- Netflix Offers New Discount Plan
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Growing Netflix now wants to accelerate its streaming TV-video business with ...
- Morning Glory: 'Today' Narrowly Tops Leader 'GMA'
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, December 31, 2013
For the first time in close to six months, "Today" got ba ...
- Media, Entertainment Stocks Soar In 2013
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, December 30, 2013
Media stocks witnessed a strong year with many broadly held companies easi ...
- NBC's 'Sunday Night Football' Ends Its Season With Ratings Surge
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, December 30, 2013
NBC's "Sunday Night Football" -- TV's top-viewed show -- ended its seas ...
- ESPN's 'Monday Night Football' Scores 6% More Viewers
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, December 27, 2013
Among the overall rise of NFL TV's ratings this season, ESPN's "Mond ...
- Holidays Dip TV Viewing; CBS' 'Bang' Delivers An Upswing
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, December 27, 2013
Holidays dip TV viewing -- but the day after Christmas showed recove ...
- TV, Video Revs To Double From Online/Broadband Nets
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, December 24, 2013
Worldwide TV and video revenues coming from online/broadband networks will more th ...
- 'Thrones' Reigns As Most Pirated TV Show
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, December 26, 2013
Following its 2012 performance, the most pirated TV show for all ...
- Time Warner Cable, Viacom Complete Renewal Deal
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, December 24, 2013
After a tumultuous year of TV carriage drama, Time Warner Cable a ...
- Holiday 'Light,' Sing-Off' Shine
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, December 24, 2013
On Monday, two days before Christmas, it was all about fights, light ...
- Tribune Buys Gracenote, Expands Music Data
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, December 23, 2013
Looking to deepen its entertainment data business, Tribune Company has acquired So ...
- Cable Nets Gain From Time-Shifting Viewers
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, December 23, 2013
The time-shifting trend continues to grow. The largest percentage gains over initi ...
- Cable TV, Digital Record Biggest Media Spend
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, December 20, 2013
November witnessed a 4% hike in overall media spending -- with cab ...
- Media Devices Hit 140 Million, Smart TVs Push Increase
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, December 20, 2013
Internet-enabled TV devices will witness rapid growth over the next year ...
- Retrans, Digital Fees Boost Local TV Ad Base
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, December 19, 2013
In the coming years, local TV advertising growth will grow between 2. ...
- Hulu Revs High, But Ad Growth Slows
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, December 19, 2013
Hulu's U.S.-based advertising revenue is estimated at $500 million, 17% higher th ...
- Cable TV Dominates Social Media Buzz
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, December 19, 2013
While the top TV shows this year in terms of viewing we ...
- Will Overpersonalization Hurt Mass TV Content?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, December 20, 2013
Reed Hastings, chief executive officer of Netflix, is concerned that "overpersonalization" ...
- TV M&A Deals Hit Nearly $11 Billion In 2013
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, December 18, 2013
When this year is over, TV stations' mergers and acquisitions will ha ...
- More Ads Seen By VOD Viewers Than DVR Or Live TV
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, December 18, 2013
TV network executives will be happy to learn that homes with video-on-dema ...
- Hulu Revs Hit $1B In 2013, Tops In Engagement
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Revenue for the three broadcast network-owned digital video platform, Hulu, will so ...
- Content Generation Not Easy, Driving Wave Of M&A
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, December 19, 2013
In the current environment of big-time media mergers and acquisitions, some analys ...
- TV, Digital Video Ad Dollars Rise, Hit $66 Billion For '13
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Television advertising dollars will continue to steadily rise in the coming year ...
- Broadcast Nets Record Higher Viewer Ratings, NBC Leads
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Through the 12 weeks of the new season, now five broadcast networ ...
- Aiming To Get More Big TV Ad Dollars
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, December 18, 2013
To get the big TV dollars to shift to your pockets, it ...
- U.S. Ad Spend Dips To $34 Billion, TV Down 6% Overall
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, December 16, 2013
Pitted against unfavorable comparisons to third-quarter 2012, which witnessed the Olympics a ...
- A Modest Uptick Forecast For Media, Ad, Entertainment Biz in 2104
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, December 16, 2013
Although one credit rating agency expects a "stable outlook" for most medi ...
- More Top TV Shows Benefit From Time-Shifting
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, December 16, 2013
An increasing number of top TV network shows -- 23 -- a ...
- Can TV Shows Follow Beyonce's Lead By Reducing Show Promotion?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, December 17, 2013
You've gotta hand it to Beyonce -- and, I'm guessing, Jay-Z. Here ...
- NBC's 'Sound Of Music' Strikes Strong Ad Chord
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, December 13, 2013
Rare are those network TV shows that over-deliver for advertisers in ter ...