Denali Media Holdings Closes Purchase of Anchorage CBS Affiliate and Southeast Alaska NBC Affiliates
November 01 2013 - 10:59PM
Denali Media
Holdings Closes Purchase of Anchorage CBS Affiliate and Southeast
Alaska NBC Affiliates
November 1, 2013, Anchorage AK - Denali Media
Holdings, a subsidiary of General Communication, Inc. ("GCI")
(NASDAQ:GNCMA) announced today that it had closed on the
acquisition of the CBS affiliate KTVA-TV of Anchorage from the
Alaska Broadcasting Company, Inc., and of two NBC affiliates in
Southeast Alaska, KATH-TV in Juneau and KSCT-TV in Sitka, from
North Star Broadcasting based in Juneau.
The transaction was announced November 9, 2012,
and was subject to a number of closing conditions, including review
by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The FCC granted the
applications for license assignment without conditions on October
30, 2013.
About Denali Media Holdings and
GCI
Denali Media Holdings is a
subsidiary of GCI, Alaska's largest telecommunications company.
GCI is the largest
telecommunications company in Alaska. GCI's cable plant,
which provides broadband data services, video, and voice, passes 78
percent of Alaska households. GCI operates Alaska's most
extensive terrestrial/subsea fiber optic network which connects not
only Anchorage but also Fairbanks and Juneau/Southeast Alaska to
the lower 48 states with a diversely routed, protected fiber
network. GCI's TERRA fiber/microwave system links 65 communities
from the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta and Bristol Bay to Anchorage,
bringing terrestrial broadband Internet access to the region for
the first time. GCI's satellite network provides
communications services to small towns and communities throughout
rural Alaska. GCI's statewide mobile wireless network
seamlessly links urban and rural Alaska.
A pioneer in bundled services, GCI
is the top provider of data, video and voice services to Alaska
consumers with a 70 percent share of the consumer broadband
market. GCI is also the leading provider of communications
services to enterprise customers, particularly large enterprise
customers with complex data networking needs. More
information about GCI can be found at www.gci.com.
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