- CBS Strikes Digital Media Deal With Affiliates
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, June 30, 2006
CBS has struck a new a digital media deal with the C ...
- The WB Ends With A Proper Finish
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, June 30, 2006
The WB will give viewers a five-hour send-off Sept. 17, re-airing pilo ...
- Senate Committee Rejects McCain's A La Carte Cable Provision
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, June 29, 2006
Cable networks' advertising sales divisions may be breathing a sigh of reli ...
- CBS Gets Behind 'Big Brother' With Mobile Marketing, Internet Effort
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, June 29, 2006
CBS is offering a new and bigger marketing attack for this year ...
- CBS Harnesses Web, Mobile To Promote 'Big Brother'
Online Media Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, June 29, 2006
CBS is expanding its marketing efforts for this year's upcoming installment ...
- The View At 'The View': Fire Talent, Improvise Marketing, Wait For Ratings
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, June 29, 2006
It seems that ABC Research is the main reason that "The Vie ...
- ABC's Gibson Steps Up For 'World News Tonight,' Jones Reynolds Out Of 'View'
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, June 28, 2006
ABC News' "World News Tonight" new frontman, Charles Gibson, is starting ...
- CBS Completes Upfront Sales, Matches Last Year's Revenue
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, June 28, 2006
CBS closed in on completing its upfront dealings yesterday, grabbing nearly $2 ...
- Saga Of Univision Vs. Grupo Televisa Like Dramatic Spanish Telenovela
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, June 28, 2006
After months of bidding up its stock as high as $40 ...
- The New MSNBC: Working All Sides Of The Story
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, June 27, 2006
How can you get attention from your seemingly underperforming cable news editori ...
- Upfront: Gastronomically, Speaking.
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, June 26, 2006
Want to reveal the mysteries of the upfront? Follow the relaxation routine ...
- TV's Summer Hit: The NBA Finals
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, June 19, 2006
So far, there is no reality show taking the customary reins ...
- Monopolies And The First Amendment: Uneasy TV Partners
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, June 19, 2006
TV's future may be all about digital platforms, including video-on-demand--but the prese ...
- Broadcast Upfront Market Nears Halfway Mark, Lower Volume Projected
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman, David Goetzl - Friday, June 16, 2006
Despite networks such as Fox and CBS making aggressive plays to boo ...
- Verizon Inks 'Must Carry' Deal, Backs PBS Multicast Push
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, June 16, 2006
Verizon Wireless is looking to make friends with governmental regulators and t ...
- New TV Programmers: Cable Operators That Start Reading Network Ratings
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, June 16, 2006
Since when do cable operators really care about cable network ratings? Apparentl ...
- Nielsen Unveils 'Anytime, Anywhere' Plan, Shows How It Will Follow The Video
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, June 15, 2006
Although a little later than expected, Nielsen Media Research announced its comprehensi ...
- Tribune Troubles: Take A Lesson From CBS
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, June 15, 2006
Shareholders are indeed right to complain about a languishing old-line media compan ...
- Fox Says Inventory Is Mostly Sold, ABC Still In Early Stages
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman, David Goetzl - Wednesday, June 14, 2006
The two networks expected to lead the upfront are apparently taking differe ...
- Nielsen Opens Window On Movie Marketing, Finds Price, Quality Influence Windows
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, June 14, 2006
The movie business is still under the gun this year. But despi ...
- Clothes-Lined By USA, Ad Sales Get Pinned At WWE
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Body-slammed by a steep drop in TV advertising revenue had World Wrestli ...
- TV's Upfront Time: Schizophrenically Comforting
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Given the pronouncements of TV network leaders, it would seem to ...
- Televisa Eyes New U.S. Broadcast Net
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, June 13, 2006
In a deal that would radically reshape the Spanish-language media market ...
- McQuilken Out As Cartoon Network Restructures Ad Team
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, June 13, 2006
In the midst of a languishing upfront sales season, Cartoon Network ...
- Cable Nets Poised For Double-Digit Ad Gains
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, June 13, 2006
Competition from Internet and other digital platforms won't get in the w ...
- DVD Sales: Soon To Be DOA?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, June 13, 2006
Caution to future TV and other video investors: Try to avoid t ...
- Digital Upfront Dollars: Another Viewership-Revenue Imbalance?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, June 12, 2006
For cable networks and their longtime complaining about proper share of advertisi ...
- Upfront Moves A Little, OMD Deals With NBC
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman, David Goetzl - Friday, June 9, 2006
TV's upfront market moved glacially again yesterday, but with some added twist ...
- Third-Place MSNBC Should Bow More Deferentially
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, June 9, 2006
Two-and-a-half years are all you really get in the TV news business--especial ...
- Stiffer Broadcast Indecency Fines To Become Law
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, June 8, 2006
Two years after CBS' live coverage of Janet Jackson's 'wardrobe malfunction' duri ...