TCOM 455

Telecommunications Management

Instructor: Dr. Louisa Ha
Office: West Hall 320
Telephone: (419) 372-9103
E-mail: louisah@bgnet.bgsu.edu

(Updated January 12, 2010)

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Spring 2001

Spring 2002

Spring 2003

Spring 2004

1. Vincent Young, Chairman, Young Broacasting Inc. presented by Rob Minger
2. Lowell Bud Paxson, President and Founder, Paxson Communications Corporation  presented by Jeff Collins
3. Kevin P. O'Brien, President, Meredith Broadcasting Group. presented by Kevin Wernet
4. Paul McTear, President & CEO, Raycom Media Inc. presented by Nat'le Smith
5. Harry J. Pappas, Chairman, President & CEO, Pappas Telecasting Companies presented by Holly Chasar
6. Patrick J. Mullen, President, Tribune Broadcasting presented by Rob Trautman
7. Walter Ulloa, Chairman & CEO, Entravision Communications Corp. presented by Brian Gadomski
8. David J. Barrett, President and CEO, Hearst-Argyle Television, Inc. presented by David Kazmaier
9. David D. Smith, President and CEO, Sinclair Broadcasting Group Inc. presented by Aaron Rund
10. Gary R. Chapman, Chairman, President & CEO, LIN TV Corp. presented by Tyler Jewel
11. J. Stewart Bryan III, Chairman & CEO, Media General Inc. presented by Jen Ellerman
12. Jeff Smulyan, President & CEO, Emmis Communications presented by Jennifer Hill
13. Alex Wallau, President, ABC Television Network presented by Tammy Bruno
14. Billy Campbell, President, Discovery Networks presented by Ashley Dick
15. Marc Juris, President, Fuse Networks, LLC presented by Marc Fulton

16. Steven J. Smith, Chairman & CEO, Journal Communications, Inc. presented by Jenny Buderer
17. James Cox Kennedy, Chairman & CEO, Cox Enterprises, Inc. presented by Emily Laurie
18. Kenneth Lowe, President & CEO, E. W. Scripps Company. presented by Biana Bertram
19. Donald Graham, Chairman & CEO, The Washington Post Company presented by Amy Rosen
20. Allan Block, Managing Director, Block Communications presented by Sandra Pellman
21. Craig Dubow, President and CEO, Gannett Broadcasting presented by Justin Berger

22. Joseph Clayton, President and CEO, Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. presented by Kelly Fink
23. John Sykes, Chairman and CEO,  Infinity Broadcasting. presented by Robyn McGuffin
24. Hugh Panero, President and CEO, XM Satellite Radio Holdings, Inc. presented by Kyle Cooper
25. J. D. Clinton, Chairman, Summit America Television, Inc.(formerly Shop At Home) presented by Heather Johnston
26. Hugh Hefner, Playboy Inc. presented by Josh Heilman
27. James McNamera, CEO, Telemundo Communications Group, Inc. presented by Brittany Barhite
28. Rob Lawes, Founder and CEO of HIT Entertainment (Children Programs) presented by Ashley Rogers
29. Terry Semel, CEO, Yahoo! presented by Jordan Bell
30. Gary Gannaway, CEO, WorldNow. presented by Bob Russell

31. Reid Johnson, Founder, President and CEO, Internet Broadcasting Systems Inc. presented by Stephen Merrill
32. Madonna, CEO, Maverick Entertainment presented by Jeff Weidman
33. Steve Jobs, CEO, Apple Computer Inc.and Pixar Studio presented by Troy Jarrell
34. Jeff Bezos, Chairman, President & CEO, Amazon.com presented by Jon Meinhold
35. Reed Hastings, Chairman, President & CEO, Netflix, Inc. presented by Jen Hejtmancik

36. Harold W. McGraw III, President & CEO, The McGraw Hill Companies, Inc. presented by Megan Dove
37. Steven Spielberg, Principal, Dreamworks SKG presented by Mike Garcia
38. Ron Lam, President & CEO, Sega Gameworks, LLC. presented by Nick Shiple

