- Nielsen Finally Issues New Ratings, 'House,' 'Medium' Get Biggest Boost
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, December 30, 2005
Nielsen finally released a complete set of its new ratings including D ...
- NFL Plays Good Defense, Keeps Nets' Ratings On The Scrimmage Line
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, December 29, 2005
NFL's viewers have been a model of unnerving consistency--among competing networks ...
- Nielsen's "Live Plus" Goes Live, Sort Of
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, December 29, 2005
Nielsen Media Research's new DVR-added ratings showed up for the first ti ...
- CBS To Stream Own Shows, Others' Too
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, December 28, 2005
CBS is expanding its Web site venues for its prime-time programming--as we ...
- NBC Buys Up More Of MSNBC From Microsoft
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, December 27, 2005
NBC Universal has purchased a controlling interest in MSNBC, the all-news cab ...
- Comcast Joins Time Warner In Family Tiering
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, December 23, 2005
A week after Time Warner offered up a family tier package ...
- Network TV: Now Taking DVD Sloppy Seconds
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, December 23, 2005
With all the activities of the last several weeks, one would ha ...
- Telemundo To Compete With Anglo Nets, Move Follows Univision Into Mainstream Nielsens
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, December 22, 2005
A second major Spanish-language player, Telemundo, will begin competing with Anglo ...
- SNTA To Abandon Annual Ad Sales Conference
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, December 22, 2005
The Syndicated Network Television Association will abandon its annual spring "SNTA Syndicati ...
- Bewkes Becomes Time Warner's No. 2, Logan Retires
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, December 22, 2005
Just as NBC Universal did a few days ago, Time Warner h ...
- Bewkes Becomes Time Warner's No. 2, Logan Retires
Online Media Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, December 22, 2005
Time Warner has elevated senior executive Jeff Bewkes to president and chi ...
- Mind-Controlling TV?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, December 22, 2005
I've been having TV-induced business nightmares the past several days: Dan Patri ...
- Syndication Feels Good In Bad Weather
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, December 21, 2005
Take your bad weather, mix it with TV viewing, and you've g ...
- TV Is Everywhere, Yet We Don't Have Enough
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, December 21, 2005
Think you have a enough ways to getting to TV content the ...
- BMW Drives Media To GSD&M, Austin Shop May Lose DreamWorks
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, December 20, 2005
GSD&M, the Austin, TX-based agency known for its creative work, might lo ...
- ABC Snaps Up One Issue of Life: Will It Snap Back?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, December 20, 2005
Media companies are now dipping their toes into the waters of sing ...
- New World Of A La Carte: Cable Packages Dwindle
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, December 19, 2005
Cable consumers will need to make do with as few as s ...
- Starcom, Weather Buy Minute-By-Minute Ratings
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, December 19, 2005
Media agency Starcom MediaVest Group and cable network The Weather Channel ha ...
- The WB Needs Big Christmas Gifts
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, December 19, 2005
The WB needs a lot this Christmas--better programs, and apparently even anoth ...
- GE Realigns NBC U, Boosts Zucker, Falco, Comstock
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, December 16, 2005
NBC missed out on the DreamWorks sweepstakes, and still holds down la ...
- Time Warner Yields, Offers 'Family-Friendly' Cable Package
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, December 16, 2005
Time Warner Cable has made the first move in the a ...
- HBO, Cingular Dial Up Mobile Deal
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, December 16, 2005
HBO has struck a deal with Cingular's cell phone video service, Cingul ...
- New-Media Deals Not Likely To Affect Nets For Some Time
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, December 16, 2005
For all that the networks have done with Apple's iTunes Music Stor ...
- Infinity Proves Not To Be, Becomes CBS Radio
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, December 15, 2005
Trying to streamline its brand name, CBS will rebrand its Infinity Broadcasti ...
- 'American Idol' Looks To Make Another Splash
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, December 15, 2005
"American Idol" is coming again on Fox. The number one TV sh ...
- Networks Try Telenovelas: Cheap Summer Entertainment?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, December 15, 2005
What with the standard flux of sitcoms, procedural crime dramas, reality show ...
- Fox Sports Reorganizes Ad Sales Team
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, December 14, 2005
In light of its growing lineup of sports properties such as t ...
- DirecTV Fined For Aggressive Telemarketing Practices
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, December 14, 2005
DirecTV, which has been penalized for overly aggressive marketing, will pay mo ...
- Super Bowl: Flat Pricing Or Hidden Price Tag?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, December 14, 2005
The Super Bowl gets the highest price for commercials on television--duly deserv ...
- Ad Tracker To Measure Local Cable Sales, Excluding VOD
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, December 13, 2005
Competitive ad tracking firm TNS Media Intelligence Monday announced plans to beg ...