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| 10-K - FORM 10-K - Ascent Capital Group, Inc. | v58958e10vk.htm |
| EX-24 - EX-24 - Ascent Capital Group, Inc. | v58958exv24.htm |
| EX-21 - EX-21 - Ascent Capital Group, Inc. | v58958exv21.htm |
| EX-32 - EX-32 - Ascent Capital Group, Inc. | v58958exv32.htm |
| EX-31.1 - EX-31.1 - Ascent Capital Group, Inc. | v58958exv31w1.htm |
| EX-31.2 - EX-31.2 - Ascent Capital Group, Inc. | v58958exv31w2.htm |
Exhibit 23
Consent
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors and Stockholders
Ascent Media Corporation:
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration
statements on
Form S-8
(Nos.
333-156231
and
333-156230)
of Ascent Media Corporation of our report dated March 14,
2011, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Ascent
Media Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2010
and 2009, and the related consolidated statements of operations
and comprehensive loss, stockholders’ equity and cash flows
for each of the years in the three-year period ended
December 31, 2010, and the effectiveness of internal
control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2010,
which reports appear in the December 31, 2010 annual report
on
Form 10-K
of Ascent Media Corporation.
Our report dated March 14, 2011, on the effectiveness of
internal control over financial reporting as of
December 31, 2010, contains an explanatory paragraph that
states Ascent Media Corporation acquired Monitronics
International, Inc. (Monitronics) on December 17, 2010, and
management excluded from its assessment of the effectiveness of
Ascent Media Corporation’s internal control over financial
reporting as of December 31, 2010, Monitronics’
control over financial reporting associated with total assets of
$1.38 billion and total revenues of $12.2 million
included in the consolidated financial statements of Ascent
Media Corporation and subsidiaries as of and for the year ended
December 31, 2010. Our audit of internal control over
financial reporting of Ascent Media Corporation also excluded an
evaluation of the internal control over financial reporting of
Monitronics.
/s/ KPMG
LLP
Los Angeles, California
March 14, 2011