- CNN Moves Further Into Digital, Amid Layoffs - Will Consumers, Brands Buy In?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, July 12, 2024
CNN is planning a paid-digital subscription service, CEO Mark Thompson says ...
- NBA TV/Streaming Deals Valued At $76B, TNT Taking A Shot?
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, July 11, 2024
The NBA is reportedly finalizing deals worth an estimated $76 billion ov ...
- Hallmark Rebrands Streamer: 'Hallmark+' To Debut
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, July 11, 2024
In addition to movie content, Hallmark says Hallmark Movies Now will inclu ...
- New Paramount Brand, Spin: A 'Media-Tech' Company?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, July 11, 2024
"In order to effectively navigate this transition, what is required for Paramou ...
- Targeting Streaming 'Re-Subscribers': Key Bundling Combos
Advanced TV Insider, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, July 10, 2024
A huge chunk of streaming subscribers are "re-subscribers," at 42% -- young ...
- WBD's truTV Makes Bigger Move Toward Sports
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, July 10, 2024
truTV will see a "significant" sports programming expansion in 2025, with prime-ti ...
- Paramount's Plan: D2C Profitability - Cable 'Restructure'?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, July 10, 2024
One key point from the presentation is that the new company wou ...
- Streaming Viewing Estimate: Flat To Slight Gains Through 2026
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, July 9, 2024
Peacock will be the exception to projections of flat to slight grow ...
- Fewer Streaming TV Commercial Interruptions - But Tougher Ad Breaks?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, July 9, 2024
The silver lining - which may not be much of a positi ...
- Tour De France Team Sponsors Not Getting All Their 'TV Time' Value?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, July 8, 2024
Some Tour de France teams are participating in fewer "breakaways." Is th ...
- 'Despicable Me 4' Dominates Holiday Box Office With $122M Opening
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Sunday, July 7, 2024
The movie owned the holiday TV airwaves with $5.4 million in ...
- Paramount Global, Skydance To Merge In $8B Deal
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, July 8, 2024
National Amusements will get $2.4 billion in cash, and non-voting shareholders wi ...
- Debate-Focused Cable TV News Viewing Rises Sharply, CNN Soars
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, July 5, 2024
All three major 24-hour cable TV news networks saw strong viewership gai ...
- Netflix Tapping Into Users' 'Must Have' Brand Value For More Dollars
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, July 5, 2024
Netflix needs to monetize more money from existing subscribers as its potenti ...
- Streaming Original TV Content Ticks Up In Q1: Analyst
Advanced TV Insider, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, July 3, 2024
Netflix is estimated to have given the "green light" in Q1 ...
- Political Ad Spending Estimated To Climb To $10.7B: Analyst
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, July 3, 2024
A new 2023-24 estimate projects political ad revenue will rise to $10 ...
- Paramount Saves: MTV, CMT, Comedy Content Shifted To Paramount+
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, July 3, 2024
A company release says: "As part of broader website changes across Paramoun ...
- Paramount Seeks More Aggressive Streaming Merger Deal: CNBC
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, July 2, 2024
Paramount Global is looking to merge its streaming business with an existi ...
- Shark Week Adds New Sponsors, 'Collections' Content On Max, discovery+
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, July 2, 2024
Sponsorship deals include custom video, tagged tune-in, billboards, in-program messaging and streami ...
- Upfront TV Ad Prognosis? Slow-Moving, On A Questionable Front
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, July 2, 2024
Streaming scatter revenue is expected to decline to $10.14 billion from $10. ...
- 'Bundle' Is Much More Than Premium Video, Study Finds
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, July 1, 2024
The average number of non-premium TV/video services in a "bundle" is 6 ...
- Is YouTube's User-Generated Content A Threat - Or Help - To Big Media?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, July 1, 2024
YouTube is now much more than a user-generated content site. It n ...
- Debate TV Ad Buys Total $3.7M
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, June 28, 2024
National TV ad revenue for the first Presidential Debate totaled $3.7 milli ...
- First Presidential Debate Down 30%: 51.3M Viewers
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, June 28, 2024
The "CNN Presidential Debate" earned a collective 51.3 million Nielsen-measured viewers ...
- Dish Network Brings Back Real Old-Style Bundles: Long-Term Contracts
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, June 28, 2024
Dish is packaging its standard linear TV cable/broadcast package with a fr ...
- Analyst Projects CPM Declines For Linear, Streaming Upfronts
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, June 27, 2024
The total U.S. TV ad marketplace will inch up less than ...
- Paramount Global Hurt By Absence Of Big Deals, Cuts... And More Cuts?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, June 27, 2024
A town hall meeting with staff told of the need to se ...
- 'Frequency Imbalance' Issues Continue For Political Marketers On CTV: Analysis
Advanced TV Insider, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, June 26, 2024
Twenty percent of CTV households' exposure to political ad campaigns' messaging g ...
- Total Ad-Based Linear, Streaming TV Viewing Slips in May: Analyst
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, June 26, 2024
Wieser estimates 13.2% of all TV/video viewing - gross ratings points ...
- Presidential Debate Fact, Fiction And Mute: What Will Matter To TV Viewers?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, June 26, 2024
With pressing questions about how to separate truths from lies and everythi ...
