- Bakish: ViacomCBS Targets $7B In Streaming Revenue By 2024
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Wednesday, May 26, 2021
The forecast includes targeting 65 to 75 million paid subscribers and 1 ...
- It's Official: Amazon To Acquire MGM For $8.45B
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Wednesday, May 26, 2021
Assuming the deal gets regulatory approval -- not a given -- Amaz ...
- Report: Amazon, MGM Near Deal For Close To $9 Billion
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, May 25, 2021
Barring a last-minute hitch in the negotiations, the parties could announce ...
- Chapek: Disney To Close 100 International TV Channels, Parks To Help Drive Disney+ Momentum
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, May 25, 2021
As for the WarnerMedia-Discovery merger, it "really doesn't change much at al ...
- Global AVOD Ad Revenue To Grow 144% By 2026, With U.S. Contributing Nearly Half
Video Insider, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, May 25, 2021
The U.S. -- the world's largest AVOD market by ad revenues ...
- Zenith: Alcohol's 2021 Global Ad Spend To Rise 5.3%, Digital Growing At TV's Expense
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Monday, May 24, 2021
Alcohol's rebound will still take years, given how hard-hit it was ...
- What's Right - And Wrong - With AVODs
Advanced TV Insider, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, May 21, 2021
Consumers are quite open to ad-supported streaming services -- even if mode ...
- Analyst Floats ViacomCBS As Possible Takeover Target
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, May 21, 2021
ViacomCBS's "relatively sub-scale player" status and content assets might make it attracti ...
- Allen Media Group Sues McDonald's, Alleging Discriminatory Ad-Buying Practices
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, May 21, 2021
The lawsuit charges that McDonald's has discriminated against Allen's Entertainment Studios a ...
- Verizon Offers Sling TV Deal To Broadband, Wireless Customers
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Thursday, May 20, 2021
The deal is the latest in a series of partnerships intended ...
- Spectrum News Networks Reports Record Audience Gains In April
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Thursday, May 20, 2021
Viewership for the 24/7 networks was driven by major news events duri ...
- Pay TV Drops 1.9 Million Subs In Q1, Cable Sees Record Losses
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Thursday, May 20, 2021
The largest U.S. pay-TV providers lost a combined 1.895 million net vid ...
- Google's Android TV Reaches 80 Million Active Devices, Surpassing Roku, Amazon
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Wednesday, May 19, 2021
That number appears to put Google past the last reported totals f ...
- Netflix In Push to Expand Podcasting
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Wednesday, May 19, 2021
The leader in streaming is taking pitches from outside producers and looki ...
- Tubi Teams With LiveRamp On Addressable CTV Marketplace
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Wednesday, May 19, 2021
The marketplace is designed to circumvent the loss of third-party cookies a ...
- Kilar Reportedly Negotiating WarnerMedia Exit
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, May 18, 2021
In a year at the helm, the extraordinarily well-compensated Jason Kilar h ...
- Amazon In Talks To Acquire MGM
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, May 18, 2021
Though a deal is far from certain, rights to MGM's large conte ...
- CTV's Share Of Video Ad Impressions Surpassed 40% In Q1
Video Insider, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, May 18, 2021
CTV's share was up 17% versus Q4 2020, and at its highe ...
- U.S. Pay-TV Revenues To Plunge By $23B By 2026
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Monday, May 17, 2021
The U.S. share of global pay-TV revenues will decline from 52% ...
- Twitter Working On Tiered Subscription Service
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Monday, May 17, 2021
One tier, currently dubbed Twitter Blue and priced at $2.99 per mont ...
- Average U.S. Viewer Now Uses Nearly 6 Different TV Sources
Advanced TV Insider, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, May 14, 2021
The number using any streaming service is 79%, versus 60% using ...
- TiVo To Acquire MobiTV For $18.5 Million
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, May 14, 2021
Bankrupt MobiTV had been a competitor to TiVo in offering IPTV solutio ...
- Roku To Release Some Quibi Shows On May 20
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, May 14, 2021
30 of the 75-plus original shows acquired from Quibi, rebranded as Ro ...
- Disney, ESPN Renew MLB Rights
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, May 14, 2021
The seven-year deal, which starts in 2022, is reportedly worth about $5 ...
- New NBCU Integration Formats Blur Lines Between Ads, Content
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Thursday, May 13, 2021
New formats allow for integrating product ads into existing "canvasses" in show ...
- Discovery CEO Lashes Out At Nielsen: 'How Do We Get That Money Back?'
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Thursday, May 13, 2021
David Zaslav also offered some updates on the new Discovery+ service's performan ...
- IAB: Podcast Advertising To Surpass $1B This Year
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Wednesday, May 12, 2021
With a 45% share of podcast ad revenue in 2020, brand advertisi ...
- CitiGroup Takes Cautious, Contrarian View On Google, Facebook, Digital Ad Growth
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, May 11, 2021
Citi downgraded both Google parent Alphabet and Facebook Inc. from buy ...
- TiVo's CTV Ad Inventory Now On Xandr Marketplace
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, May 11, 2021
The deal includes TiVo's linear pre-roll DVR and in-stream CTV ad offeri ...
- Platforms Undercompensate Local TV By Nearly $2B Per Year: Broadcaster Study
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, May 11, 2021
A study conducted for the National Association of Broadcasters supports News Med ...
