- NBCU Executive Shakeup Continues, USA Network, Syfy President Chris McCumber Departs
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, September 17, 2020
McCumber is departing after nearly 20 years. Susan Rovner, who will mo ...
- NFL, NBA Take Nielsen Ratings Hit: Schedule Disruptions Cited
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, September 17, 2020
Post- and end-of-the-season action for TV sports franchises has seen sharply low ...
- iSpot.tv Expands Measurement For Addressable TV Ad Efforts, Includes Project OAR Specs
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, September 18, 2020
Addressable TV ad consortium Project OAR is working with iSpot.tv on measureme ...
- Past Billion-Dollar Deals Raise Big Questions Now
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, September 18, 2020
How do you convince cable TV networks to let a competitor's ...
- New Botnet Hits Premium Connected TV Platforms
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, September 16, 2020
DoubleVerify says the "MultiTerra" botnet, designed to create fake ad inventory acro ...
- Ad-Supported HBO Max Is Coming, But How Many Ads?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, September 17, 2020
A potential ad-supported HBO Max would probably have a two-pronged approach, ...
- CBS All Access To Be Rebranded As Paramount+
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, September 15, 2020
The rebrand will come with new original series content from many ViacomC ...
- Comcast Sees Better TV Ad Market For NBCU, Peacock Now At 15 Million Subscribers
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, September 15, 2020
NBCU is seeing stronger national TV scatter advertising for its traditional ...
- FuboTV Sees Sharply Higher Subscribers, Revenues For 2020
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, September 16, 2020
fuboTV has raised its subscriber estimate for Q3 and says revenues fr ...
- Digital Platforms Might Ease Upfront Pain
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, September 16, 2020
Major streaming platforms -- even with the uneven cross-platform metrics and oth ...
- TV Viewing In Q3 Sees 20% Decline, Kids TV Down 29%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, September 14, 2020
Nearly three months into Q3, traditional TV viewing is down 20%, accordi ...
- Video Game Revenue Soars 37% In August, 23% Higher Year-To-Date
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, September 14, 2020
Video-game industry revenue keeps rising sharply to new levels, as August sal ...
- ESPN Cuts Sports Betting Deals With DraftKings And Caesars Entertainment
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, September 14, 2020
Dialing up its wagering efforts around sports, ESPN has made separate spor ...
- New Streaming Services Will Emerge - But Not In Traditional Forms
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, September 15, 2020
Premium video platforms are still in their nascent phase. Is Peloton ...
- NFL Kickoff Game Reaps 'Double Digit' Ad Gain
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, September 11, 2020
Signaling a strong return for the NFL season, NBC Sports says Thursd ...
- ABC, CBS Prime-Time Scatter Prices Plummet Without Major Sports
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, September 11, 2020
Cancellation and postponements of major sporting events included the NCAA Men's Basketba ...
- The Kardashians End Their TV Run - But Family Reality Shows Live On
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, September 14, 2020
No worries: Heavy drama, eye-rolling, sarcasm, nasty remarks and other faux-celebrity ting ...
- ViacomCBS Chief: Upfront Ad Market 'Very Far Along'
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, September 10, 2020
"We're feeling great about where things are shaping out both on volu ...
- NFL Rights Fees For TV Networks Could Soar, To See A 57% Hike: Analyst
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, September 10, 2020
Driven by network tv's growing dependence on NFL programming, rights fees cou ...
- Local TV Stations Forecast To Enjoy Higher Political Ad Buys
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, September 11, 2020
Political races add to TV coffers -- but this year might n ...
- Most Movie Theaters Open Labor Day, Box Office Plummets 76%
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, September 9, 2020
Almost three-quarters of movie theaters were opened for Labor Day weekend, wi ...
- How Can TV Advertising Help Quibi's Uphill Battle?
Mobile Insider, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, September 10, 2020
Quibi will need to be spending even more on national TV a ...
- Disney's 'Mulan' Scores $33.5 Million In Streaming Labor Day Release: Industry Estimate
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, September 9, 2020
"Mulan," which is running on Disney+, was seen in some 1.12 milli ...
- NBCUniversal Executive Shakeup Continues, Hammer And Igbokwe Ascend
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, September 9, 2020
Bonnie Hammer will become vice chairman and key adviser to NBCU C ...
- Fall TV Season In Flux
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, September 10, 2020
A lot of focus is on sports programming. Not just the NB ...
- Ad Revenue Declines In Q2 Exceed Initial Estimates For U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia, New Zealand
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, September 8, 2020
Q2 ad revenues in the U.S, U.K., Canada, Australia and New Zeala ...
- VideoAmp Hires Omnicom's Steuer To Lead TV Strategy, Currency
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, September 8, 2020
Steuer will develop new cross-media platform measurement -- a "currency-grade transaction-ready ...
- Trump Campaign Isn't Ramping Up Political Ads, May Be Cash-Strapped
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, September 9, 2020
How did the Trump re-election campaign blow $800 million of the ...
- Summer TV Promos Grow, Uncertainty Around New Fall TV Shows Remains
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, September 4, 2020
The top four broadcast networks ran 21% more TV show promos fr ...
- TV, Video Devices Grow To 1.1 Billion, Samsung Has Top 14% Share
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, September 4, 2020
TV and video streaming devices have grown to 1.15 billion devices worldwid ...
