references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . june 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message ascent capital group type public nasdaq ascma and nasdaq ascmb industry residential security monitoring founded 1999 via three way merger headquarters denver colorado key people william r. fitzgerald chairman and ceo ascent capital group william e. niles evp and general counsel ascent capital group jeffery r. gardner evp ascent capital group president and ceo monitronics international michael r. meyers svp and cfo ascent capital group vp and cfo monitronics international john a. orr svp ascent capital group revenue us 311.9 m fy 2011 1 operating income us 28.2 m fy 2011 1 net income us 20.6 m fy 2011 1 total assets us 1 626m fy 2011 1 total equity us 560m fy 2011 1 website www.ascentmedia.com ascent capital group is a public holding company 2 whose primary subsidiary is monitronics . ascent media was a wholly owned subsidiary of the discovery holding company dhc . dhc spun off ascent media as an independent public company on september 17 2008 . 3 the company s main activity through its wholly owned subsidiary monitroincs is to provide security alarm monitoring services to more than 1 million residential and commercial customers in the united states canada and puerto rico through its nationwide network of independent dealers . citation needed history edit in its past ascent capital group provided creative and technical services to the media and entertainment industries . 4 ascent media was a wholly owned subsidiary of the discovery holding company dhc . dhc spun off ascent media as an independent public company on september 17 2008 . 3 the assets and operations of ascent capital group are composed primarily of the assets and operations of various businesses acquired from 2000 through 2004 including the todd ao corporation four media company video services corporation group w network services london playout centre and the systems integration business of sony electronics . the combination and integration of these and other acquired entities allows amg to offer integrated outsourcing for the technical and creative requirements of its clients from content creation and other post production services to media management and transmission of the final product to broadcast television stations cable system head ends and other destinations and distribution points . 5 1999 ascent media formed through the acquisition of three post production companies todd ao corporation four media company and certain assets of soundelux entertainment group using liberty media stock valued at more than 400 million us dollars . 2005 ascent media announces deal with sony pictures entertainment to convert sony s library of more than 4 000 films and many of its vintage tv shows into digital files . as envisioned by sony and ascent media files that are now delivered manually to distributors such as the starz encore pay tv service would be transferred instead as digital files over a secure network . 6 2006 discovery holding company acquires accenthealth to be overseen by ascent media . discovery holding s press release reported delivered to over 11 200 medical waiting rooms nationwide accenthealth s programming and sponsor messages are delivered to over 19 million health conscious consumers each month . 7 2007 during the fourth quarter of 2007 the board of directors of dhc approved a resolution to spin off the capital stock of amc to the holders of dhc series a and series b common stock . each owner of series a common stock is allowed 1 vote per share of voting power and series b common stock owners are allowed 10 votes per share . 8 2008 on september 4 2008 ascent media completed the sale of 100 % of the ownership interests in accenthealth to an unaffiliated third party for net cash proceeds of 118 643 000 . 2008 the amc spin off was completed on september 17 2008 . following the amc spin off amc and dhc operate independently and neither has any stock ownership beneficial or otherwise in the other . 5 2008 ascent media group s creative sound services group spun off from discovery holding company to create css studios llc a wholly owned subsidiary of discovery communications . this included the assets of todd ao soundelux sound one pop sound modern music soundelux design music group and the hollywood edge . 9 2010 in december 2010 ascent media acquired monitronics a home security system company . 10 2011 on february 28 2011 encompass digital media inc. purchased ascent media s global content distribution business including facilities in new york metro area minnesota burbank london and singapore . 11 on july 7 2011 ascent media corporation merged with its subsidiary ascent capital group inc. for the purpose of changing its name to ascent capital group inc. 1 2012 on october 26 2012 monitronics acquired approximately 93 000 security alarm monitoring subscriber accounts representing 4.4 million of gross recurring monthly revenue from pinnacle security for a purchase price of 131 million . 12 references edit a b c d e f ascent capital group 2011 annual report form 10 k february 29 2012 . . secdatabase.com . retrieved 2012 05 23 . hoover s coverage by sylvia lambert 2008 01 02 . ascent media corporation information and related industry information from hoover s united kingdom uk . hoovers.com . retrieved 2012 01 04 . a b discovery communications llc 2008 registration statement form s 4 july 18 2008 . . secdatabase.com . retrieved 2012 05 22 . cite error invalid ref tag ; name discovery communications llc 2008 s 4 defined multiple times with different content see the help page . home ascent capital group inc . ascentmediacorporation.com . 2011 12 08 . retrieved 2012 01 04 . a b e10vk . sec.gov . retrieved 2012 01 04 . john malone s digital picture show . businessweek.com . 2005 04 19 . retrieved 2012 01 04 . 1 archived october 8 2007 at the wayback machine . ascent media group inc amended annual report 10 k a part iii . sec.edgar online.com . retrieved 2012 01 04 . http www.webcitation.org 5hr9hvp3r . archived from the original on june 11 2009 . retrieved july 15 2009 . missing or empty title help ascent media corporation acquires monitronics . the wall street journal . december 17 2010 . retrieved march 15 2011 . encompass completes acquisition of ascent media corporation s content distribution business . monitronics international acquires 93 000 high quality subscriber accounts external links edit sec information on ascent media ascent media group website ascent media corporation website hoovers information for ascent media sec edgar filings for ascent capital group inc retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ascent media & oldid 724010708 categories film production companies of the united statescompanies listed on nasdaqhidden categories pages with reference errorspages with duplicate reference namesarticles with wayback 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