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Digital TV crystal-clear, but ‘multicasting’ model blurry: Making a buck from spare digital TV channels is a challenge, though one firm is eyeing city for wireless cable

September 26, 2005

While Multicast Networks Group plans to offer TV stations a network of programs they can run on their digital channels, pioneers in so-called “multicasting” of digital signals have had other visions. And like many pioneers, they’ve taken arrows. Jeff Smulyan, president of Indianapolisbased radio and TV empire Emmis Communications Corp., last year proposed leasing unused digital bandwidth from TV stations. Once he gained enough of these unused channels in a given market, he planned to deliver a sort of over-the-air…

Network takes aim at digital surplus: Firm to sell programs for unused TV channels

September 26, 2005

Multicast Networks Group LLC plans to launch the network in 2006, said industry veteran Michael Ruggiero, who heads the 22-year-old ALL TV Services communications consulting firm. “We know the industry needs more content. Broadcast groups we’ve talked with are very excited about the concept,” said Ruggiero, chairman of Multicast. Ruggiero also is vice president of distribution for The Tube Music Network, developed by MTV co-founder Les Garland. Ruggiero recently helped broker a deal to run The Tube on digital channels…

BEHIND THE NEWS: Exec tries to rewrite baseball legacy, but boo-birds abound

October 10, 2005

Emmis Communications Corp. CEO Jeff Smulyan ended up black and blue the last time he owned a baseball team. This time around, he’s taking blows even before he finds out whether he gets the team. Smulyan wants both Emmis shareholders and residents of the Washington, D.C., region to be excited about his group’s bid to buy the Washington Nationals from Major League Baseball for at least $450 million. But already leading an anti-Smulyan charge is Washington Post columnist Thomas Boswell,…

Big changes at Emmis?:

October 17, 2005

Big changes at Emmis? Analysts say sale of TV stations positions Jeff Smulyan to take media company private in leveraged buyout. PAGE4

Lee, Willis prosper outside limelight: Former WRTV co-anchors run growing public relations firm

October 17, 2005

News defined the careers of Clyde Lee and Diane Willis for a combined five decades. And it was the nation’s biggest news event of the last decade-9/11-that served as an ominous backdrop for the duo’s first entrepreneurial venture. “We incorporated in August 2001, and less than a month later, 9/11 hit, and we thought, ‘Oh my,'” Lee recalled. But more than four years later, Lee/Willis Communications is still standing-and prospering. The fiscal swoon that followed 9/11 caused many companies to…

Trying to strike oil in public markets: Indianapolis-based Calumet Specialty Products files for IPO, hopes to raise $140 million

October 17, 2005

An Indianapolis-based oil company with ties to a wealthy local family plans to go public in what analysts describe as a hot-butvolatile market. Calumet Specialty Products Partners LP wants to raise $140 million by selling 6.4 million units at an expected price of $22 each, according to papers filed this month with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Calumet has been part of the private business empire of the Fehsenfeld family, which 35 years ago founded Heritage Environmental Services, a…

BEHIND THE NEWS: Another Smulyan surprise? Exec could take Emmis private

October 17, 2005

Emmis Communications Corp. CEO Jeff Smulyan has struggled to keep Wall Street happy the last few years. He might not have to worry about that much longer. At least three Wall Street analysts have said in recent reports that Smulyan, Emmis’ controlling shareholder, might take the radio-station company private. Asked about that scenario during an interview with IBJ, Smulyan said nothing to quiet the chatter. “Everything is under consideration,” he said. “There is nothing that’s not under consideration.” Key reasons…

Out-of-state ad agency nabs lottery: Louisville’s Bandy Carroll chosen over native firms

October 24, 2005

The giggle will soon be gone. Hoosier Lottery officials are eliminating the tag line giggle in their ads. And, more significantly, they’re replacing the local firm that created those ads with a Louisville-based advertising agency. That decision has wiped the smile off many faces in the local advertising community. One local industry executive said agencies here are stunned given the state’s pledge to “buy Indiana.” The Louisville firm, Bandy Carroll Hellige, beat out Bloomington-based Hirons & Company Communications Inc. and…

