- NATPE: Fewer Media Buyers, But Productive Encounters
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, January 31, 2008
Las Vegas, NV -- Although a concerted effort was made to dr ...
- New Focus For Programmers: Commercials?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, January 31, 2008
With all emphasis on this season's changing TV network schedules due ...
- Zucker: TV Biz Must Change, New Upfront, New Series
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Las Vegas, NV -- NBC Universal's Jeff Zucker has made it cle ...
- Marie Osmond Gets 2009 Talk Show
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Las Vegas, NV -- In one of the few surprises at t ...
- To Second-Guessing Viewers, TV Is Hobby -- But It Still Needs Professional Fix
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, January 30, 2008
"Television remains America's hobby," said former MTV executive, now media investor, B ...
- Internet Muscle: NBC Buys LX.tv
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Looking to bulk up its Internet TV station content, NBC Universal h ...
- Zenith Launches Infomercial Unit
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Sensing growth for long-form advertiser TV commercials, ZenithOptimedia Direct will launch ...
- Agency Finds TV Retains Viewers, For Now
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Did the writers' strike change TV viewers' behavior? The majority of prime-ti ...
- Racy TV Shows And Kids: Not About When, But Who Watches With Them
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Children shouldn't be watching racy TV at 9 p.m. But somehow, ...
- FCC Proposes Fining ABC Stations $1.43 M For 'NYPD Blue' Episode
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, January 28, 2008
Profanity and pricey indecency fines are still top of mind at t ...
- New Thursday Must-See: 'Celebrity Apprentice'
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, January 28, 2008
It's a new world, given the strike. What was once NBC's Must-S ...
- Comcast Pulls AZN; Would More Set-Top-Viewing Data Have Saved It?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, January 28, 2008
It's a telling sign when even the most powerful cable operator ...
- NBC, CBS Execs: Are Upfronts Obsolete?
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman, David Goetzl - Friday, January 25, 2008
Top executives at NBC Universal and CBS have been dropping hints th ...
- 'Truth' Rating May Be Consequence Of Strike
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, January 25, 2008
This is just what the writers' union didn't want to hear: ...
- No Oscars? No Problem; Movie Studios Take A Sporting Approach
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, January 25, 2008
Movies studios are back big time in this year's Super Bowl. A ...
- 'USA Today' Partners With CSTV, Builds Interactive Site
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, January 24, 2008
The college sports TV network and Web site, CSTV Networks, has stru ...
- CBS' Last.fm Makes Music Free, Ad-Supported
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, January 24, 2008
Looking to bring free music back to consumers, CBS has launched ...
- 'Idol' Continues To Wow Viewers
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, January 24, 2008
"American Idol" still dominated on its third outing of the season--even again ...
- Will TV Consumers Weigh In On The Oscars And Writers' Strike?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, January 24, 2008
Where is the consumer uproar about this season's lack of high-profile, high-star-lev ...
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, January 24, 2008
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- Media Stocks Dive Along With Market
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Media stocks were not immune to the stock market's wild ride downwa ...
- NBC Lines Up Mondays
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Give NBC its due this mixed-up broadcast year--it has figured out h ...
- TV Song-And-Dance Upfronts Are A No-Go, But Upfront Markets Dance On
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, January 23, 2008
V's advertising economics are not that hard to figure out -- ev ...
- NFC Playoff Dominates Ratings
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Fox's Sunday night NFC Championship game between the New York Giants a ...
- Syndie Sees Cable As Potential Biz Provider
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, January 22, 2008
The syndication business will change in the coming years because of n ...
- Digital Video Ratings: Tell Us A Story
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Trying to comprehend why a body of traditional TV ratings goes high ...
- NBCU: Profits Grew 10% In 2007
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, January 21, 2008
Being fourth place as a TV network doesn't take away from NBC ...
- ION, Omnicom Create African-American Programming Block
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, January 21, 2008
The Ion Television Network has struck a deal with Omnicom's sports a ...
- Your Writers' Strike Theory Is Wrong
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, January 21, 2008
Crazy writers' strike theories abound in the TV business and consumer pre ...
- Set-Up Shot: Turner To Handle NBA Cable Channel
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, January 18, 2008
Turner Broadcasting System will take over all programming and distribution for t ...