Emmis Communications is considering acquiring U.S. Digital Television, a company that is offering over-the-air multichannel digital TV services in Salt Lake City and Las Vegas.
Emmis has been promoting the launch of a similar pay service that would also use the digital frequencies of broadcasters. “We’d love to bring them [U.S. Digital] in … if we could buy them,” Mr.Smulyan told reporters.
In a luncheon speech hosted by the Media Institute in Washington, Mr. Smulyan also said 35 broadcast companies with more than 350 TV stations have become partners in the Emmis venture — with atleast that many other broadcasters considering joining the effort.
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