- Amazon Fire TV Spends Big In National TV, Roku Less So
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, May 28, 2021
Over the past year, Amazon Fire TV has spent $57 million ...
- TV, Video Attention Is Exhausting - Make A Voice Call Already!
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, June 1, 2021
Scientific research shows our energy is being sapped by Zoom meetings, ...
- Cox Media Group's Gamut OTT Unit Promotes Soo Jin Oh To President
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, May 27, 2021
Oh was previously co-chief operating officer of the local TV station group ...
- Redbox Inks Content Deal With Crackle
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, May 27, 2021
Crackle Plus has ad-supported TV rights to over 11,000 films and 22,0 ...
- More Revenue Losses For Lionsgate: Starz Grows 70% With Subscribers
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, May 28, 2021
By 2025, Lionsgate projects Starz will hit 60 million global subscribers. ...
- Sports Gambling Coming To In-Arena Venues, Networks Welcome Viewers
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, May 28, 2021
The William Hill Sportsbook will include a restaurant and 100 large ...
- Amazon Inks Proposed $8.45 Billion Deal For MGM, Bolsters Amazon Studios
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, May 26, 2021
The deal gives Amazon a catalog of 4,000 films and 17,000 ...
- 'Last Week Tonight With John Oliver' Can't Sell Sexual Wellness Blanket
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, May 27, 2021
Oliver delivers a sharp prank to three TV stations -- but conte ...
- TV Upfront Recovery: 2021-22 Forecast To Rise 7.6% To $19.9B
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, May 25, 2021
The TV upfront market is forecast to climb 7.6% to reach $19 ...
- TV Spending For Summer Movies Doubles YOY
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, May 25, 2021
For the most recent two-month period (March 24-May 24), total industrywide nation ...
- CW Upfront: Ads Go Higher, Offers Deal 'Flexibility'
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, May 25, 2021
The network also expects to have a channel on WarnerMedia's HBO Ma ...
- Is Amazon Going Big Or Small In Its $9 Billion Deal For MGM?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, May 26, 2021
It seems like a drop in the bucket either way for Amazo ...
- Discovery/WarnerMedia Banks On Streaming, But Linear TV Remains Potent
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, May 24, 2021
A combined Discovery-WarnerMedia gains an industry-leading 29% of all time viewed acro ...
- Pixalate Debuts CTV-Mobile 'Trust Index'
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, May 24, 2021
The "Publisher Trust Index" uses algorithms to measure metrics, including brand safet ...
- To Be Competitive, Discovery-Time Warner Must Up Content Investment
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, May 25, 2021
Discovery would need to rethink its modest ways quickly to compete ...
- Discovery-WarnerMedia Estimates $15 Billion In D2C Revenues In First Year
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, May 21, 2021
The bulk of this revenue would come from Discovery+, launched this pa ...
- Video Streaming Ad Spend Doubles YOY
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, May 21, 2021
Much of this growth comes from legacy TV network-based media companies usi ...
- Jimmy Kimmel Delivers Blistering Assessment Of Disney/ABC At Upfront
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, May 24, 2021
"Somehow, with everyone stuck in their house -- with nothing to ...
- CBS Still Tops In Prime Time, Adds 4 Shows For Fall
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, May 20, 2021
The network will have three different versions of the "FBI" franchise, addi ...
- Pay TV Business Slightly Trims Net Loss In Subscribers
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, May 20, 2021
An estimated 1.90 million subscribers cut the cord in the first thr ...
- Cord-Cutting Isn't What's Killing Broadcast And Cable
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, May 21, 2021
Seraj Bharwani, Chief Strategy Officer of AcuityAds, put it plainly: "Ad loa ...
- Mobile Big Deal For Discovery-WarnerMedia -- But Who Brings More To Party?
Mobile Insider, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, May 20, 2021
While consumers spend an average of 45 minutes per day streaming mobi ...
- WarnerMedia Pushes HBO Max Ad Option, New Program Destinations
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, May 19, 2021
WarnerMedia will be launching two premium programming destinations: "Front Row on TB ...
- More Media Merger Chatter After Discovery-WarnerMedia News
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, May 20, 2021
Two mini-major TV-film production studios -- MGM and Lionsgate -- are obvio ...
- ViacomCBS Retains National TV Ad Dominance Despite Discovery/WarnerMedia Merger
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, May 18, 2021
Through the first four months of this year, Discovery/WarnerMedia TV networks account ...
- Discovery Upfront: Promotes More Content, Broader Audience Reach
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, May 18, 2021
For 2021, Discovery says it will produce 5,000 new hours of line ...
- Univision Upfront: Pushing More English-language Marketers To Advertise
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, May 18, 2021
Over 80 new brands have run campaigns on Univision this year. ...
- ViacomCBS Upfront: More Ad Dollars Shift To Streaming
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, May 19, 2021
The decline in live, linear TV ratings is steepening, but there ...
- Disney Upfront Touts Multicultural Buys, Addressable Inventory, Automated Ad Platforms
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, May 19, 2021
Walt Disney is encouraging marketers to make commitments for multicultural content ...
- TV's Scheduling Challenge: We Watch In An On-Demand Age
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, May 19, 2021
That means live TV takes on added importance. Two pre-pandemic examples ar ...