Each has content on specific subjects that consumers can watch on cable, online or via mobile
devices. The net has pulled in new viewers during this election, closing the gap with Fox News -- even drawing more viewers during last week's Pennsylvania primary coverage. CNN has also been
broadening its advertiser base by adding special programming and features on things like health and fitness, putting them into multiplatform packages.
"Advertisers are very receptive to at least hearing and seeing the offerings that networks, whether they be news networks or entertainment networks, are bringing in multiplatform," says Harry Keeshan, director of broadcast at media buyer PHD.
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