39. Tatsumi Kimishima, President, Nintendo of America, Inc. presented by Patrick Tiettmeyer
40. Stanley T. Sigman, Cingular Wireless, LLC. presented by Michelle Rendine
41. Peter Chernin, President and Chief Operating Officer, News Corp. presented by Bob Consiglio

A short course on Power Point Slide Preparation

PRESENTATION NOTES

Presentation Guide

Group Project Presentation - Cable Network Launch (Spring 2001)

Group Project Presentation - Digital Conversion of a Broadcast TV Station (Spring 2002)


 

Group Project Presentation - Rank (Spring 2003)

Group Project Presentation - PBS Digital Service Promotion Campaign (Spring 2004)
 

Awards

CTAM/Multichannel News Mark Awards for marketing of cable
 

Media Ownership Information in Top 50 markets

Ohio Media Guide

Top 25 TV Station Groups (Rank)

Media Management Resources

Media Investment/Company Reference

Hoovers.com
A company research service with details about key executives and industry information.
The Street.com
TheStreet.com provides investors, with timely, to-the-point financial news and analysis you can use to succeed in today's markets.
Veronis, Suhler & Associates
A media merchant bank that providees business info on media companies
Web Mergers
A San-Franciso-based WWW marketplace analyst firm.  The site features infomration for buyers and sellers of web properties, as well as news and information about web mergers and related business activity.

Annual Reports

Reference Sources

Trade Press
Advertising Age
A weekly magazine on the advertising and media industry with plenty of industry statistics and news.
Broadcasting and Cable
A weekly magazine published by Cahners Publishing and read by executives of television and radio stations, networks, cable operations and allied fields. Broadcasting & Cable covers virtually every TV station, every major market radio station, major cable operations and all key regulations and legislators

Billboard Biz
A magazine on news of the radio and sound recording industry

Brand Republic

A magazine on digital brand business and marketing in the digital economy

Cable Channel
Webcasts of major conferences about the TV industry and interviews with cable TV executives
Cable World
A weekly news and analysis magazine for the cable TV industry. It provides data to executives for staying abreast of technological changes and competitive challenges -- while staying within budget.
Columbia Journalism Review's Guide to Media Companies
This site lists the "Who Owns what" of major media companies.
Communication News
Summarize important developments in the dynamic world of communications compiled by Boston University.
Digital Television
A monthly publication on the development of technology in television industry especially in interactive and digital technology.
TelevisonWeek (Formerly Electronic Media)
A weekly magazine that covers the programming business of television in broadcasting, cable and syndication, including local stations, broadcast and cable networks, direct broadcast satellite and the Web
Fast Company
A monthly magazine on current topics in management and leadersihp
Media Life Magazine
An online daily news source about media industry
Media Week
A weekly magazine that covers advertising business and management issues of commercial media
Multi-Channel News
The current week's important news to the cable television and telecommunications industries both domestically and internationally.
PK Baseline
Comprehensive online information services for the entertainment and media communications industries. Subscribers can access: credits, synopses, awards and more for over 50,000 films, TV series, specials and made for TV movies, current production details, personnel listings, addresses and phone numbers of thousands of companies and corporate players, current and archived editions of Paul Kagan's DBS Report Newsletter, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Cable World magazine and the newswires, box office estimates and actuals, video rentals, production costs, print and ad costs.

Radio Business Report
A monthly report on the radio business
Radio Ink

A magazine on the radio management and the radio industry.

TV Spy
A web site listing hot topics in the TV industry with discussion forum, job listings and professional service listings.
Variety
Variety is weekly magazine about news on the entertainment industry published since 1905.
Zap2it (formerly Ultimate TV)
Guide to What's Onscreen TV, Movies and the Internet.

Business/Popular Press
CNNfn.com
U.S.A. Today

The Wall Street Journal
The New York Times
 

Market Research/Statistics
American Demographics Magazine
Easy Demographics
1990 US Census
The US Government Census
Census graphs of African Americans