TV feeds and upgrading their delivery capacity to handle the demands placed on them by the growing number of bandwidth-hungry HDTV channels. Now an uncertain on-demand agenda is emerging, and viable satellite solutions must be ready to serve this market as well.
"For the most part, satellite networks have been the backbone of the content distribution infrastructures for content delivery from content originators to downstream service providers," says John Delay, director of strategic management for networking solutions, Broadcast Communications Division, Harris Corp. "Recently, we have noticed a trend where traditional satellite and fiber operators are offering hybrid services, making it easier for operators to reach networks with a bidirectional network service offering,"
Satellite operators are finding that the highly competitive broadband environment is playing into their hands with respect to enabling a quicker rollout of on-demand services, among other things. "The fast paced growth in bandwidth and reliability, as well as the competition between the various high speed Internet providers, is providing a reliable backbone for satellite operators to offer such services," says Shahar Bar, manager, broadcast & satellite solutions marketing, at Harmonic Inc."
With Internet Protocol-based TV (IPTV) looming larger and larger as an entertainment delivery option, especially outside North America, the U.S. broadcast TV networks are finally realizing that the existing linear television experience is becoming less attractive to a new generation of viewers, says Aditya Kishore, media & entertainment strategies analyst at the Boston-based Yankee Group. "While any transition from the existing TV value chain will be a slow one, they do need to start developing a strategy," he says. "They are starting to experiment with iPod downloads, free VOD on cable and DVR downloads, as well as distribution via their web sites and via aggregators such as Yahoo and AOL. The challenge remains the business model. How do you develop a revenue stream that can support production and distribution costs?"
The broadcast stations are lagging behind, according to Kishore, who describes their predicament as "trying to put the genie back in the bottle. I have yet to see any clearly defined strategy to deal with broadband and on demand from the TV stations," he says.
The major networks are rolling out on-demand content, and they realize that the audience is changing and simply wants more flexibility. The networks "need to make sure that we are where are consumers are going to view our content, says Albert Cheng, executive vice president, digital media, at Disney- ABC Television Group. "On demand helps us reach consumers that may have missed one show but would be able to jump right back into our linear broadcast the following week, so they won't miss a beat in a story line."
CBS also is exploring VOD, making its first deal with cable provider Comcast because of tremendous market overlap, says Martin Franks, executive vice president for policy, planning, and government relations at CBS Corp. "Is it a real market or a real product? We are tired of hearing all the speculation, and we have decided to test VOD with four of our best shows," he says. "We will find out if it is a valuable product or not."
Franks believes that the advent of VOD will strengthen, not weaken, broadcast TV. "We have heard all the predictions of the demise of broadcast network TV. We see VOD as building and extending network TV, not cannibalizing it. This is not the end of network TV, not even close," he says. "One night during the recent sweeps, one of our hottest shows, NCIS, achieved a 17 share. That means that for that episode that week, 83 per cent of the available audience would have been ripe to watch it via VOD."
The driving force behind CBS's deal with Comcast was market overlap, says Franks. Of Comcast's 22 million homes, 12 million are in markets where CBS owns and operates TV stations. CBS remains open to doing VOD deals with the DTH operators, but "there are issues involving how much capacity is in the home, and although I am sure that DirecTV is offering an elegant solution, their box that will make VOD possible is just now coming onto the market," says Franks.
On-Demand Tools, Technologies Will Reshape TV
While there may be a tendency to inflate the role of on-demand services, and to downplay the fact that the business models and the new sources of revenue which must accompany those models are works in progress, there is no escaping the fact that providing access to compelling content is the name of the game. With the cable TV, telco TV and over-the-air-broadcast segments all eager to establish viable on-demand distribution platforms, competition and the preservation of brand identity will become increasingly difficult.
Taras Bugir, chief strategy officer, software systems, Broadcast Communications Division, Harris Corp. says the increase in on-demand content is creating a need for localized content for global markets. "Demand is increasing to satisfy the local markets. Subsequently, the satellite broadcaster is keenly aware of his responsibility to manage content effectively in order to get the right content on the right channel at the right time. Digitization empowers the broadcaster in these instances as it enables him to keep the content at his fingertips," says Bugir.
A whole range of opportunities also exist when it comes to on-demand content. "Increasingly, we are seeing content owners taking advantage of IP networks to manage and deliver content to business users. This is an important trend. As new market verticals open up, there is an increasingly large opportunity for content repurposing, all of which fits an on-demand business model," says Delay. "Increasingly, we see networking, format conversion and transcoding as key technologies to enable on-demand services across the market."
