BOND & PECARO

The Basis for Your Decisions

The Basis for Your Decisions

A Quarter Century of Consulting Experience

Bond & Pecaro provides financial, valuation, and strategic consulting services to companies in the broadcasting, cable television, telecom, publishing, and Internet industries. The company's team of professionals has appraised over 5,500 media and technology entities.

The company's principals have more than 125 years of combined experience in finance, economics, and telecommunications engineering. The professional staff has pioneered and developed many of the analytical and valuation techniques in use throughout the communications and media industries today. As a result, Bond & Pecaro is highly qualified to help clients identify, evaluate, and create value for their businesses. 

A Legacy of Credibility and Trust

Leveraging its core competencies, the firm has the ability to address each client's unique requirements with verifiable and supportable analyses. The firm provides services to a wide range of clients including AT&T, Belo, Bonneville Broadcasting, CBS, Citadel, Clear Channel, Cox, Entercom, News Corp.-Fox, Gannett, Gray Television, Hearst, NBC Universal, LIN Television, The National Association of Broadcasters, National Geographic Society, The New York Times, CableOne-Post Newsweek, Time-Warner, Univision, Viacom, and the Washington Post Company, just to name a few.

Bond & Pecaro's Service Offerings

Fair Market Valuations Stock Valuations Feasibility Studies
Asset Appraisals General Consulting Impairment Testing
Property Tax Consulting International Consulting Expert Testimony

Recent Presentations

"Newspaper Valuation - Mergers and Acquisitions" and "Update of Financial Regulatory and Legistlative Changes Impacting Media Companies" at Media Financial Management's Media Focus 2011, Atlanta, Georgia, May 2011

"Valuation of Local Web Sites" and "Newspaper Valuation Issues" at Media Financial Management's Media Focus 2010, Nashville, Tenn., May 2010.

"Restructuring Issues with Respect to Distressed Media Businesses and Tax Issues Relating to Impairment of Distressed Media Assets" at the 2010 Media Industry Tax Conference, Marana, Ariz., May 2010.



In Focus

FASB update on Testing Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets for Impairment click here.
 
Accounting Standards Update 2011-04: Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure click here.
 
Update on the 2011 Exposure Draft on Revenue from Contracts with Customers click here.
 
White paper on the AICPA's working draft of "Valuation of Privately Held Company Equity Securities Issued as Compensation" click here.
 
Update on Reverse Compensation:  Broadcaster -> Networks click here.
 
Update on Retransmission Fees:  Pay-TV Provider -> Broadcaster click here.
 
Update on Retransmission Fee Regulation click here.
 
White Paper on Proposed Accounting Rules for Leases in the Media, Entertainment, and Communications Industries.  Click here for the White Paper.
 
National Association of Broadcasters and Bond & Pecaro, Inc. Provide Industry Outlook, Profiles of 210 Television Markets in New Book.  Click here for the Press Release.

Latest White Papers »

A Short Course on Broadcast
Ownership Regulations and
Anti-Trust Issues »

Media Industry Valuation Overview

Newspaper Valuation Issues
 
Bond & Pecaro, Inc. provides financial, valuation, and strategic consulting services to major players in the broadcasting, cable television, wireless, publishing, and Internet industries.