- Comcast Starts Digital Platform 'Watchable'
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Comcast has announced a new ad-supported digital video platform focused around independe ...
- Most Consumers Satisfied Enough With Pay-TV Providers
Video Insider, Daisy Whitney - Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Most consumers don't have a huge interest in switching pay-TV providers ...
- TBS Taps Hurvitz As EVP, Communications To Head Brand Marketing
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, September 25, 2015
Starcom Mediavest executive Lauren Hurvitz has been named EVP/chief communications and corpora ...
- Comcast's $50 Million Antitrust Settlement Gains Approval
Around The Net in Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Friday, September 25, 2015
A federal judge has approved a $50 million settlement of a class-acti ...
- Former PepsiCo Exec Storms Named CMO, NBC Sports Group
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, September 22, 2015
NBC Sports Group is getting a new marketing chief: PepsiCo marketing executi ...
- Millennials Keep Cable For Video On PCs & Laptops
Research Brief, Jack Loechner - Wednesday, September 23, 2015
An Evercore ISI Group study of 866 millennial men and women show ...
- French Media Giant Altice Buys Cablevision Systems For $17.7B
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, September 17, 2015
French media giant Altice will buy Cablevision Systems Corp for $17.7 billi ...
- Record: CNN Hits 22M Viewers With GOP Presidential Debate
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, September 17, 2015
With the second Republican presidential debate, CNN hit an all-time viewing reco ...
- Comcast Hikes Prices
Around The Net in Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Thursday, September 17, 2015
Comcast is raising the price of Internet service, as well as cab ...
- Appellate Court Takes Up FilmOn's Request For Cable License
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Thursday, September 17, 2015
A federal appellate court could soon decide whether FilmOn is entitled ...
- TV Nets Sink 8% in C3 Prime Time
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, September 16, 2015
TV networks didn't do much to stem overall viewership erosion in t ...
- Digital Audience Ratings: Colbert Has Buzz
Around the Net in Video, P.J. Bednarski - Wednesday, September 16, 2015
This survey from Listen First Media measures social media chatter about conte ...
- Some Advice For Trevor Noah
MediaDailyNews, Gary Holmes - Tuesday, September 15, 2015
Trevor Noah has big shoes to fill when he takes over "T ...
- Disney-ABC Hires Senior Digital Media Execs From Walmart, AOL
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, September 15, 2015
Former Walmart senior executive Cindy Davis will join Disney-ABC as EVP ...
- Disney's Staggs: No Worries About TV Scatter Market
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, September 11, 2015
Walt Disney's ABC and ESPN outperformed in the upfront advertising market th ...
- Fox Expands Nat Geo Investment
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, September 9, 2015
Twentieth First Century Fox is making a deeper investment in controlling Nation ...
- Broadcast, Cable Upfront Spending Drops Again
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, September 9, 2015
In the recently concluded upfront TV ad marketplace for the 2015-2016 ...
- CNN To Offer Free Stream Of Republican Presidential Debate
Around the Net In Media, Gavin O'Malley - Wednesday, September 9, 2015
Cord-cutters, rejoice! CNN says it plans to stream the next Republican presidenti ...
- Sports TV Advertising Grows On Broadcast, Cable
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, September 8, 2015
Traditional TV networks' growing dependence on sports programming continues. Broadcast TV spor ...
- "Irrevocable Shift" From TV
VidBlog, P.J. Bednarski - Tuesday, September 8, 2015
Emphatically, Moffett Nathanson Research says, "the changing nature of video consumption ...
- Obituary: Weather Channel's Curt Hecht
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, September 3, 2015
Longtime digital and advertising/media executive Curt Hecht has died. Hecht most recent ...
- Taking A Sneak Peek At Comcast's 'Watchable'
Around the Net in Video, P.J. Bednarski - Thursday, September 3, 2015
Comcast hasn't talked much publicly about its planned Watchable online video servic ...
- Most Cable Nets Lose Viewers, HGTV And Discovery See Gains
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, September 2, 2015
Cable TV networks this summer continued to struggle to improve viewership. On ...
- Scripps Interactive Adopts Live Streaming For Cable Nets
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, September 1, 2015
Scripps Networks Interactive has now expanded into live streaming for all i ...
- Comcast's New CFO Suggests Company Will Explore Wireless Service
Around The Net in Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, September 1, 2015
Comcast's new chief financial officer Mike Cavanagh suggests that the company wi ...