With content providers like HBO and CBS looking to tap into new sources of revenue by offering packages of on-demand services to providers, on-demand content is becoming more readily available to broadcasters, according to Francois Modarresse, vice president in charge of product management at Skystream Networks Inc. "Cable providers have already made premium channels available on- demand, and telcos are likely to follow suit once their video networks are up and running," he says. "Service providers need tools that will enable them to offer advanced video services like IPTV, high-definition TV (HDTV) and VOD over existing networks, while content providers may pursue broadcast-quality Internet VOD as a direct channel to end users."
MPEG-4 is a critical new technology for the delivery of video services, as the advanced compression overcomes bandwidth limitations and eases bottlenecks. A new generation of transcoders can easily convert industry- standard MPEG-2 into MPEG-4 in a single step, Modarresse says. "IP-based video headend platforms like Skystream's Mediaplex-20 and iPlex are flexible enough to deliver content over any network," he says.
As for boosting the near-on-demand experience which DBS companies offer, advances in so-called push technology combined with more capable DVRs seem like a winning combination. The key is to beam VOD content during off-peak hours when more bandwidth is available, eliminating satellite's bandwidth constraints and providing a mass-deployable VOD service. "Push technology will help satellite operators compete with cable and offer instant-access on-demand services," says Modarresse "It can preposition content on set-top boxes for instant playback. New content can be multicast to subscribers' set-top boxes on a regular basis, enabling instant access to the latest and greatest content without the excessive cost of a two-way link."
Content Awareness And Metadata Cannot Be Overlooked
Metadata is an important factor in the world of asset distribution and management from the content provider all the way to the set-top box. Metadata is like the license plate on a car except it describes much more than who owns the car or what state it may originate from. The information provided in the metadata is the key to moving the asset to its rightful place in the large networks and ensuring it gets managed and handled in the appropriate manner, according to Bar.
"In the on-demand world there are multiple tiers of services," says Bar. "Some are more broadcast-oriented, such as push VOD via satellite, which places assets on a subscriber's hard drive in the set-top box. Others are focused on session-based systems. The latter is definitely the trend of the future. Consumers are becoming more and more accustomed to receiving content and information when and where they see fit, which requires session-based systems," he says.
Harmonic specializes in session-based systems with products including its Network Services Gateway platform for VOD services which has been deployed in hundreds of sites to date. "Content providers are interested in metadata as a tool to bring value to their video archives. Using metadata tags, consumers could easily search current and archived content without consuming vast amounts of bandwidth, allowing satellite to serve as the pipe through which content providers are able to continue profiting from older content," says Modarresse.
Content awareness technology or the ability to instantly find TV programming through user-specified search criteria is still in the early stages of development, so many providers have yet to implement it in their on-demand strategies, according to Modarresse. "By tracking what titles have already been viewed, the automatic refreshing of content is possible, ensuring positive viewing experiences and allowing providers to more effectively tailor content for individual users," he says.
Because content awareness is driven by the popularity of the show and the network brand it is associated with, the networks are striving to help consumers find their favorite shows. This may entail the use of network branded pages and screens on the presentation of available titles. "Metadata is key, and it will require us to make sure that we have the manpower and systems in place to support the various platforms we are on with the right specifications for each," says Cheng.
Finding a cost-effective way to implement metadata tags poses a challenge, according to Modarresse. "Until the technology surrounding metadata improves, it will have no definite impact on satellite network operations," he says.
"It is very important to know which subscriber is watching which content on what device," says Bugir. "It is with this finer control, or awareness, of the content that provides the only true way to derive the value of one's media inventory and the value of your technology.
On Demand Not A Done Deal
It is hard to get a handle on which of the emerging on demand business models will prosper because it is so early in the game. There are unproven elements galore, including how the actual distribution process will unfold, not just from the standpoint of technology but from the standpoint of distribution partners as well. "It is not just about moving content or cutting costs, but rather, 'How do I value the content in light of new or untapped revenue opportunities that will drive future business?'" says Bugir.
For TV stations, the focus remains on content. "Their value as a distribution network is decreasing rapidly," says Kishore. "Look to broadband, partnering with the local cable operator, for on-demand content. Localized programming should be the number one priority for them." The networks need to use their local presence and production capabilities to generate more local content and then leverage cable and satellite operators, broadband, mobile carriers and even retail to deliver it to their viewers, according to Kishore. "They should also think outside of pure video or audio content - information, texts, graphics - anything they can add to their value proposition on any of these platforms should be considered," he says.
The on-demand train has left the station and is gaining speed at the same time that everyone is trying to cut costs and increase storage capacity. The satellites are in place, and eager viewers just want the change to happen - the sooner the better. Add it all up, and it seems like that the on-demand arrows are pointing up.
