- New Football League XFL Stops Its First Season
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, March 20, 2020
The new XFL football league stops after five weeks of games, aft ...
- How The Pandemic Changes The TV Upfront
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, March 23, 2020
Prepare for the $20 billion upfront TV advertising market to be delaye ...
- Media Companies Show Some Solid Gains On A Calmer Stock Market Day
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, March 19, 2020
Major media companies witnessed decent stock price gains Thursday, mostly outperforming t ...
- Kids' Viewing On The Rise In The Time Of COVID-19
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, March 19, 2020
National TV kids' networks have seen gains over the last week, ...
- TV Viewing Is Up, Will Advertisers Follow?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, March 20, 2020
As big sports franchises cancel games, there may be some shifts ...
- Local TV, Digital News Sites' Usage Sharply Higher Due To COVID-19
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, March 18, 2020
Comscore says there was an 11% rise in local TV newscasts' viewersh ...
- TV Networks Nimble On Sports Changes, Given COVID-19 Impact
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, March 19, 2020
With no live sports programming to air -- NBA basketball games, NC ...
- TV Networks Record Higher Usage As Virus Forces People Indoors
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, March 17, 2020
There are strong expectations that all types of TV viewing -- ...
- Fox Corp. Buys Free, Ad-Supported Streamer Tubi For $440 Million
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, March 17, 2020
Fox says it will finance the Tubi purchase primarily from a sa ...
- TV Execs Focus On Consumer Demand, Some Politicians Push $1,000 Payments
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, March 18, 2020
This move also comes as key indicators, such as the stock marke ...
- Movie Box Office Revs Record Massive Weekend Declines
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, March 16, 2020
Theatrical movies sank a massive 46% in box-office revenues from the Mar ...
- Forecast: 60% Rise In U.S. TV Viewing Expected, Due To Health Fears
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, March 16, 2020
Nielsen notes media consumption in the U.S. is already at historical hi ...
- TV's Top Franchise, The NFL, Is Expanding
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, March 16, 2020
The NFL will add one regular-season game up to 17, from ...
- NBCUniversal Breaks Longtime Movie-Theater Window, Offers Same Day-Date Digital Rentals
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, March 16, 2020
The first movie NBCU distributes will be DreamWorks Animation's "Trolls World Tour ...
- TV In The Time Of Coronavirus: News, Scripted TV Reruns
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, March 17, 2020
Higher TV consumption may not mean higher advertising revenues for TV networ ...
- Stocks Post Record Gains As Coronavirus Testing Initiatives Announced, Walmart, Target, Walgreens, CVS On Board
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, March 13, 2020
Stock market indices rebounded Friday with strong 9.4% gains -- the be ...
- Securing Rights To Broadcast Sports Still Dominates TV
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, March 16, 2020
Premium sports means live TV viewing - with a better chance f ...
- More Big Stock Market Losses, Media Also Down
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, March 12, 2020
The stock market continued to be in free fall as major indic ...
- Disney To Close Theme Parks In California, Florida, and France
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, March 12, 2020
Walt Disney says it will close its Disney theme parks in thr ...
- NBA Suspends Its Season 'Until Further Notice' Due To A Player's Positive Coronavirus Test
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, March 12, 2020
The NBA has made a dramatic decision to suspend its season "unt ...
- ViacomCBS, NBCU Cancel Upfront Events, Move To Digital Presentations
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, March 12, 2020
CBS will do a video upfront special on May 13 instead ...
- Networks Could Lose Millions In Sports Advertising, With Big Hits To NBA, NHL, NCAA
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, March 12, 2020
Around $700 million in advertising deals would be lost to ESPN, AB ...
- NCAA Cancels March Madness, $1B In National TV Ads Lost
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, March 12, 2020
On Thursday the NCAA announced its "March Madness" month-long event for bo ...
- Fox, ABC, CW, Discovery Cancel TV Upfront Events, Plan Digital Presentations
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, March 12, 2020
Fox, ABC, The CW, and Discovery have canceled their live upfront presentatio ...
- Can Quibi Cut Through The Streaming Clutter?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, March 13, 2020
Quibi needs a big push out of the gate: great reviews, b ...
- IAB Offers Streaming Options As Virtual Upfronts Gain Momentum
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, March 11, 2020
The IAB is now offering streaming options to members who are abandoni ...
- Report: Brian Lesser Out As Xandr Chief
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, March 11, 2020
Brian Lesser is out as CEO of AT&T's Xandr advanced advertising divisio ...
- FAANG Stocks Grow 18% In TV Ad Spending In 2019
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, March 11, 2020
Five big media tech stocks -- Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, and Googl ...
- Coronavirus Would 'Briefly' Hurt U.S. Ad-Supported Media: Analyst
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, March 11, 2020
Ad disruptions due to coronavirus "may be short-lived and should follow ...
- National TV News Channels See Big Viewing Gains, CNN Soars
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, March 18, 2020
CNN is up 156% to 2.85 million prime-time viewers year-over-year for t ...
