WAYNE FRIEDMAN

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• Nascar Viewing Down 9% To 2.98M, Formula 1 Up 7% in Television News Daily on 07/09/2025
  

  Five races on broadcast networks Fox and NBC are higher - up 14% to 4.5 million viewers. New entry Prime Video through four races is averaging 2.1 million.

• TV Network Market Glut: Midsized Cable Group Worries in TV Watch on 07/09/2025
  

  A+E Global Media - co-owned 50-50% by Walt Disney and Hearst - is looking to possibly sell their interest in the group, according to a report.

• National CineMedia Ad Issues Reflect 'Downbeat' Upfront: Analyst in MediaDailyNews on 07/08/2025
  

  National CineMedia is projected to be hit with lower ad revenue due to "softer ad trends" as a result of tariff issues in the near term, according to B. Riley Securities.

• Trump Media Expands To Streaming Video: Bellwether For Tariffs? Media? in TV Watch on 07/08/2025
  

  The new video streaming platform called Truth+ will be available on all major third-party distributors including Apple iTunes, Google Play, Apple TV, Android TV, Amazon Fire TV, Roku TV and Roku web platforms.

• Streaming Q1: Third-Party Streaming Distributors Gaining Strength in Advanced TV Insider on 07/09/2025
  

  Gross subscriber additions rose to 52 million in Q1 2025 - up from 50 million the previous year, according to Antenna. Those gross additions come from 34 streaming platforms.

• Jurassic 'Rebirth' Takes $141M Box Office Bite in MediaDailyNews on 07/07/2025
  

  A blockbuster-like $32.3 million was spent in national TV advertising, per estimates from EDO Ad EnGage - the highest national TV ad spend of the year for a theatrical film so far.

• Present, Future Media Trump Payments: Other Words Of Context in TV Watch on 07/07/2025
  

  Before Paramount Global and Disney-ABC reached $16 million and $15 million settlements with their respective lawsuits from the Trump Administration, other media and technology money was exchanged with Trump.

• Netflix Tops 'Must-Keep TV' List Again in Television News Daily on 07/03/2025
  

  Netflix was on top of the leaderboard for the sixth year in a row, followed by ABC, Amazon Prime Video, CBS and Fox.

• Paramount-Trump Deal Fallout: Worried News Producers - And Advertisers? in TV Watch on 07/03/2025
  

  Paramount's CBS News has agreed to release a full transcript of any future interviews of eligible Presidential contenders. At the same time, Paramount does not acknowledge - as part of the settlement - any journalistic wrongdoing.

• Paramount Reaches $16M Settlement With Trump, Stock Slips in Television News Daily on 07/02/2025
  

  Paramount has been in the process of attempting to get FCC approval of its $8 billion merger with Skydance Media - a definitive agreement that was signed in July 2024.

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• VideoAmp Guaranteed Currency For $1B In Buys YTD by Wayne Friedman (Television News Daily on 09/17/2024)
  

  Thanks Ed... Much appreciate the added "alternative" currency-based media buys information. Wondering then, what's your guess regarding which other media measurement companies -- dollar-wise -- contributed to that $2 bilion to $3 billion total for alternative currency based media deals?

• Netflix Can Hit Advertising 'Sweet Spot' Of $25 To $45 CPM: SMI by Wayne Friedman (Television News Daily on 08/16/2022)
  

  A couple of answers to your questions (from SMI):-- Are these CPMs for all viewers aged 2+?     SMI: Yes-- Are they all for 30-second units or all message lengths averaged out?    SMI: Digital CPM reflects a blended average CPM. It is a combination of various ad / placement attributes, thus it reflects a rolled-up view across the referenced dimensions.

• My Wickets Are Better Than Yours: Rights For India's Pro Cricket League Weigh On Disney+ by Wayne Friedman (TV Watch on 06/13/2022)
  

  Hopefully all scream it, including -- Allan Border, Viv Richards, and of course, Ian Botham!

• Facebook Mulls Big TV Money With Facebook Stories by Wayne Friedman (TV Watch on 09/07/2018)
  

  Yes.

• Shorter TV Spots Rising On Linear TV by Wayne Friedman (Television News Daily on 07/13/2018)
  

  John, this is what I got so far:https://thearf.org/category/articles/6-second-ads-who-how-when-to-use/https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/320678/less-really-is-more-arf-finds-six-second-ads-get.html

• Number Of TV Sets Decline, Not Screens by Wayne Friedman (TV Watch on 08/02/2017)
  

  Nielsen says the average number of hours per week U.S. households spent watching linear live television and DVR programming on TV sets -- assuming multiple set usage -- declined to 56.88 last year from 60.07 in 2013. 

• O'Reilly's Fox Departure May Not Impact Financial Bottom Line by Wayne Friedman (TV Watch on 04/20/2017)
  

  A SNL Kagan study released in December 2016 projected affiliate revenues for just the Fox News Channel to total $1,546.3 billion — an average of $1.41 per subscriber per month.

• Welcome To The Cross-Platform Upfront -- It's Not Your Father's Kids Marketplace by Wayne Friedman (MediaPost Weekend on 03/11/2017)
  

  Disney Channel operates commercial-free though it sells advertising sponsorships. Disney XD is a regular advertising-supported network, with commercials. Analysts say overall kids 2-11 gross rating points have declined on ad-supported networks.

• Fox Television Network, Fox News Highest In Commercial Clutter by Wayne Friedman (Television News Daily on 05/20/2016)
  

  iSpot.tv says this is just for primetime. Commercial data here for all networks -- broadcast and cable -- include all national and local commercial advertising.

• Sobering Wall Street Media Picture: Cord-Cutting Concerns Come To Market by Wayne Friedman (TV Watch on 08/06/2015)
  

  Ed, you need to read more MediaPost. Perhaps you got that 13.8 million number in this story:http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/255548/dish-tv-subscribers-dip-revs-rise.html?edition=85047

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