- Disney's Theater-Exclusive 'Free Guy' Hits $28M On Opening Weekend
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Sunday, August 15, 2021
The company was so happy with the results from "Free Guy" th ...
- Disney's Hulu Sees Unexpected Gains In Ad Revenue, Disney+ Outperforms
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, August 13, 2021
Disney's D2C business, which Hulu and Disney+ are a major part o ...
- Nielsen Can Take A 'Hiatus,' But TV Market, Upfronts Move On
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, August 16, 2021
Nielsen has had other longstanding issues with marketers and media, such ...
- Global Streaming Rose 13% In Q2, With A 46% Uptick For Smart TVs
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, August 12, 2021
As for streaming platforms, Roku still leads with a 31% global sha ...
- CTV Commands A 35% Share Of Q2 Video Ad Impressions
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, August 12, 2021
Connected TV is the best platform for completion of advertising, with ...
- Nielsen Puts National Ratings Accreditation On 'Hiatus'
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, August 12, 2021
Due to TV usage undercounting of its national TV panel, Nielsen h ...
- MRC: Nielsen 'Hiatus' Requires Approval
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, August 12, 2021
The MRC says its full board needs to review Nielsen's request. T ...
- Older TV Viewers Also Gravitate To AVOD
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, August 13, 2021
This may reflect the type of product seen on AVOD versus SV ...
- Are Viewers Still Watching TV Shows On Mobile?
Mobile Insider, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, August 12, 2021
At the start of the pandemic, a survey of 5,002 people show ...
- Samba TV Starts SambaID Identifier To Measure Campaigns
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, August 11, 2021
The SambaID identifier provides "deduplication" that marketers need in a cross-device media-platfo ...
- It's The Battle Of The Streamers: SVOD Vs. AVOD
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, August 12, 2021
Total U.S. spending on subscription services grew rose 21% in the fir ...
- In-Theater Ad Network NCM Concerned About 2021 Ad Revenues
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, August 10, 2021
The current weakness is focused on the scatter market. Looking ahead, N ...
- Trade Desk Doubles Q2 Revenues, Sees Strong CTV Growth
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, August 10, 2021
CTV revenues were a major part of the Q2 revenue gain, ...
- FuboTV Q2 Revenue Gains In Ad Sales, Subscriber Fees
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, August 10, 2021
FuboTV, the sports-focused virtual pay TV provider, witnessed a 196% rise ...
- Did NBC Earn Promo Value From Tokyo Olympics?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, August 11, 2021
The forthcoming drama "La Brea" -- 188 airings -- totaled 304.5 milli ...
- Movie Studios Continue To Ramp Up National TV Spending, 'Suicide Squad' Underwhelms In Box Office
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, August 9, 2021
Despite threats of a pullback in theatrical movie business, studios continue ...
- Dish Up 2% In Q2 Pay TV Revenue; Sling TV Adds 65,000 Subs
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, August 9, 2021
Dish TV subscriber declines accelerated -- losing 132,000, now totaling 8.55 mill ...
- Comscore Sees Weak Q2 Revenues, Lower-Than-Expected Hikes For 2021
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, August 9, 2021
Comscore's net loss widened from $10.4 million in the prior-year quarter ...
- NBCU Tokyo Olympics: Prime-Time Viewership Down 42% From 2016 Rio Games
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, August 9, 2021
NBCU says it was the most-streamed Olympics event ever at nearly ...
- Live News, Sports May Determine If Legacy Media Succeeds At Streaming
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, August 10, 2021
NBCU says sports TV has been an important growth piece for Peacoc ...
- TV Ad Load Spikes 6% In Q2, With A+E On Top, Disney At The Bottom
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, August 6, 2021
National TV ad minutes per hour grew by 6% in Q2 th ...
- AMC Networks Up 13% In U.S. Ad Sales For Q2, Global 75% Higher
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, August 6, 2021
AMC Networks had strong Q2 gains in ad revenues -- 13% high ...
- Roku, Netflix Get Reality Check In Pandemic Aftermath
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, August 9, 2021
Even with dings from Wall Street, they still made out OK. ...
- Fox Corp: No High-Cost Tubi Programs, Ad Revenue 40% Higher To $982 Million
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, August 5, 2021
"Our programming investment is measured in weeks, not years," said Fox Cor ...
- Nielsen's New Wearable Meter Looks To Tap 'Lower Compliance' Panelists
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, August 5, 2021
"Wearables" will help Nielsen modernize its portable people meter to be us ...
- Will Streaming TV Usage Equal Linear TV By Next Year?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, August 6, 2021
Consumers no longer distinguish media -- linear TV, streaming, or otherwise. ...
- Clarification: DirecTV Will Have 2 Services
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, August 6, 2021
- Study Finds Repeating TV Ads In Close Succession Leads To 'Wear Out'
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, August 4, 2021
When an average CTV commercial repeats within five minutes, a viewer's attenti ...
- Sinclair Q2: Ad Sales Up 110% From Year-Ago Period, Streaming RSN Biz To Launch In 2022
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, August 4, 2021
In a recent filing, Sinclair believes a D2C service could hit 4 ...
- Roku Q2: 1.5 Million More Monthly Users, But Streaming Hours Decline 6%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, August 4, 2021
Total Q2 streaming hours declined to 17.4 billion -- a 6% dro ...