- Beyond Warner Bros. Discovery: What Are The Next Legacy Media Targets?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, December 31, 2025
As the linear TV business declines further, should we be thinking abo ...
- National Buys Erode 3% To $6.5B For Top Networks
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, December 30, 2025
Total airings for CBS, NBC, ABC, Fox, ESPN and Fox News Chann ...
- Agentic AI For Streaming, Linear Consumers, Platforms: A Battle Brewing?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, December 30, 2025
Imagine an AI agent subscribing to and cancelling streaming/linear TV services ...
- '60 Minutes' And 'Integrity': Where Do Viewers And Brands Figure In?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, December 29, 2025
Bari Weiss, editor in chief of CBS News, told the press ...
- Disney's 'Avatar,' 'Zootopia' Dominate Holiday Weekend Box Office
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, December 29, 2025
Disney's global box-office sales exceeded $6 billion for the year - t ...
- Major Streamers Gain Sign-ups In November
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, December 26, 2025
Disney+ nearly doubled its November signups from October and added over ...
- Too Fast For FAST TV? Buckle Your Seatbelts
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, December 26, 2025
From a consumer experience perspective, FAST maturity is still a ways of ...
- Streamers Loom As Movie Theaters Seek Gains In 2026
Advanced TV Insider, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, December 24, 2025
Cinema United says "movie theaters connected with a wide range of consume ...
- Streaming Marketing Spend Down 8% In Q4
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, December 24, 2025
Streaming platforms are down 8% in national TV spend/media value in ...
- WBD Price Inflation, Paramount Has No 'Affordability' Problem
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, December 24, 2025
"The changes in Paramount's new offer were necessary, but not sufficient," sa ...
- Slowing TV Set Sales: Don't See What You Want To See?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, December 23, 2025
Will slowing TV set sales affect CTV business, including smart TV operati ...
- AI-Influenced Content: Can Viewers Change The Ending Of An Episode?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, December 19, 2025
The human eye has a resolution limit - there are only ...
- Retailers On TV: Quick, Easy Campaigns Winning Over Discounts
Advanced TV Insider, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, December 18, 2025
Amazon has boosted impressions by over 60.7% to 18.2 billion in ...
- Comcast Look-And-See WBD Bid: Nothing To See Here?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, December 17, 2025
Analysts figured Paramount and Comcast - longtime legacy media movie-studio/TV network competito ...
- Disney-OpenAI Deal: If You Can Beat 'Em, Join 'Em?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, December 15, 2025
Some analysts believe it was a good idea to settle with o ...
- NFL Regular Season Averaging 19M Viewers After 14 Weeks
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, December 12, 2025
Total national TV ad spend is up 7% to $3.17 billion, accordi ...
- Trump Says CNN Should Be Sold - To Someone - Is Netflix Listening?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, December 12, 2025
This assumes CNN would also not be spun off under any W ...
- Disney Strikes $1B Deal With OpenAI, Licenses Iconic Characters
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, December 11, 2025
Disney's $1 billion deal with OpenAI would allow fans to create short-fo ...
- Late-Season Linear And Streaming Selling Bundles: Still Too Complex?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, December 11, 2025
Consumers are becoming increasingly weary of the complexity in evaluating different produc ...
- Total TV, CTV Ad-Supported Share Rises Again
Advanced TV Insider, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Streaming platforms, with growing football content, pushed the overall ad-supported share ...
- Holiday Season Ads Rise As WBD Suitors See Stock Swings
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, December 10, 2025
WBD stock is up 29% over the past 30 days through mid-d ...
- With WBD's CNN, Paramount Aims To Be In The 'Truth Business'
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, December 10, 2025
David Ellison said: "We want to build a scaled news service th ...
- Cadent Acquires YouTube Measurement Company
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, December 9, 2025
TV and video-focused ad-tech company Cadent has acquired certified YouTube measurement compa ...
- A Combined Paramount-WBD: Regulatory Question Marks
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, December 9, 2025
A combined Paramount-WBD company could have more leverage over movie-theater chains ...
- Paramount Skydance Makes Hostile WBD Bid, Offers $108B
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, December 8, 2025
The Paramount deal is an all-cash, $30-a-share offer for all of WB ...
- Netflix-Warner Bros.: Theater Owners Want A Better Movie Ending
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, December 8, 2025
Legacy movie theater owners don't like the $83 billion deal with Netfl ...
- 'Five Nights At Freddy's 2' Keeps Movie Biz Going Strong
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Sunday, December 7, 2025
Universal has spent a modest $4.64 million for the entire "Five Night ...
- Netflix To Buy WBD's Studio, Streaming In $82.7B Deal
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, December 5, 2025
Netflix will buy WBD's key studio and streaming operations for $82.7 billio ...
- Aging Cable First Steps: Rebrand, New Digital Businesses - Is That All?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, December 5, 2025
MS NOW will have a new direct-to-consumer offering next summer under t ...
- Paramount Cries Foul: Netflix In The Lead To Buy WBD?
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, December 4, 2025
Paramount will "seek confirmation as to whether WBD has appointed an independe ...