- Summer Box Office Up 24%, 'Dragon' Takes Top Spot Again
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, June 23, 2025
The biggest disappointment was Walt Disney's "Elio" which only got to $ ...
- NBA Finals Ad Spend Jumps 56%, Viewing Drops 9%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, June 24, 2025
National TV ad revenue for the major basketball contest was up 5 ...
- Uncapping The 39% TV Station Ownership Cap: Who Gets Tapped?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, June 23, 2025
The FCC is examining the long-time rule on limiting TV station ownersh ...
- M&A Deals Rise Sharply Despite Media Disruption
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, June 20, 2025
First quarter deal-making nearly tripled to $34.98 billion versus the same peri ...
- Consumers' Sports TV Spend Rising - Anyone Calling A Time Out?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, June 20, 2025
A "New York Times" opinion piece from sports journalist Joon Lee sa ...
- Lakers' Record $10B Sale Shows High Brand Value
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, June 19, 2025
The Buss family sold its stake to Mark Walter, CEO of T ...
- Netflix's TF1 'Carriage' Deal: Could This Happen In The US?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, June 19, 2025
Netflix struck what many defined as a U.S.-like "carriage" deal allowing t ...
- Nearly 30% Of Viewers Don't 'Generally' Watch TV On Average Day: Survey
Advanced TV Insider, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, June 18, 2025
About 41% of those who don't "generally" watch TV on an avera ...
- Apple's Need To Step On The Entertainment Gas
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, June 18, 2025
"This is the best racing movie that's ever been made," longtime winni ...
- 'How To Train Your Dragon' Roars And Soars With $84M Opening
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, June 16, 2025
The live-action movie adaptation of the animated original rocketed to a seri ...
- Roku/Amazon Ad Deal: Streaming Powerhouses Join Forces
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, June 16, 2025
The two big streaming businesses say the streaming ad-inventory integration will all ...
- Streaming Reaches Tipping Point, Beats Broadcast/Cable For First Time In May
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, June 17, 2025
Total day viewing for persons two years and older hit 44.8% sha ...
- 'Breaking Down' Barriers: Amazon DSP Strikes Ad Deal With Disney
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, June 17, 2025
The deal between Amazon DSP and Disney will allow brands to g ...
- TVB: Ad-Supported Linear TV Still Tops
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, June 17, 2025
Despite a recently released Nielsen viewing measure that touts streaming dominance ov ...
- CTV Ad Disruption: Roku/Amazon Deal Spin
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, June 17, 2025
Roku's other major partner, supply-side ad platform Magnite, looks to gain ...
- TV Reality Alert: Google AI Ad Dunks Big On NBA Finals
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, June 16, 2025
While text-to-video AI models have been around for a while, the differen ...
- NHL Teams See 9% Sponsorship Revenue Hike To $1.5B
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, June 12, 2025
Year-over-year, 500 new brands have made deals with the NHL, with finan ...
- Trump's Military Parade: Not So TV-Worthy
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, June 13, 2025
Don't expect to see much coverage of the Trump military parade th ...
- Upfront Update: Prime/Freevee To Grow 30% To $1.8B
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, June 12, 2025
In addition to steady gains from "Thursday Night Football," MoffettNathanson analyst Micha ...
- Content Creators Vs. Legacy Media: Fast-Forward Your Ad Remote
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, June 12, 2025
WPP Media estimates content creators and distributors will more than double the ...
- Streaming Ad Exposures Drive Attention, Study Finds
Advanced TV Insider, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, June 11, 2025
A new study says advertising on free streaming/FAST platforms can result ...
- Premion Pushes 'Scaled' Live Local Sports Ads
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, June 11, 2025
"Until now, it just wasn't possible to scale live sports advertising programmatical ...
- Amazon Ads' Heroic 'Acts Of Kindness' Soars With 'Superman'
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Messaging and activations will span Amazon platforms, including Prime Video advertising f ...
- Disney Isn't Into Comcast, WBD's Cable Nets
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Despite massive cord-cutting, Iger says Disney has enough subscribers to generate "significa ...
- Dividing WBD In Two? Not Entirely, Analyst Says
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, June 10, 2025
The proposed live, linear cable TV networks group WBD Global Networks wi ...
- WBD Slicing Away Cable Nets An Easier Split Than Comcast? Something Else?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, June 10, 2025
On the surface, and plainly, WBD keeps the good stuff - a ...
- WBD To Spin Off Cable Networks
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, June 9, 2025
The remaining WBD company will consist of Warner Bros. Television, Warner Bro ...
- ESPN Teases 'Prophecy' Streamer Campaign That Looks Back In Time, Mulls Future
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, June 9, 2025
The campaign focuses on ESPN's beginnings, with the first "SportsCenter" broadcast, whi ...
- Wieser: Network Ad Spend Down 11%, Streamers Up 26%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, June 6, 2025
Total national TV ad revenue (including CTV) will fall 6.3% in 20 ...
- Is Cord-Cutting Hurting Everyone? Not Exactly
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, June 6, 2025
Fox Corp. posted an eye-opening 5% gain in the most recent fir ...