VIA Satellite, Vol. 21, No. 2
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Sirius' Game of Chicken
By Scott Moritz
Senior Writer
2/7/2006 2:46 PM EST
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When programming executives take charge, you can expect a little jockeying for exposure.
Analysts and investors have been awaiting fourth-quarter updates from satellite radio rivals Sirius (SIRI:Nasdaq - commentary - research - Cramer's Take) and XM (XMSR:Nasdaq - commentary - research - Cramer's Take). As earnings period rolled along and the companies remained mum on their reporting dates, speculation arose that Sirius chief Mel Karmazin didn't want to share the limelight with his rivals down in Washington.
That talk seemed to prove out Tuesday, as XM said it would post fourth-quarter numbers next Thursday and Sirius followed suit with plans to report the day after. Sirius committed to its Feb. 17 appointment less than four hours after XM announced the timing of its own release.
Observers suspect that XM may report the weaker numbers, with higher-than-expected costs per subscriber addition and possibly a slip in market share as Howard Stern pulled users to Sirius. Some momentum at Sirius certainly appeared visible last month, when the company surprised bystanders by outgaining its bigger rival for the fourth quarter on the subscriber rolls.
Sirius declined to comment and XM did not return a call seeking comment. But by holding onto its earnings report until after XM's delivery, Sirius may avoid any negative sentiment investors may feel about the whole cash-burning pay radio sector.
Some analysts also suggest that showbiz-conscious chief Mel Karmazin may prefer to have the stage to himself as he makes some sort of important announcement. There, the speculation has been swirling around the notion of another rise in subscriber growth guidance -- or, juicier still, perhaps a price hike.
Sirius has spent a fortune acquiring talent like Stern, and some investors are starting to want to see some payback on their investment. One analyst says it wouldn't be surprising to see Sirius raise its monthly rate $1 to $14. Consumers might not flinch if they think Sirius has better programming, and Wall Street can appreciate the move's boost to the top line.
Sirius shares jumped 19 cents to $5.68, while XM fell a penny to $23.54 in afternoon trading.
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MOTG Modern Technology Corp Revises Revenue Guidance Upward for 2006 With $65,000,000 Target
Tuesday , February 07, 2006 14:30 ET
OXFORD, MS, Feb 07, 2006 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) -- Modern Technology Corp (OTC BB: MOTG), a diversified technology development and acquisition company, revised its revenue goal upward and expects to achieve $65,000,000 in annualized revenues for calendar year-end 2006. The company's revenue projections in the absence of any further acquisitions is $25,000,000 for 2006. The company has acquisitions under review now, that if completed, will bring 2006 revenues above $65,000,000.
Anthony Welch, Modern Technology Corp's Chairman, said, "For the last 12 months, we have consistently demonstrated our ability to deliver results. Our revenues and operational results grow every week and demonstrate our continuous growth model at work. Should we complete the acquisitions in our current pipeline, our revenues for 2006 will easily exceed $65,000,000. We release this guidance today to acknowledge our stockholders' need to be informed on a regular basis. We will release our earnings guidance soon. We are working on operational efficiencies and cost-reductions across all business units. Stockholders should ready themselves for a bracing 2006 and continued impressive results."
About Modern Technology Corp
Modern Technology Corp, a diversified technology development and acquisition company, builds revenues through continuous growth, strategic acquisitions, and commercialization of nascent technology. MOTG improves operating efficiencies through the elimination of cost redundancies and realized synergy between subsidiaries. MOTG also commercializes new technology and provides to its subsidiaries new product lines, operations infrastructure, and significant intellectual capital. The company's mission is to build shareholder value through a model of continuous growth. Web Address: http://www.moderntechnologycorp.com
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This press release contains statements (such as projections regarding future performance) that are forward-looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from those projected as a result of certain risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to those detailed from time to time in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Company Contact:
Megan Peterson
1.662.236.5928
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SIRI: Anderson Starts @ Outperform; Sets Tgt @ $8; Analyst Notes
Tuesday , February 07, 2006 10:18 ET
Issuer: Sirius Satellite Radio Incorporated (NasdaqNM: SIRI)
Analyst Firm: Anderson & Strudwick
Ratings Action: INITIATE
Current Rating: Outperform
Target Price Action: INITIATE
Target Price: $8.00
Analyst Comments: The firm notes the following factors as basis for their recommendation: 1) SIRI offers exclusive content in fast growing satellite radio market; 2) Bland AM/FM radio formats pushing listeners to satellite radio; 3) Programming, proliferation of radios in autos & streaming of network broadcast to Internet and cell phones could drive subscriber growth; and 4) SIRI may double subscribers to 6 million by the end of 2006, 16 million by 2010.
