- ViacomCBS To Hold Two-Day Virtual Upfront
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, May 5, 2020
ViacomCBS will showcase combined assets of its Viacom cable TV-based platforms a ...
- Roku Boosts DSP Operations, Launches OneView Platform
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, May 5, 2020
Roku says its OneView platform will leverage TV identity data to mana ...
- Disney Sees 'Significant' Decline In Q1 TV Advertising, Cancels Dividend
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, May 6, 2020
Disney cancelled its dividend and saw a 90% drop in net inco ...
- Univision Ready To Make Upfront Deals, Programming Complete For Entire Season
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, May 12, 2020
"Unlike English-language networks, our prime-time schedule for the next year is s ...
- Disney's Wildest Ride: The Future Of Theme Parks, Movies, Sports TV
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, May 6, 2020
Of the three big businesses, Disney's biggest revenue generator is its the ...
- Disney Could See 20% Decline In 2020 Ad Revenues: Analyst
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, May 4, 2020
Total TV ad revenue from all Disney's national TV networks could tal ...
- NBCU Restructures Senior Management, Streaming And News Operations Affected
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, May 4, 2020
NBCU CEO Jeff Shell is making major structural shifts with key senior-lev ...
- Should Pay TV Providers Have A Say In TV Scheduling, Rates?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, May 5, 2020
TV content and development is a double-edged sword. Having a shared partnersh ...
- Altice USA Says 'Relief' Coming To Sports TV Subscribers, Q1 Broadband Revenues Higher
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, May 1, 2020
Altice says it had initial discussions with major sports networks focused n ...
- Charter Sees Rising Q1 Broadband Revenue, Gains From Political Advertising
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, May 1, 2020
As Charter narrowed its video subscriber losses by half in Q1 20 ...
- Obit: CBS Communications Chief Gil Schwartz, Dead At 68
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, May 4, 2020
Gil Schwartz, former longtime chief communication officer of CBS and author, di ...
- Should Studios, Movie Theaters Consider New TV Deals?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, May 4, 2020
Maybe there is a different kind of revenue-sharing agreement model to he ...
- Daytime Kids Viewing In Top 25 Markets Soars Nearly 300%, Big Gains In Internet, Gaming
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, April 30, 2020
Daytime broadcast TV viewership for kids and teens has soared 200% ...
- Nielsen's Media Business Remains Solid, With Revenues Stable, But Connect Spinoff Delayed
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, April 30, 2020
Nielsen witnessed stability from its traditional media ratings business in Q1, b ...
- NBCU's Shell: Movie Theaters 'Central' To Biz, Video-On-Demand 'Complementary'
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, April 30, 2020
NBCU CEO Jeff Shell said theatrical would remain central, adding that video-on-dema ...
- Comcast Q1 Sees Stable Broadband, Cable Revenues, Sinking Biz For NBCU, Sky
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, April 30, 2020
Although Comcast maintained revenue growth for its main broadband/cable businesses, NBCU reven ...
- National TV Sinks 13% In March, 5% In Q1 Due To COVID-19 Pullback
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, May 1, 2020
National TV took an expected major decline in March -- down 12. ...
- Has YouTube Stolen Ad Revenues From Legacy TV? Not Yet
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, May 1, 2020
YouTube scored big results in its Q1 period -- up 33% ...
- AMC Theatres Won't Play Universal Pictures Movies, Blames 'Trolls World Tour' Dispute
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, April 29, 2020
This decision came after remarks from Jeff Shell, CEO, NBCUniversal, while talki ...
- Video Streamers' National TV Spend Skyrocketing, HBO Max, Peacock Ramp Up Launches
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, April 29, 2020
For national TV marketing of video streaming platforms, April spending is ...
- Beachfront: Connected TV Needs Spot Pricing For TV Commercial Breaks
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, May 1, 2020
Supply-side publishing ad-tech platform Beachfront will allow publishers to auction off a ...
- Linear TV Grows Without Sports, Netflix Also Higher
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, April 30, 2020
Nielsen says the streaming share of TV viewing is now at 2 ...
- Cable News, Lifestyle, Entertainment Networks See Gains Due To Higher At-Home Viewing
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, April 28, 2020
Cable TV news nets continue to generally lead all networks, with C ...
- Marketers' COVID-19 Messaging Draws 'Positive' Response, Little Change in Brand Favorability
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, April 28, 2020
Advertising messages inspired by COVID-19 give viewers "positive feelings," according to ...
- Are Deep Fake Ads Coming To Traditional TV?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, April 29, 2020
Consider State Farm's ad, via ESPN, about the 1988 Chicago Bulls sea ...
- Local Media Forecast To See A 3.6% Drop In 2020
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, April 27, 2020
Advertising across all media platforms is forecast to total $144.3 billion th ...
- Amazon Strikes Free-Year Deal With Discovery's Food Network Kitchen App
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, April 27, 2020
Amazon Fire TV has struck a deal to give away the cab ...
- Where Does AT&T Go From Here?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, April 28, 2020
History is littered with troubled deals of horizontal expansion from one's existi ...
- AT&T CEO Stephenson To Retire, Stankey Will Take Over
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, April 24, 2020
In an expected move, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson -- who led t ...
- WWE's Q1 Media Revenue Soars, Lower For Live Events Due To No In-Arena Audiences
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, April 24, 2020
WWE Entertainment reported Q1 revenues growth of 60% to $291 million, whi ...