- Local Ad Spend Forecast To Grow 8.1% This Year
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, April 10, 2026
Digital media overall is estimated to climb 9.3% to $104.1 billion, accordi ...
- Offside: Trump Admin Steps Over NFL Media Line
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, April 10, 2026
Analysts believe Trump wants to "even the score" - not necessarily on ...
- Jeff Shell Leaves Paramount In Quick Exit
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, April 8, 2026
Paramount President Jeff Shell is departing after whistleblower R.J. Cipriani alleged She ...
- Prediction Markets: Do Networks Need More Transparency About How They Work?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, April 9, 2026
Prediction platform Kalshi has now struck a sponsorship-content deal with Fox Cor ...
- More Sports On Linear, Streamers? There's A Price To Pay
Advanced TV Insider, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, April 8, 2026
By 2028, around 20%-40% of spending among Paramount Skydance, NBCU and Wa ...
- OpenAI, Disney: Looking To Save Part Of Deal?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, April 8, 2026
What was the real reason to pull the plug on the de ...
- CBS To Fill 'Colbert' Time Slot With 'Comics Unleashed'
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, April 6, 2026
"Comics Unleashed" makes deals with individual TV stations as a barter syndicati ...
- Netflix Launches Ad-Free 'Playground' For Kids
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, April 7, 2026
From 2023 to 2025, Netflix says, the four most-watched shows and s ...
- Billionaires Owning The Media - But Do They Rename The Media?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, April 7, 2026
Billionaires and other entities have been enamored with the media through t ...
- 'Super Mario Galaxy' Blasts Off With Record $190M Opening
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, April 6, 2026
"Super Mario," with a three-day weekend score of $130.9 million, immediately to ...
- The NFL: Spread The Wealth - Supply And Demand
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, April 6, 2026
In adding a 'Thanksgiving Eve' game, the NFL seems now to ...
- 2030 Forecast: Ad-Supported Video Soars 75% To $540B
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, April 3, 2026
"Social video advertising is becoming the dominant force, reshaping how content ...
- An Agentic Upfront: What About Transparency?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, April 3, 2026
Will buying and selling AI agents really talk with each other? T ...
- Linear Network 'Media Value' Plummets In Q1
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, April 2, 2026
"Media value" for linear TV networks is down 16% to $1.24 billi ...
- Unscripted Troubles Started Long Before 'The Bachelorette'
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, April 2, 2026
TV networks and streamers are spending more on high-priced sports programming, wi ...
- February Olympics, Super Bowl Boost Peacock Sign-Ups To 5.2M
Advanced TV Insider, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, April 1, 2026
In the last 12 months, there were 206.4 million total sign-ups amo ...
- 'March Madness' Through 'Elite Eight' Round Reaches 10.3M Viewers
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, April 1, 2026
'March Madness" has hit its highest viewership since 1993, with the stronge ...
- TV Station Concerns: More Digital-First Media Taking Sports
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, April 1, 2026
TV station groups have formalized their concerns in comments filed with t ...
- NFL Launching 'Flag' Football League, Media Partners To Come
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, March 31, 2026
The push for a league comes as flag football teams will ma ...
- Amazon MGM Shocks With Massive Original Movie Opening In Theaters
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, March 31, 2026
Analysts believe this original, family-friendly sci-fi, real-life action movie is fueling n ...
- Global Streaming To Rise 29% By 2030 To $200B: Analyst
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, March 30, 2026
Over the last six years, streaming subscriptions have tripled in revenue fr ...
- Netflix Hikes Prices After Losing WBD: Good For Investors - Or Consumers?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, March 30, 2026
Could the flurry of recent business and consumer news coverage of Paramou ...
- New FuboTV May See Sports Streaming Gains: Analyst
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, March 27, 2026
One analyst believes there is growth potential for the new iteration ...
- 'Bachelorette' Redo: What's Left For Unscripted 'Reality' TV?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, March 27, 2026
We are seeing real-life contestants on unscripted shows with real-life anger issu ...
- 'March Madness' First Weekend: Ad Spend +5%, Viewing +7%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, March 26, 2026
National TV advertising on all networks grew to $499.0 million, according ...
- OpenAI Dumps Sora - Will Disney Find Another Way?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, March 26, 2026
Analysts believe OpenAI is looking to dramatically cut back big, money-losing futu ...
- Consumers Struggle To Distinguish Between Streamers, Programs On Platforms
Advanced TV Insider, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, March 25, 2026
When respondents were asked to identify top original programming with its premi ...
- Trade Desk Concerns: Does CTV Brand Attraction Have A Strong Foundation?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, March 25, 2026
The Trade Desk has been impacted over a highly public condemnation ...
- Samsung, Amazon Ads Form Shoppable CTV Partnership
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, March 24, 2026
For Samsung TV Plus, Samsung TV's operating system, the company says th ...
- OpenAI Shutters Sora, Ends Disney Deal
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, March 25, 2026
Last month, Disney struck a three-year licensing partnership with Open AI f ...