Public broadcasters seek big bucks to feed Big Bird: WFYI capital campaign has ambitious $15.3M goal

October 24, 2005

Public broadcasters usually aren’t shy about asking for money. Indeed, their telethon-style fund-raising drives likely are as recognizable to audiences as Big Bird and Garrison Keillor. But when it comes to big money, they haven’t had much practice. Until now. For more than a year, Indianapolis broadcaster WFYI quietly has been lining up support for its largest-ever capital campaign-a $15.3 million effort to upgrade equipment, expand its Meridian Street building, and more than double the not-for-profit’s endowment. Station leaders were…

Movements in midtown may mean more housing, retail: Handful of developers take on North Meridian projects

November 14, 2005

“It’s just a matter of time.” At this point, the statement may reflect more hope than reality. The city’s main corridor is a concrete jungle through much of midtown, filled with parking lots, for-sale signs and buildings exhibiting nearly nonexistent design standards. However, a small-butgrowing number of developers is showing interest in revitalizing the main corridor through midtown. One of the newest plans would create a mixed-use development at 21st and Meridian streets called Meridian at 21. Local businessman Jeffrey…

WISH, WRTV look to profit from national TV ratings flip: Local news king, WTHR, deals with lagging NBC ratings

November 14, 2005

Though television broadcasting is known to be a cyclical business, cycles that turn TV ratings upside down are unusual. With ABC and CBS overtaking NBC nationally, it is an especially interesting-and anxious-time for local affiliates. WTHR-TV Channel 13 has been the local news rating leader the last six years, but WISH-TV Channel 8 and WRTV-TV Channel 6 see this fall and winter as an opportune time to turn the tide. One week into the critical Nov. 2-30 ratings sweeps, ABC…

Hispanic market his target: Ponce Publicidad founder focuses on fast-growing demographic group

November 28, 2005

The Bank of Central America is moving into Florida and other parts of the southeast United States. While this development might not seem significant for central Indiana business operators, Roberto Ponce thinks it’s a sign. “The burgeoning Hispanic market within the U.S. is becoming a major factor,” said Ponce, president of Indianapolis-based Ponce Publicidad. “If domestic businesses don’t realize that and reach out to this segment, others from beyond our borders will.” Ponce thinks his firm is uniquely positioned to…

Family follows Trusty path: Local manufacturer uses lessons from innovative founder

December 5, 2005

Trusty-Cook Inc. looks like an old-school manufacturer, even though its inventions are cutting-edge. The company’s 15,000-squarefoot factory on 59th Street east of Fort Harrison State Park looks more like an inventor’s workshop than a state-of-the-art operation intent on pounding out millions of widgets. Trusty-Cook owners eschew hot trends like Japanese-imported lean manufacturing, and aren’t apt to use catch phrases like “just-in-time delivery.” Despite the company’s throwback demeanor, when it comes to working with urethane, Trusty-Cook is revolutionary. And its latest…

A fuzzy picture for Thomson-again: French parent puts consumer unit in play, but will keep part of 700-person Carmel work force

December 19, 2005

Engineering and research-anddevelopment jobs in Carmel likely will be spared the uncertainty of Thomson’s plans to sell outright or to find partners for its consumer products and accessories business. The French company that owns the RCA brand and employs 700 in Carmel said last week that it will exit the consumer end of the electronics realm in 2006. But Thomson also said it has a number of engineers and related personnel in Carmel that would fit the company’s focus on…

Fox affiliate gets serious about news: WXIN-TV considers expanding 10 p.m. newscast to an hour, adding early-evening edition

January 23, 2006

Say Fox Television and you’re more likely to think of Bart Simpson and “American Idol” than traffic updates, weather bulletins or breaking news. But WXIN-TV Channel 59 General Manager Jerry Martin wants viewers to know the Indianapolis Fox affiliate has a serious side. Martin said big changes are coming, including possibly expanding WXIN’s 10 p.m. news from 30 minutes to an hour. And the national Fox network might add an evening news show, which likely would lead to a local…

