http://www.inveslogic.com/tags/cbs Blog Articles Tagged with 'cbs' at http://www.inveslogic.com en http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1148279?rsstype=tag&tag=cbs The poor condition of the US economy has caused the Television Bureau of Advertising ((TVB)) to re-issue its 2009 forecast for the local broadcast television industry to reflect larger-than-expected declines in Total Spot TV revenues for 2009. TVB n... Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:39:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1148279?rsstype=tag&tag=cbs http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1148065?rsstype=tag&tag=cbs One important vision of the future of video distribution is the concept of making content available to consumers, WIWWIWWIW, What I want, where I want, when I want. To accomplish this distribution goal, service providers will have to store content ... Mon, 17 Nov 2008 04:03:15 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1148065?rsstype=tag&tag=cbs http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1147846?rsstype=tag&tag=cbs An upside to the downside of this brutal recession will be the widespread rejection of broken old business models and the development of new structures fit for the digital age.Traditional business models continue to crash through the continuously low... Sun, 16 Nov 2008 04:47:45 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1147846?rsstype=tag&tag=cbs http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/dealscape/1146659?rsstype=tag&tag=cbs Pali Capital Inc. analyst Rich Greenfield suggests in a Wednesday blog post that National Amusements Inc. is preparing to embark on another anticipated sale of either shares in other companies or of...... Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:51:34 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/dealscape/1146659?rsstype=tag&tag=cbs http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1145750?rsstype=tag&tag=cbs Experts agree that the U.S. economy has fallen off a cliff, and there is lots more bad news to come. Wall Street and corporate America are scrambling to determine how much is already baked into free-falling stock prices and earnings forecasts. Uncert... Tue, 11 Nov 2008 01:26:32 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1145750?rsstype=tag&tag=cbs http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1145367?rsstype=tag&tag=cbs China bailout brings global cheer. Asia, Europe and U.S. futures all moved higher Monday (see below) after China rolled out a $586B economic stimulus package to kick-start its slowing economy. Over the past two months, the global financial crisis ... Mon, 10 Nov 2008 07:19:41 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1145367?rsstype=tag&tag=cbs http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1141274?rsstype=tag&tag=cbs CBS Corporation (CBS)... Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:18:11 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1141274?rsstype=tag&tag=cbs http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1141287?rsstype=tag&tag=cbs Despite the grim warnings, lower earnings and massive layoffs, it appears the worst is yet to come for big, lumbering media companies. It all rides on what we don't know. We don't know how deep or how long the advertiser and consumer spending pullbac... Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:19:07 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1141287?rsstype=tag&tag=cbs http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1141042?rsstype=tag&tag=cbs A few months back on Contentinople, I wrote about emerging opportunities in media stocks, but warned that given the turbulent markets, they could get even cheaper, and that you might wait a few months. Well, they did, and I hope that you did. But... Thu, 30 Oct 2008 06:35:39 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1141042?rsstype=tag&tag=cbs http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1140750?rsstype=tag&tag=cbs CBS (CBS) is expected to report Q3 earnings before market open Thursday, Oct. 30, with a conference call scheduled for 8:30 am. GuidanceAnalysts are looking for EPS of 40c on revenue of $3.37B. The consensus range for EPS is 36c to 43c, while the con... Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:55:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1140750?rsstype=tag&tag=cbs http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/dealscape/1137146?rsstype=tag&tag=cbs Ken Lewis popped into the living rooms of America on Sunday night tosay he's glad he'll personally receive less money so the bank he runscan be part of the government rescue plan. In fact, the chairman and chief executive of Bank of America Corp. sa... Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:17:16 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/dealscape/1137146?rsstype=tag&tag=cbs http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/dealscape/1137150?rsstype=tag&tag=cbs All this hot air that Sumner Redstone may have to give up control of CBS Corp. or Viacom Inc. to satisfy debt covenants overlooks a couple of cold facts. The first fact is that National Amusements Inc., the Redstone-controlled company confronting ... Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:06:59 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/dealscape/1137150?rsstype=tag&tag=cbs http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1136481?rsstype=tag&tag=cbs Dear Mr. Moonves (CBS), Mr. Yang and Mr. Icahn (YHOO),I am writing this letter to suggest that you get together at some point in the very near future to discuss the immediate merger of your two companies.... Sun, 19 Oct 2008 04:15:59 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1136481?rsstype=tag&tag=cbs http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1135915?rsstype=tag&tag=cbs The intraday bounces that occurred on Friday the 10th and on Thursday the 16th have likely gone a long way to forming a double bottom in the stock market. Should the markets be able to hold the intraday lows on these two respective dates in the com... Fri, 17 Oct 2008 05:26:59 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1135915?rsstype=tag&tag=cbs http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1134544?rsstype=tag&tag=cbs There will be no bailout for media and internet companies scrambling to survive the intensifying collapse of consumer spending and reduction in advertising dollars stretching into 2009. The consolidation, failure and radical reshaping of companies a... Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:29:09 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1134544?rsstype=tag&tag=cbs http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1133782?rsstype=tag&tag=cbs When conditions are stable and sentiment calm, it s relatively simple to look backward on recent performance to make educated guesses on near term trends. But when things start to change suddenly and systematically? Then the prediction game is alto... Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:33:10 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1133782?rsstype=tag&tag=cbs http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1133508?rsstype=tag&tag=cbs What, on earth, has happened to the media companies stocks and market caps? In early summer 2007, we looked at media companies to determine who was the king of digital media and then used the multiples and figures from each of the publicly traded ... Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:30:33 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1133508?rsstype=tag&tag=cbs http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1130422?rsstype=tag&tag=cbs Good news for media and entertainment stocks: Fitch Ratings agency says the sector is generally healthy, with plenty of free cash flow and cash on the balance sheet. Fitch reports the major conglomerates, including Disney (DIS), News Corp (NWS), Viac... Fri, 03 Oct 2008 03:31:15 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1130422?rsstype=tag&tag=cbs http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/dealscape/1126913?rsstype=tag&tag=cbs The newspaper industry is in critical condition, and CBS CEO Les Moonves makes no bones about it. The media veteran, who helped engineer CBS' $1.8 billion purchase of online media company Cnet...... Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:15:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/dealscape/1126913?rsstype=tag&tag=cbs http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1126816?rsstype=tag&tag=cbs The mass audience reached by the Big 4 broadcast networks will be eroded by general entertainment cable networks in less than five years, when rivals seize more of their triple advertising dollar, pricing and viewer edge. That isn't a guess, accordin... Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:15:06 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1126816?rsstype=tag&tag=cbs