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Title: Winnercomm sold to B-list Cable TV station Post by: sgrizzle on January 12, 2009, 09:10:32 pm http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/01/12/ap5910271.html
Title: Winnercomm sold to B-list Cable TV station Post by: cannon_fodder on January 13, 2009, 11:00:54 am Winnercomm About:
http://www.winnercomm.com/2006/about_history.asp When the purchased Skycam they moved the company TO TULSA from Philadelphia. quote: I hope the new owner invests IN TULSA instead of pirating a business from Tulsa. Title: Winnercomm sold to B-list Cable TV station Post by: sgrizzle on January 13, 2009, 11:03:50 am Winnercom is a great company, the whole sale perplexes me a bit.
Title: Winnercomm sold to B-list Cable TV station Post by: we vs us on January 13, 2009, 12:07:20 pm Think about the kind of expanded "outdoors" coverage Outdoors Network could do with Skycam. Add in Winnercomm's sports marketing ability and they can really push the Outdoors Network in a more mainstream direction (and away from Bassmasters-esque programming).
I could see why this might make sense. Add in a recession (which increases the need to consolidate) and it's easy to see why this would work. Title: Winnercomm sold to B-list Cable TV station Post by: cannon_fodder on January 13, 2009, 12:51:32 pm quote: quote: It was initially incorporated in Alaska before moving the incorporation status to DE in the early 90's. http://www.outdoorchannel.com/Investors.aspx?page=homeProfile So it looks like winnercomm might actually be a bigger company. As a publicly traded company Outdoor Network Holdingss may have a better borrowing position. Or this is a backdoor way of "going public" for winndercom. Outdoor Networks stock is up 10%. $172mil market cap. Here is Outdoor Networks press release: http://www.outdoorchannel.com/Investors.aspx?page=newsArticle No hint on their job forecast. Title: Re: Winnercomm sold to B-list Cable TV station Post by: Townsend on September 14, 2011, 03:36:05 pm It was in the cards...
Skycam is going to Ft Worth per TW FB post. Quote Outdoor Channel Holdings Inc., the current owners of SkyCam LLC, announced the aerial camera company will soon move to Fort Worth... Title: Re: Winnercomm sold to B-list Cable TV station Post by: DolfanBob on September 14, 2011, 03:56:48 pm It was in the cards... Skycam is going to Ft Worth per TW FB post. I dont see that as a real loss for Broken Arrow. Their parking lot is empty all the time. I'm not sure how many they employ but it cant be many. Title: Re: Winnercomm sold to B-list Cable TV station Post by: sgrizzle on September 15, 2011, 07:54:30 am I dont see that as a real loss for Broken Arrow. Their parking lot is empty all the time. I'm not sure how many they employ but it cant be many. Their president left the state last year. Guessing only skeleton crew were in BA. |