- Is AT&T Benching DirecTV?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, March 12, 2020
Not exactly. But AT&T now says it will only market DirecTV ...
- Former NBCU Exec Wilson To Head Up All Of Cox Media Group's Ad Businesses
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, March 10, 2020
Ed Wilson, former Fox, Tribune, and NBCU senior exec, has been nam ...
- TV Groups Like Disney Seen Losing 3-8% In Ad Sales Due To Coronavirus
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, March 10, 2020
The worst-case scenario would mean Disney could see ad growth decline ...
- Good Data Is Critical To The TV Ad Industry, Market Volatility Impacts Collection
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, March 11, 2020
Volatility is the result of the coronavirus -- a lack of specif ...
- Media Stocks Battered Due To Coronavirus Concerns, Plunging Oil Prices
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, March 9, 2020
Many media companies were caught in steeper stock market declines Monday morni ...
- A&E Networks To Offer 'Virtual' Upfront, Nixes Live Event
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, March 9, 2020
As some TV networks and businesses abandon live upfront events, A+E ...
- AMC Networks Cancels Its Upfront Presentation Due To Coronavirus Concerns
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, March 9, 2020
AMC, which was scheduled to hold its upfront TV advertising event Mar ...
- U.K. ITV Ad Revenues To Drop 10% In April -- Where Will U.S. TV Networks Land?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, March 10, 2020
Network TV media buys might fall as well -- especially near-term "scatte ...
- Film Marketers Brace Amidst Coronavirus Concerns, Box Office, National TV Marketing Remain Stable
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, March 6, 2020
Box office revenues are slightly higher than a year ago through t ...
- TV Station Group Gray Television Makes $8.5 Billion Bid For Tegna: Report
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, March 6, 2020
TV station group Gray Television has made a bid to buy ...
- Roku Won't Enter Program Arena, Only Big Media Can Handle Risk
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, March 9, 2020
Netflix, Amazon, Apple TV+ and others are spending anywhere from $4 billi ...
- Comcast FreeWheel Postpones Upfront Due To Coronavirus Concerns
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, March 5, 2020
Comcast FreeWheel's "NowFront" upfront event had been scheduled for March 12 ...
- Popularity Of Streaming Platforms Extends To Their TV Commercials
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, March 5, 2020
About half of consumers say TV ads are more "relevant" on connect ...
- TV Upfronts Impacted By Coronavirus
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, March 6, 2020
The issue now is supply. Advertising is relatively easy to cut duri ...
- Bloomberg Drops Out After Spending Half A Billion On Presidential Race
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, March 4, 2020
Biden won nine states including a big delegate grab in Texas. Bloombe ...
- Local Political Advertising Estimate Raised 8% To $7.1 Billion
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, March 4, 2020
Local political advertising is poised to pull in higher record levels th ...
- A Canceled Summer Olympics Is TV's Worst-Case Scenario
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, March 5, 2020
Coronavirus fears reach everywhere. The $1.25 billion ad spend NBCU has pull ...
- MSNBC's Longtime 'Hardball' Host Matthews Retires
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, March 3, 2020
After a series of recent on-air gaffes, long-time host of MSNBC's "Hardbal ...
- Olympics 90% Sold At $1.25B, NBCU Insured If Games Are Cancelled
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, March 3, 2020
Comcast's NBCU is not expecting a disruption to its airing the Summ ...
- Streamers Have Low Churn Rates, Will TV-Video Advertisers?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, March 4, 2020
Somewhat helpful in keeping streamers' churn low is the ease of cancellati ...
- AT&T TV Launches Nationally As DirecTV Continues To Decline
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, March 2, 2020
AT&T TV will be similar to DirecTV, offering internet-delivered live, linear ...
- GroupM's Wieser On Coronavirus: More TV Time, Less Out-Of-Home?
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, March 3, 2020
The coronavirus may result in a decline in media and marketing consumptio ...
- CBS Senior Marketing And Communications Executives O'Grady, McClintock To Depart
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, March 2, 2020
The move is the latest in a synergistic, cost-saving effort including ...
- Coronavirus Fears On TV Front: Possible Ad Schedule Cancellations
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, March 3, 2020
As more reports of coronavirus arise, the TV and retail industries cou ...
- Media Stocks Down 14% For Week, Coronavirus Concerns Remain
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, February 28, 2020
Although media stocks were hit with dramatic weekly declines along with t ...
- E.W. Scripps Posts Strong Q4 Core Ad Revenues
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, February 28, 2020
Scripps grew local TV station revenue by 17% in Q4 2019 ...
- Big Theatrical Movies Do Well - On Various Platforms
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, March 2, 2020
Many major studio parent companies also own vast TV network groups. So ...
- OTT Ad Platform Premion Cuts Equity Deal With Gray Television
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, February 27, 2020
Gray's TV sales staff will now sell advertising inventory on Premion's loc ...
- Discovery Q4 Revenue Up 2%, Slower Growth In U.S. Advertising, Distribution
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, February 28, 2020
Discovery's overall revenues rose 2% in Q4, but it witnessed a slowdo ...
- Univision Q4 Sees Slight Revenue Increase, Core Advertising 6% Higher
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, February 27, 2020
Full-year results show overall no revenue growth for the second year ...
