ABC Records American Broadcasting Company (ABC). It evolved from federal antitrust actions taken against the movie studios and broadcasting companies in the 1940s and early 1950s. In 1943 the Federal Communications Commission took action against anti-competitive practices, one of which forced the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) to sell the Blue Network, the sister network of NBC Red Network. Blue was purchased by the businessman Edward J. Noble, and he changed its name to the American Broadcasting Company in 1946. In 1953 ABC merged with United Paramount Theatres, the divested former exhibition/cinema division of Paramount Pictures. The newly merged corporation was chaired
Altimax Broadcasting Company used to propose a 10 kilowatt-UHF pay TV station using Channel 19 as its frequency. However, there is no word yet on the planning. Altimax Broadcasting Company Altimax Broadcasting Company (Altimax) is a media company co-owned by The Velarde Group and Bethlehem Holdings, Inc. (BHI, a subsidiary of the Globe Group Retirement Fund). Altimax's media businesses are direct-broadcast satellite (DBBS) and Multipoint Multichannel Distribution Service (MMDS) wireless cable TV and broadband. In 1999, The Velarde Group and its holding investment firm Velarde, Inc. (VI), led by former SkyCable executive vice president Mel Velarde, acquired Altimax Broadcasting Company and its broadcast