See also Fundraising services and consultants
Arbitron Inc. — the major source of radio ratings
Audience Research Analysis — David Giovannoni and associates
Claritas Connect — home of VALS psychographics
The Media Audit — local market multimedia usage and product purchasing data
Nielsen Media Research — the major source of TV ratings
PubTV Online — public TV audience data service now operated by TRAC Media Services
Radio Research Consortium — public radio's source for Arbitron and Scarborough audience data on audience and related consulting and training
Research Director Inc. — for commercial and noncommercial TV and radio
TRAC Media Services — David & Judith LeRoy, Craig Reed and associates
Walrus Research — George Bailey
Consulting engineers — members of the Association of Federal Communicatiions Consulting Engineers
Consulting engineers — listed by the Society of Broadcast Engineeers
ILC MaxView — network control software for hybrid networks
Logic Innovations — data transport systems, multicasting and datacasting
V-Soft Communications — Doug Vernier, R.F. software and consulting
See also Datacasting
National Captioning Institute, Vienna, Va.; Burbank, Calif.; Dallas — captioning of live and precorded programs, video description for the vision-impaired
Video Caption Corp., Stanfordville, N.Y. — Offline captioning, subtitling, V-chip encoding, program duplication, format conversion
WGBH Media Access Group, Boston, Los Angeles — captioning for analog and DTV, videos and films, DVS for vision-impaired audiences, online and print access, training in access services
Federal Communications Bar Association, publisher of Federal Communications Law Journal
Arnold & Porter LLP — Theodore D. (Ted) Frank
Cohn and Marks LLP — Jerold (Jerry) Jacobs
Dow, Lohnes & Albertson — Todd D. Gray, Margaret L. (Meg) Miller, Kenneth D. Salomon
Garvey, Schubert & Barer — John Crigler
Irwin, Campbell & Tannenwald — Peter Tannenwald
Levanthal, Senter & Lerman PLLC — Steve Lerman, Barbara Gardner
Gary P. Poon PLLC — Gary Poon
The Sanchez Law Firm (e-mail) — Ernest Sanchez
Schwartz, Woods & Miller
Lawrence M. Miller, Steven C. Schaffer, Malcolm Stevenson
Spencer W. Weisbroth — media contracts and copyright attorney
Wiley, Rein & Fielding — Richard E. Wiley
The Digital Network — a spinoff of KERA, Dallas
Academy for Educational Development
Hezel Associates — Richard Hezel's educational telecom planning firm in Syracuse, N.Y.
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Bortz Media & Sports Group — James Trautman
BMR Associates — John Hershberger
Carr Communications — Linda Carr, consulting for public broadcasters
John Sutton & Associates — research, strategic planning, fundraising support and programming consulting for public radio stations
Livingston Associates, LLC — Tom Livingston, executive search, strategy, project assessment
Market Trends Research — Peter Dominowski
Media Mechanics — services from Paul Marszalek, Ben Manilla and Mike Henry
MGConnections — Mark Gorelczenko
Community Media Services — Nan Rubin's consulting for community broadcasters, including production and technical assistance
NETA Business Center — accounting services for public broadcasting
NETA Consulting— Eric Smith, Judy Weaver and associates
Paragon Media Strategies — media research
PublicRadioTraining.com — John Sutton and Jay Clayton provide online training and resources for public radio
SchardtMEDIA — Sue Schardt, research, consulting and public relations for public radio and new media
Sucherman Consulting Group — Stuart Sucherman and Sean Scanlon
Transformations Consulting Group — Patricia Dodgen, Dale Emerson and associates
Whole Station Solutions — Arthur Cohen
Abacast — streaming media software
Brightcove — online video distribution provider
Convio Internet Solutions — marketing, fundraising, advocacy
GetActive — membership and donor messaging
Kintera — application service provider for nonprofits
Live365.com — Internet radio solutions
M.J. Bear — former head of NPR Online
Online Video Service — comprehensive online media services
Open Media Network — on-demand Internet platform for nonnprofits using Kontiki grid technology
Podkive — podcast hosting service
Public Interactive — web applications and hosting for public broadcasting
Public Radio Interactive — software and content for station websites
Soundprint — web hosting and design
StreamGuys — streaming media services
Online Services Resource Library — compiled by Integrated Media Association
Wordcast — podcasting services from Audible
Active Voice, San Francisco — Ellen Schneider; advocacy, engagement and media campaigns
Creative Publicity — Kathy Gronau
Dan Klores Communications, New York
Executive Program Services — Alan Foster, Dick Hanratty
Ken Mills Agency — public radio program development, marketing and assessment
Market Trends Research — Peter Dominowski; research for public radio and other fields
Ozmon Media — Lorna Ozmon; radio programming consultant and air personality coach
PogoPromotions.com, Portland, Ore.
Jim Russell Productions — (programdoctor.com) program development and repair, Chapel Hill, N.C.
SchardtMedia, Boston — Sue Schardt, program development and strategy
SFM Consulting — Steve Martin, program development and representation, station management
US Independents — Diana Ingraham and Meg Villareal represent producers overseas
BroadView — Traffic, programming and sales software
Craig R. Hoover — web integration and programming
Myers ProTrack — broadcast operations software, Myers Information Systems Inc.
RadioWorks — radio management systems, traffic, billing, accounting
B.J. Leiderman — composer
Lenz Entertainment Inc.,Toronto — Jack Lenz, music composition and direction for production
Forest Incentives Ltd. — DVD, CD, VHS duplication
IMCOptical — DVD-CD replication
Public Radio MusicSource — compact disc sales by Minnesota Public Radio
StreamGuys.com
— streaming media services
