ANALYST PUZZLED BY MSG’S ADS IN BATTLE WITH TIME WARNER

As part of its ongoing battle with Time Warner Cable over carriage fees, the MSG cable sports network serving the New York area is distributing flyers and buying ads notifying TWC subscribers that they may not be able to watch New York Knicks basketball games beginning Jan. 1 and urging them to switch to rival […]

NEW TAX BILL RETAINS INCENTIVES FOR MOVIE PRODUCERS

The new “compromise” tax bill will extend a provision of the previous bill that allows motion picture and television producers to deduct up to $15 million in production costs if they are incurred in the United States ($20 million if they are incurred in an “economically depressed area”). Continuation of the tax benefit is seen […]