[AirMedia Group Inc. Letterhead]
October 16, 2012
VIA EDGAR
Larry Spirgel, Assistant Director
Celeste M. Murphy, Legal Branch Chief
Kate Beukenkamp, Attorney-Advisor
Terry French, Accountant Branch Chief
Claire DeLabar, Staff Accountant
Division of Corporation Finance
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
| Re: | AirMedia Group Inc. (the “Company”) |
Form 20-F for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2011 (“2011 20-F”)
Filed April 30, 2012 (File No. 001-33765)
Dear Mr. Spirgel, Ms. Murphy, Ms. Beukenkamp, Mr. French and Ms. DeLabar:
We have received the comment letter dated October 11, 2012 from the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Staff”) regarding the 2011 20-F. We understand that the due date for responding to the Staff’s comments is October 26, ten business days after issuance of the letter. We would like to request an extension to the deadline for responding to the comment letter as we will need additional time to prepare a thorough and comprehensive response letter. We will file the response to the Staff’s comment letter via EDGAR as soon as possible, in any event no later than November 9, 2012.
If you have any additional questions or comments regarding the 2011 20-F, please contact the Company’s U.S. counsel, Z. Julie Gao of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, at (852) 3740 4850. Thank you very much.
| Very truly yours, |
| /s/ Henry Ho |
| Henry Ho |
| Chief Financial Officer |
| cc: | Herman Man Guo, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, AirMedia Group Inc. | |
| Z. Julie Gao, Esq., Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Hong Kong | ||
| Yan Wang, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu CPA Ltd., Beijing |