We have been providing accounting, auditing, management consulting
and tax services to cable T.V. companies for over thirty (30)
years. In servicing our eastern regional cable client, we report
not only to the family and management, but also to Tele-Communications,
Inc., the largest cable TV operator in the United States and a
large equity investor in this client, and additionally, we report
to consortiums of banks and insurance companies who are providing
over $450 million of debt financing. Some of the banks included
in the bank consortium are PNC Bank, Toronto-Dominion, Nations
Bank, CoreStates, Bank of California, Bank of Nova Scotia,
Credit Lyonnais and several other banks. Some of the insurance
companies included in the insurance company consortiums include
Prudential, New York Life, Mutual Life Insurance Co. of NY, Unum
Life, PPM America, Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association
of America and IDS Financial Services, Inc.
As you can see, our client has tremendous reporting responsibilities
to its senior lenders. We have been successfully meeting these
reporting responsibilities on behalf of our client by the performance
of quality audits and by the testing and monitoring of stringent
cash flow requirements and loan covenants. As you can surmise,
this client could not have grown over the years without successful
acquisitions. Before each acquisition, our client requested that
we perform a financial due diligence review. Each acquisition
has ranged from $1 million to over $125 million. We have recently
worked with our client in their acquisition of certain Sammons
Communications properties which are valued in excess of $500 million.
In addition to cable T.V., we also represented a cable
TV advertising company, from its inception in 1983 to its successful sale
in 1991. This client, while not a radio station, operated in
a manner similar to radio. It produced TV commercials, sold spots
on cable TV networks, had a traffic department which scheduled
the commercials, and billed the advertisers or their agencies
for the advertisements.
We recently participated in, and were the lead accounting firm
for a cable client's note offerings totaling $1 billion in the
public market. The notes were underwritten by leading Wall Street
investment bankers. We are known to most of the banks in the
area and are, therefore, able to work closely with them in order
to ensure adequate banking services for our clients, including
setting up adequate credit facilities when required.
Our practice was started over 56 years ago by Ernest M. Cohen,
CPA. One of the first client's of the firm was (and still is)
WCOJ-AM, a radio station located in Coatesville, Pennsylvania,
and serving all of Chester County. In the 1960's, the Company
owning WCOJ-AM expanded into cable television. In the 1970's,
this company referred us to a regional cable company that was
a neophyte cable television operator at the time. This client
has since acquired WCOJ-AM and its cable division and has gone
on to become the largest cable television operator serving the
Delaware, New Jersey and Philadelphia areas. In addition to the radio station detailed above, we have an extensive list of radio stations including a national chain of religious broadcasting radio stations that we are providing accounting, consulting and tax services. We also have successfully provided service to several other broadcasting and communications companies who have successfully sold their businesses over the years.
We have provided accounting, audit, management consulting and
tax services to many Nonprofit Organizations. As a result of
acquiring an intimate knowledge of our clients' financial and
administrative structure, we often recommend improvements for
more efficient operation, stronger financial structure, and improved
accounting and administrative controls. Our philosophy is to
blend the technical, the practical and the business approach,
customized to fit the needs of each client.
We are providing a partial list of the various types of Nonprofit
Organizations that we have helped over the years:
At Pressman Ciocca Smith LLP, we pride ourselves on the depth,
quality and experience of our staff. We have a proven track record
in many industries. Should the need for accounting and auditing
services arise, Pressman Ciocca Smith LLP is available and qualified
to serve you. |
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