This rating information was reported by Anderson & Strudwick.
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VPER: Viper Networks Initiates Sales Expansion into Trinidad
Monday February 6, 4:51 pm ET
SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 6, 2006--Viper Networks, Inc. (OTC: VPER - News), a leading innovator in Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) products and services, today announced that it has reached an agreement with BEST-COM to expand its sales channels into Trinidad with additional emphasis in the Northern regions of Latin America.
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CEO Farid Shouekani commented, "This represents another step in the global expansion of Viper Networks by targeting population centers which have a high cost to communicate with the rest of the world. Our sales team has identified and begun the formalization of channel agreements to begin sales immediately in the region."
Mr. Shouekani continued, "This expansion of our sales channels accelerates our growth plan in the region and brings incremental revenue and new customers in a high-traffic market which has traditionally been ignored by Voice over the Internet companies."
Mr. Shouekani concluded, "I am pleased to see the continued high demand for Viper Networks products and services in multiple markets around the world. We continue to see the expansion of our sales channels as the cornerstone for profitability and growth."
About Viper Networks, Inc.
Viper Networks, Inc. provides VoIP products and services through distributors and resellers around the world. Its network of VoIP gateways serves more than 350 countries and regions, and it is unique in offering both network services and equipment to its customers. Unlike most competing VoIP providers, Viper Networks offers its service on a pre-pay basis. It charges only for minutes used and does not requiring any monthly fees. Its Internet-based users can get dial-up or broadband service with equal quality. Viper has been pioneering VoIP service and technology for more than five years. For more information, please visit www.vipernetworks.com .
Safe Harbor Statement: Except for the historical information contained herein, this press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from the results predicted and reported results should not be considered an indication of future performance. In addition to the factors discussed in the filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, among the other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are the following: adverse changes in the business conditions and the general economy; competitive factors, such as rival companies' pricing and marketing efforts; availability of third-party material products at reasonable prices; the financial condition of the customer; risks of obsolescence due to shifts in market demand; and litigation involving product liabilities and consumer issues. Viper Networks Inc. cautions readers not to place undue reliance upon any such forward looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. Viper Networks Inc. expressly disclaims any obligations or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any such statements to reflect any change in the company's expectations or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.
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PRRM: Prime Rate Investors, Inc. Statement on Share Price
Tuesday February 7, 8:00 am ET
STOWE, Vt.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 7, 2006--Prime Rate Investors, Inc. (Pink Sheets:PRRM - News) President Dan Burgess addressed shareholders in a statement regarding the Company's price per share. "Like many shareholders, I am concerned about the performance of our stock price. While the focus of my time is largely spent on increasing the value of the business, it has been hard to miss the recent negative sentiment. I realize why CEOs choose to take their companies private and avoid such headaches," he noted.
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"Nonetheless, we are committed to our unique strategy, and building this multi-faceted, exciting business while striving to create shareholder value," he continued. "Along these lines, we have every confidence that the intrinsic value of our company will increase."
Mr. Burgess also cited his personal commitment and continued purchases of Company stock on the open market as testament to management's firm belief in the mission and goals of the Company.
PRIME RATE INVESTORS (Pink Sheets:PRRM - News) is a multi-media holding company with interests in outdoor sports, retail, e-tail, print, web, television and film. For more information on the company or its outdoor sports and media subsidiaries, visit www.primerateinvestors.com.
This release includes forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that involve risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, the impact of competitive products, the ability to meet customer demand, the ability to manage growth, acquisitions of technology, equipment, or human resources, the effect of economic and business conditions, and the ability to attract and retain skilled personnel. The Company is not obligated to revise or update any forward-looking statements in order to reflect events or circumstances that may arise after the date of this release.
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The Eric D. Carson Tuesday Report
by: ericdcarson (99/M/Edison, NJ)
Long-Term Sentiment: Strong Buy 02/07/06 07:28 am
Msg: 2265577 of 2265636
Good MORNING Investors!
My topic this morning is the Great Mel Karmazin. So much has been written about the man its hard to know where to start. First some history to those that don't already know.
Karmazin starting as a lowly radio ad salesman, he turns himself, by dint of sheer relentlessness, opportunism, and epic penny-pinching , into one of radio’s bona fide moguls , building Infinity Broadcasting from scratch, selling it to CBS, maneuvering himself into the CEO’s chair at the Tiffany Network, then finally, and fatefully, engineering the $37 billion merger of CBS and Viacom—setting himself up, presumably, as Sumner Redstone’s heir apparent.
