Best Information Technology Stocks To Own Right Now

Best Information Technology Stocks To Own Right Now: CC Media Holdings Inc (CCMO)

CC Media Holdings, Inc., incorporated May 2007, is a diversified media and entertainment company. The Company provides radio, digital, out-of-home, mobile and on-demand entertainment, and information services for audiences and local communities, and providing opportunities for advertisers. The Company operates in three segments: Media and Entertainment (CCME, formerly Radio), Americas outdoor advertising (Americas outdoor) and International outdoor advertising (International outdoor). On April 29, 2011, the Company acquired the traffic business of Westwood One, Inc. (the Traffic acquisition). The Company, during 2011, also purchased a cloud-based music technology business. During 2011, the Company also acquired Brouwer & Partners, a street furniture business. During 2011, the Company divested and exchanged its 27 radio stations.

CCME

The CCME segments operations include radio broadcasting, online and mobile services and products, program syndicati on, entertainment, traffic data distribution and music research services. The Company's radio stations and content can be heard on amplitude modulation (AM) / frequency modulation (FM) stations, high definition (HD) radio stations, satellite radio, the Internet at iHeartRadio.com, and the Company's radio stations Websites, through the Company's iHeartRadio mobile application on iPads and smart phones, and via navigation systems. As of December 31, 2011, the Company owned 866 radio stations, including 249 AM and 617 FM servicing approximately 150 the United States markets.

The Company operates premiere networks (Premiere), a national radio network that produces, distributes or represents approximately 90 syndicated radio programs, and serves approximately 5,800 radio station affiliates. The Company's syndicated radio progr! ams include Rush Limbaugh, Jim Rome, Steve Harvey, Ryan Seacrest, Elvis Duran and Delilah. It also delivers real-time traffic informat ion via navigation systems, radio and television broadcast m! edia and wireless and Internet-based services through the Company's traffic business, total traffic network. During 2011, the CCME segment generated 48% of the Company's revenues. The primary source of revenue in the CCME segment is the sale of commercials on the Company's radio stations for local, regional and national advertising. The Company's advertisers include consumer services, retailers, entertainment, health and beauty products, telecommunications, automotive and media.

Americas Outdoor Advertising

The Americas outdoor advertising segment operates in the markets of the United States, Canada and Latin America. It consists of billboards, street furniture and transit displays, airport displays, mall displays, and wall scapes, and other spectaculars, which the Company owns or operates under lease management agreements. As of December 31, 2011, the Company owned and operated approximately 125,000 display structures in its Americas outd oor advertising segment with operations in the United States. The Americas outdoor advertising segment generated 21% of the Company's revenues during 2011. Americas outdoor revenue is derived from the sale of advertising copy placed on the Company's digital displays and traditional displays. The Company's display inventory consists primarily of billboards, street furniture displays and transit displays.

The street furniture displays of the Company include advertising surfaces on bus shelters, information kiosks, freestanding units and other public structures. The transit displays advertise on various types of vehicles or within transit systems, including on the interior and exterior sides of buses, trains, trams, and in the common areas of rail stations and airports. The other display inventories consist of spectacul! ars, wall! scapes and mall displays.

International Outdoor Advertising

The International outdoor business segment includes the Company's operations in Asia, Australia and E! urope, wi! th approximately 34% of its revenue in this segment derived from France and the United Kingdom during 2011. As of December 31, 2011, the Company owned or operated approximately 630,000 displays across 30 countries. The International outdoor segment generated 27% of the Company's revenues during 2011. International outdoor advertising revenue is derived from the sale of traditional advertising copy placed on the Company's display inventory and electronic displays, which are part of the Company's network of digital displays. The International outdoor display inventory consists primarily of street furniture displays, billboards, transit displays and other out-of-home advertising displays, such as neon displays.

The Company competes with JCDecaux, CBS and Lamar Advertising Company.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Rick Munarriz]

  Fans of Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI  ) have typically dismissed the surprising success of Clear Channel's  (NASDAQOTH: CCMO  )  iHeartRadio, and rightfully so. 

• [By Rick Munarriz]

  Clear attack
  Clear Channel's (NASDAQOTH: CCMO  ) iHeartRadio app has been a sleeper hit in the streaming realm over the past couple of years, but it may become an awakening giant.

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