Ascent Capital Group, Inc., incorporated on May 29, 2008, is a holding company. The Company's subsidiaries include Monitronics International, Inc. (MONI) and LiveWatch Security, LLC (LiveWatch). The Company's segments include MONI, LiveWatch and Other Activities. MONI provides monitoring services as well as billing and round the clock telephone support through its central monitoring station, located in Farmers Branch, Texas. LiveWatch generates subscriber contracts through leads from direct response marketing, where MONI primarily generates subscriber contracts from a dealer network with local market presence. ...
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