Communications
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Tech Talk: Former Phillie Ryan Howard invests in Conshohocken-based sportscasting camps
Conshohocken-based Play by Play Sports Broadcasting Camps trains future sportscasters in its weeklong programs for kids, and former Phillies slugger Ryan Howard is betting on the future with a major investment. The company, which currently offers camps in nine cities across the U.S., received an investment from SeventySix Capital, in a deal led by Howard, who joined Wayne Kimmel’s firm in May…
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Conshohocken’s InterDigital Inc. making waves as a wireless network
At almost $500,000 in profits per employee, InterDigital Inc. is one of the world’s most successful smartphone companies nobody has ever heard of. And it’s based right here. The firm — with a Wilmington headquarters and Conshohocken research office — licenses its 19,000-patent portfolio to Apple, Samsung and Huawei, and is now knocking on the…
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Lansdale radio station adds ‘GolfTalkLive’ to its lineup
Montgomery County’s golf presence is expanding, at least on the FM airwaves. “GolfTalkLive” host and former sports editor at The Times Herald Tony Leodora couldn’t be happier that talk radio station WNPV 1440-AM and 98.5-FM have joined the roster of syndicated stations that feature his popular radio show. The award-winning “GolfTalk Live” is part of…
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Tech Talk: Cheddar, the financial news service for millennials, plans expansion
Cheddar, CNBC’s financial news streaming service aimed at millennials, has raised $22 million for a planned expansion, the company announced this week. The service is preparing to launch a new channel on Snapchat Discover, in addition to expanding to the UK, writes Benjamin Mullin at wsj.com. [uam_ad id=”54865″] Founder and Chief Executive Jon Steinberg, the…
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Google to invest $300 million to support ‘authoritive journalism’
Fake news. False news. Alternative facts. In an effort to clean up those perceptions, Google is pledging to spend $300 million over the next three years to support authoritative journalism. Google’s campaign, which was announced at an event in New York on Tuesday, will be known as the Google News Initiative. Among the initiative’s goals are…
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Comcast to give internet speeds a boost
Comcast has announced that it is increasing the speeds of some of its most popular Xfinity Internet service tiers for new and existing customers. The increased speeds started rolling out to customers on Tuesday. This photo shows the server room at the Comcast Center. The company announced Tuesday that it is increasing the speeds of…
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Apple expected to offer high-end iPhone, lower-priced model
Three’s company when it comes to the expected and anticipated offerings of Apple — three new smartphones should debut later this year. On the menu will be the largest iPhone to date; an upgraded handset and a model that will be less expensive. With the new lineup, Apple wants to appeal to the growing number…
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Entercom, based inBala-Cynwyd, to buy 2 Missouri radio stations for $15M
Entercom Communications Corp., which is based in Bala Cynwyd, is boosting its presence in St. Louis with the $15 million acquisition of two radio stations from Emmis Communications Corp. Entercom agreed to the $15 million in cash deal that includes FM News Talk 97.1 FM (KFTK) and NOW 96.3 (KNOW-FM), which join the company’s existing…
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Philadelphia Eagles pep rally set for courthouse steps
Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board, Montgomery County Commissioners, Join Philadelphia Eagles Mascot, Montgomery County Mascots, NAHS Students are ready to help you get your game face on! WHO: Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board Staff & Monty (Montgomery County Mascot) Montgomery County Commissioners – Dr. Val Arkoosh, Ken Lawrence, Jr., and Joe Gale Montgomery…
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PhillyWisper gearing up to take on giants Verizon and Comcast
PhillyWisper, a small internet service provider, is ready to play David to the Goliaths of Verizon and Comcast by distributing broadband over rooftop antennas in Philadelphia. Wisps — small wireless internet service providers — are utilizing a combination of unlicensed and licensed spectrum, stitched together with antenna networks, to compete with incumbent broadband providers such…
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Life Time Fitness blocking major news stations from TVs
Every January the gym is crammed with the familiar sight of newcomers intent on keeping their New Year’s resolutions. Also familiar, flat-screen TV’s throughout the club, tuned in to the cable news networks and broadcasting the latest national coverage for visitors working out. The latter has just been eliminated, however, at Life Time Fitness, a gym…
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National Spotlight: AT&T to launch 5G network – but speed is still uncertain
AT&T on Thursday morning announced its intention to be the first wireless carrier in the United States to deploy a 5G network in a dozen markets. The network will operate in accordance with the 5G guidelines that were finalized last month by the 3GPP, which is a group of seven different organizations that develop wireless…
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National Spotlight: What “net neutrality” rollback means for you
Now that the federal government has rolled back the internet protections it put in place two years ago, the big question is: What does the repeal of “net neutrality’ rules mean to you? In the short term, the answer is simple: Not much. But over time, your ability to watch what you want to watch…
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What you need to know about net neutrality
AirBnb, Reddit, Shutterstock, Tumblr, Etsy, Twitter and a long list of small internet companies urged the Federal Communications Commission on Monday to scrap a plan to roll back net neutrality rules. In a letter dated on Monday, the companies urged FCC Chairman Ajit Pai to reverse course and vote against changing the rules. The FCC is set…
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Montco native Nicole Cashman talks PR, early learning and party planning
Over nearly two decades, Nicole Cashman has grown her single-employee start-up shop into one of the most formidable public relations powers in the region. Cashman & Associates, now a 17-person Old City firm, reps bigwig restaurants and hotels (Starr Restaurants [No. 6], AKA), retail and development behemoths (Century 21 Department Stores, Brandywine Realty Trust [No.…
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IBM ‘calling back’ telecommuters
IBM was putting its stamp on the American landscape in 1979. For 20 years, it had been hiring the greats of modernism to erect buildings where scientists and salespeople could work shoulder-to-shoulder commanding the burgeoning computer industry. But that year, one of its new facilities—the Santa Teresa Laboratory, in Silicon Valley—tried an experiment. To ease…
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Manor College Hires Temple Admin as Its New Director of Development
Manor College has named Kimberly Hamm its next Director of Development after a yearlong national search. Hamm is currently the Associate Director of Development & Alumni Relations for Temple University’s Fox School of Business, where she oversees select advancement staff, activities, and initiatives for more than 65,000 members of Fox’s alumni and benefactor community. In…
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Pending CBS Radio Acquisition Puts Pressure on Entercom’s First Quarter Results
Bala Cynwyd’s Entercom has reported a nearly $10 million loss for the first quarter of 2017. This is in stark contrast to the $3.9 million in profit for the same period last year, writes Jeff Blumenthal for Philadelphia Business Journal. The loss is largely due to additional costs relating to its pending $1.7 billion merger…
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