But the ascension never happens. Redstone refuses either to relinquish power or to simply keel over. In the meantime, he torments Karmazin until he finally departs in June 2004. Karmazin says he plans to retire. His retirement lasts five months. A few weeks after Stern—Karmazin’s cash-cow cornerstone in the old days at Infinity—signs on with Sirius, his once and future boss does the same.
Wall Street’s crush on Karmazin is long-standing, and even legendary. The Street loves his tightfistedness, his deal-making savvy, his abject workaholism. It loves the fact that Karmazin puts his money where his mouth is. Not long ago, he increased his holdings in Sirius from 4.5 million to 5.5 million shares with money pulled from his own pocket, the whole time his counterpart Hugh Panero at XM Radio holds a paltry 5300 shares of his company.
As Sirius longs we expect quality from Mister Karmazin and it is quality that we shall get. When earnings are announced later this month expect Sirius to show a restounding sub increase, that will surprise even the Wall Street naysayers that Karmazin has fought so intensly to keep under his thumb. The Stern effect will sure to be blamed for the huge gains in subscriptions and they are not likely to siphon off much for at least a half of a year (many area's of the country cannot get enough Sirius Radios). Then Mister Karmazin has his next ace in the hole with Nascar which is expected to bring millions of more subs to Sirius. And God knows what Karmazin has planned next. Video as well as new "Live" portables just in time for the Nascar deluge will be out this year (all for 1/2 the price of a CD a month)!
So if you ever doubted Mel Karmazin, It might be a good idea to swallow some pride and load up on Sirius stock. This man has the resources to make you wealthy like he has done others in the past! Never count Mel Karmazin out!
As always do your own DD.
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Monday , February 06, 2006 17:04 ET
Feb 06, 2006 (Wall Street Horizon via COMTEX) -- Earnings Quarter: Q4
Next Earnings Date: 2/9/2006
Earnings Date: Tentative
Announcement Time: Before Market
Date Q1: 4/28/2005
Date Q2: 8/2/2005
Date Q3: 11/1/2005
Date Q4: 2/9/2006
Last Confirmation Date: 2/3/2006
Conference Call Date: 11/1/2005
Conference Call Time: 8:00 AM
Broadcast Address: http://www.sirius.com
Board Meeting Date: 5/25/2005
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Sirius Offer Blue Collar Comedy Channel
Monday , February 06, 2006 14:24 ET
Feb 06, 2006 (CORPORATE CONFERENCE CALL ABSTRACTS via COMTEX) -- Sirius Satellite Radio and Parallel Entertainment announced the launch of Blue Collar Comedy, a new channel on Sirius, featuring the Blue Collar Comedy comedians Jeff Foxworthy, Larry the Cable Guy, and Bill Engvall and others.
The new Blue Collar Comedy channel, jointly produced and programmed by Parallel Entertainment and Sirius, is expected to begin airing in mid-to-late March on Sirius channel 103. The date coincides with production on the latest film starring the Blue Collar comedians, Blue Collar Comedy Tour: One for the Road. The film is based on a series of performances at The Warner Theater in Washington D.C.
"Blue Collar Comedy joins an unmatched group of leading brands that have chosen Sirius to enter satellite radio," said Scott Greenstein, Sirius President of Sports and Entertainment. "Sirius will bring Blue Collar's original brand of humor to millions of fans, from the smallest towns to the biggest cities, any place in the country."
Sirius and Parallel will also program a block of Blue Collar Comedy for Sirius' Truckers, channel 147. As part of the relationship, Blue Collar Comedy on Sirius will be promoted on the front of CDs and DVDs, at Blue Collar comedian performances, as well as on the home pages of comedians' web sites and through mailings to their fans.
"Blue Collar Comedy is an attitude, a point-of-view style of comedy that appeals to everyone. Sirius has reintroduced some of the greatest comedians of all time to new audiences, and with Blue Collar Comedy will open up new generations to this popular style of comic expression," said J.P. Williams, CEO of Parallel Entertainment. "Parallel is thrilled to become part of a strong comedy lineup on Sirius."
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im ready for PRXT to move..ive been in since .02's .. =)
XDSL looks like its got a gap that was unfilled around .32... lets see
i agree..and that thought went through my head. So many factors. It was a weak attempt to downsize Howards popularity... not to mention the fact that SIRI's sub rate has in fact grown considerably since the announcement of Howard going to SIRI. I'll tell you what really grabbed my attention more than Howard coming over..was Mel K. One of the premiere CEO's of our time.
Investors love him. The man single handedly built Infinity broadcasting in Viacom.