SPORTS: Crazy-with-grief Colts fans, you’re now on the air

January 23, 2006

Welcome to WIBJ Radio. I’m Beebee, your host of “Sports Geeks.” Our first caller is Fred from Franklin. Fred? Beebs, man, here’s how we handle those low-life, stomp-onour-hearts, marshmallow-soft Indianapolis Colts. We take their new stadium away. I mean, they are not worthy. So until they reach the Super Bowl, I say keep ’em in the Dome. Fred, what do we do with that big hole? Fill it in with water so the bean company can have beachfront property. Let’s…

SPORTS: Crazy-with-grief Colts fans, you’re now on the air

January 30, 2006

Fox affiliate gets serious about news: WXIN-TV considers expanding 10 p.m. newscast to an hour, adding early-evening edition

January 30, 2006

WNDY, WTTV face format changes in the fall: Lin TV forced to fill programming void

February 6, 2006

National television executives’ surprise decision to scrap two established networks and form a new one in their place caught local affiliates off-guard and sent WNDY-TV Channel 23 looking for content to fill its airwaves this fall. “I don’t think anyone saw this coming,” said Scott Blumenthal, vice president of television for Rhode Island-based Lin TV Corp., which owns WNDY. CBS Corp. and Warner Bros. Entertainment plan to launch The CW this fall, a move that will have far-reaching affects in…

Limo company races into Indy: Most revenue to come from sponsorships, not passenger fares

March 6, 2006

Central Indiana’s newest limousine company plans to make only 10 percent of its revenue from passenger fees. Indy Racing Limos’ three principals expect to generate 85 percent from sponsors and the other 5 percent from use of their unique racer-like cars in corporate displays and business promotions. The company is the first limo firm in Indiana attempting to generate the bulk of its revenue from corporate sponsors plastering their names and logos on vehicles. Even so, founders Roy K. Ward,…

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Digital TV crystal-clear, but ‘multicasting’ model blurry: Making a buck from spare digital TV channels is a challenge, though one firm is eyeing city for wireless cable

Network takes aim at digital surplus: Firm to sell programs for unused TV channels

BEHIND THE NEWS: Exec tries to rewrite baseball legacy, but boo-birds abound

Big changes at Emmis?:

Lee, Willis prosper outside limelight: Former WRTV co-anchors run growing public relations firm

Trying to strike oil in public markets: Indianapolis-based Calumet Specialty Products files for IPO, hopes to raise $140 million

BEHIND THE NEWS: Another Smulyan surprise? Exec could take Emmis private

Out-of-state ad agency nabs lottery: Louisville’s Bandy Carroll chosen over native firms

Public broadcasters seek big bucks to feed Big Bird: WFYI capital campaign has ambitious $15.3M goal

Movements in midtown may mean more housing, retail: Handful of developers take on North Meridian projects

WISH, WRTV look to profit from national TV ratings flip: Local news king, WTHR, deals with lagging NBC ratings

Hispanic market his target: Ponce Publicidad founder focuses on fast-growing demographic group

Family follows Trusty path: Local manufacturer uses lessons from innovative founder

A fuzzy picture for Thomson-again: French parent puts consumer unit in play, but will keep part of 700-person Carmel work force

Fox affiliate gets serious about news: WXIN-TV considers expanding 10 p.m. newscast to an hour, adding early-evening edition

SPORTS: Crazy-with-grief Colts fans, you’re now on the air

SPORTS: Crazy-with-grief Colts fans, you’re now on the air

Fox affiliate gets serious about news: WXIN-TV considers expanding 10 p.m. newscast to an hour, adding early-evening edition

WNDY, WTTV face format changes in the fall: Lin TV forced to fill programming void

Limo company races into Indy: Most revenue to come from sponsorships, not passenger fares