- Fighting Back On Streaming: Live, Legacy Pricing Math Goes Deep
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, September 29, 2025
"NBCUniversal is asking us to pay more than what they charge consume ...
- NFL TV Partners' Rights Fees Expected To Rise By $8B Per Year: Analyst
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, September 25, 2025
The process could ramp up its annual rights fees revenues from fi ...
- Paramount-WBD Merger: Adding A TikTok Side Benefit?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, September 26, 2025
Should we be worried about CBS News being combined with CNN? N ...
- NFL 'Option' For Networks, Streamers: Pass, Throw Or Run?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, September 25, 2025
Option deal points could be triggered as early as next year. T ...
- Cable Networks To Average 24M Subs By 2029: S&P
Advanced TV Insider, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, September 24, 2025
Research shows that among 190 cable TV networks analyzed, 36 had ...
- Kimmel Returns, YouTube Spikes
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, September 24, 2025
Early results on YouTube show nearly 10.5 million views for Kimmel's returni ...
- 'Kimmel' Soars To 6.3M Viewers, Tripling Show's Average
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, September 24, 2025
Viewing for the return of "Jimmy Kimmel Live" Tuesday was up three-and-a-ha ...
- Shut Down ABC Network, Shift To Streaming?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, September 24, 2025
Needham & Company recommends Walt Disney just accelerate where the world see ...
- As Streaming Evolves, Will 'Usage' Pricing Become The Preferred Option?
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, September 23, 2025
Seventy percent of U.S. and U.K. consumers in a new survey sa ...
- Disney, Fox See August Football Viewing Hikes
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, September 23, 2025
Disney grew 2% to a 9.5% total day viewing share of a ...
- Late Night TV Finance - Move Everything To Streaming?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, September 23, 2025
There has been much discussion of late-night talk shows moving to digit ...
- Netflix Strikes Global AB InBev Ad Deal
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, September 22, 2025
The deal will give AB InBev - and its major beer bran ...
- Kimmel Returns To ABC Amid 'Thoughtful Conversations' At Disney
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, September 22, 2025
"It is a decision we made because we felt some of t ...
- Beyond Kimmel For TV Station Owners: What's Next?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, September 22, 2025
TV station groups are pursuing other businesses for growth - budding nation ...
- Disney Boycott Petition Gains Momentum, 50K+ Signatures So Far
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, September 19, 2025
There have been 51,520 verified signatures for a petition asking people ...
- TV, Live Comedy Works With Better 'Accuracy' - How Do We Know?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, September 19, 2025
In 2015, Jerry Seinfeld said he no longer wanted to perform ...
- Protests Disrupt Pro Cycling: Brand, Advertiser Concerns
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, September 18, 2025
TV viewers witnessed thousands of protesters jamming the roads during the la ...
- Cable Net Ad Plunge: Falls 6%
Advanced TV Insider, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, September 17, 2025
Cable TV networks witnessed a 5.9% decline in 2024 to $20.15 billi ...
- New ESPN, 'Fox One' Streamers Sign 1M Subs In First 10 Days
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, September 17, 2025
In its analysis, Antenna says "this new era is off to ...
- ABC Indefinitely Pulls 'Kimmel Live' Following Charlie Kirk Remarks
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, September 17, 2025
The decision came minutes after the largest independent TV station group, Nexst ...
- Streaming Starting Up More Viewer Sessions Vs. Live?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, September 17, 2025
Five years ago in 2020, during the midst of the pandemic, li ...
- August Nielsens: Streaming Gains, Linear Declines
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, September 16, 2025
The broadcast/cable decline was greater vs. August 2024, when NBC had t ...
- 2025 Emmy Effect: Even Bigger Spin Now For TV Series, Streamers?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, September 16, 2025
For the top Emmy awards per company/streamer overall, WBD (HBO/HBO Max) a ...
- TV Risks Losing Pharma Ad Price 'Premiums,' Guideline Data Predicts
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, September 15, 2025
DTC cost-per-thousand viewer pricing is 35% higher than averages for all ...
- Paramount/WBD Deal: Digital-First Counteroffers?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, September 15, 2025
A bigger story is that the quick all-cash bid was rushed ...
- Rebuilding A Linear TV Network: Maybe Not Just With Sports
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, September 12, 2025
Paramount Skydance execs, including Paramount President Jeff Shell, believe they can re-launch/re-comm ...
- Paramount Skydance Reportedly Mulling All-Cash Deal To Acquire WBD
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, September 11, 2025
WBD's stock price rocketed up 26% to $15.79 in midday Thursday tradin ...
- NFL's First Week: Big Data Effects - Or Otherwise?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, September 11, 2025
How was the league's opening week ratings performance? In-game competition and specif ...
- Streaming Subscriptions Climb 10% In Q2, 'Unique' Customers Up 8%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, September 10, 2025
Good news for streamers is a slight decline in the number ...
- Netflix Adds Amazon Ads To DSP Partners
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, September 10, 2025
The partnership extends Amazon Ads' efforts around all major streaming platforms. Amaz ...