Article: DIR to launch first regularly scheduled pay-per-view series; KBTV formed to produce and finance series; Reiss to distribute. (Reiss Media Enterprises Inc., DIR Broadcasting Corp.)

Article: Lorimar Inc. acquires DIR Broadcasting Corp.
PR Newswire;  January 7, 1986 ;     700+ words ... ... announced today it has acquired DIR Broadcasting Corp. Although specific terms of ... potentially could exceed $10 million. DIR Broadcasting Corp. is the leading producer and ... totaling nearly $6.5 billion. DIR Broadcasting's talents, reputation and track ...

Article: MTV Networks announces programming schedule.
PR Newswire;  April 11, 1986 ;     658 words ... ... Pressure' Tour" at 11 P.M. (EST), 10 P.M. (CST), 9 P.M. (MST) and 8 P.M. (PST). At the saem time, DIR Broadcasting will simulcast the 60-minute show. Joe Davola Remembers Spring Break on MTV: -- Joe Davola, "hard-working producer ...

Article: American Stock Exchange closing market report.
PR Newswire;  January 7, 1986 ;     700+ words ... ... 8 to 4-5/8 on a share volume of 800,500. Lorimar jumped 2-3/8 to 46-7/8 after reporting that it acquired DIR Broadcasting Corp., a privately held New York-based producer and distributor of non-news related radio programs. Among the wide ...

Article: Syndicator 'super-serves' radio audiences. (MJI ...
Broadcasting & Cable;  November 27, 1995 ;     700+ words ... ... him in as director of artist development. While at Arista, Feigenbaum started working for the radio production company DIR Broadcasting on a free-lance basis. DIR was producing the benchmark long-form radio rock show The King Biscuit Flower Hour. Later ...

Article: Yamma Pit Fighting Emerges as New Force on the MMA Scene.
Business Wire;  January 29, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... and sports industries. As illustrated by their successes in building the largest independent radio syndication company, DIR Broadcasting, The College Television Network, the largest private television network in the United States, and Semaphore Entertainment ...

Article: The Stones on Pay-Per-View: It's `Terrifying'
The Washington Post;  December 17, 1989 ;     700+ words ... ... diminished. "From what we can gather from our research, this is a much hotter ticket than the Who," said Kurnit. In fact, DIR Broadcasting, the firm that organized the Who pay-per-view concert, reportedly had a multi-million dollar offer on the table ...

Article: Meyrowitz to test PPV concert waters again. (Bob Meyrowitz will ...
Multichannel News;  August 5, 1991 ;     700+ words ... ... first event Oct. 24 with Metal Madness 2, featuring such heavy metal rock artists as Warrant, Trixter and Firehouse. DIR Broadcasting - of which Meyrowitz is still president - along with co-distributor Reiss Media Productions tried the PPV concert series ...