- Industry Vets Launch Linear Ad Net, Aggregates Indie TV Network Audience Buys
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Audyns (pronounced audience) launches with deals to aggregate buys across TelevisaUnivision, Gre ...
- TV Search Quiz: On What Streamer Can I Watch 'The Bear' And 'NCIS' Episodes?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Nearly 60% of consumers struggle to find their sports content, according ...
- Streaming TV's 44.3% April Share Nearly Tops Total Broadcast/Cable
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Streaming TV grew 15% vs. the same month a year ago. Broadca ...
- Another CBS News Executive Departs: Are TV News Brands Staying?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Corporate owner Paramount Global has been in talks with Donald Trump abo ...
- Charter-Cox Deal: More About Wireless, Less About TV
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, May 19, 2025
"The cable operators have a lot more to gain than they ha ...
- Charter/Cox Merger: The Start Of Something Big? Maybe Just A Good Play
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, May 19, 2025
For over a decade, Charter and Comcast focused on the necessary streng ...
- Charter, Cox To Merge In $35B Cable, Broadband, Mobile Deal
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, May 16, 2025
The corporate name will change to Cox Communications. Charter CEO/President Chris Winfr ...
- NFL Goes Free For Regular-Season Streaming: For One Game, Anyway
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, May 16, 2025
YouTube will get exclusive rights to stream the Friday night week ...
- Netflix Slowly Builds Ad-Supported Business, 'Fill Rates' Rising
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, May 16, 2025
New Street Research modeled Netflix's fill rate at around 45% for 20 ...
- Streamer ESPN: Does Disney Know Its Future Subscribers?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, May 15, 2025
ESPN is betting the house, so to speak, that its hefty pri ...
- Streaming Upfront Media Dollar Share Climbs To 32%
Advanced TV Insider, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, May 14, 2025
In Q1 2025, linear TV ad impressions totaled 1.54 trillion - do ...
- WBD's Streamer 'Max' Rebrands Back To 'HBO Max'
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, May 14, 2025
WBD's Max will be rebranded back to "HBO Max" starting this summ ...
- WBD Upfront: 'Storyverse' Content For Brands' Creative, New Ad Platforms
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, May 14, 2025
WBD is also starting up two new media platforms for advertisers: N ...
- Netflix Upfront: Ad Suite Reaches Critical Mass, 170M Viewers
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, May 14, 2025
"People are watching our ad plans almost as much as they a ...
- Upfront With TelevisaUnivision: Ramping Up Brands, Young Audience Focus
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, May 14, 2025
While some Q2 scatter reports by media buyers describe a weak marketplac ...
- Disney Launching 'ESPN' Streamer This Fall, Seeks Industry-Wide Measures
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, May 13, 2025
The ESPN streaming platform will initially be priced at $29.99 a mon ...
- Upfronts 2025: Live Content - The Biggest Brand TV Lure?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Nearly half of NBCU's prime-time nights will feature sports in 2026. "Seven ...
- Fox Premium Streamer Branded 'Fox One'
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, May 12, 2025
Fox One will feature all news, sports, and entertainment content in o ...
- Fox's Upfront Ad Plan: More Contrarian Thinking
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, May 12, 2025
Total time viewing on all Fox Corp. platforms was up 26% ...
- Amazon Goes Upfront: Prime Video Monthly Viewing Hours Rises 40%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, May 12, 2025
Prime Video's ad option, which started up over a year ago, h ...
- Sports TV Is A 'Rental' Business - Remedy? Buy The House
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, May 12, 2025
Leaving the NBA will help WBD save around $300 million in annu ...
- Versant Key Brand Focus: Sports... Pickleball, Anyone?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, May 9, 2025
Right now, 65% of Versant's programming is live - coming from spor ...
- Global CTV Investments Rising, But 66% Of Buyers Still On Sidelines
Advanced TV Insider, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Looking for motivation to spend more on CTV, 51% of media buye ...
- WBD Adds 5.4M Global Subscribers In Q2: Spinoff News Coming?
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, May 8, 2025
CNBC says WBD is close to making a decision in spinning o ...
- Trade Desk Q1 Climbs 25%, Shares Up Sharply
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, May 9, 2025
Analysts on the Thursday earnings call expressed concern over heavy DSP competiti ...
- Google/Apple Search News: Are We At A 'Cord Cutting' TV Moment'?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, May 8, 2025
About ten years ago, Disney disclosed for the first time that the ...
- Disney Sees Strong Q2 Streaming Subscriber Growth Of 2.5M
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Disney's global advertising inched up 1%, but domestic linear TV, ESPN a ...
- NBCU Strikes 2-Year Deal To Sell Versant Ads Just Ahead Of Upfront
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, May 7, 2025
The deal - which covers the next two upfront TV cycles ...
- Focus On 90M Homes: Roku Is Already In Your House
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, May 7, 2025
For Roku, it continues to do what any other modern business doe ...
- Streamers Grapple With 100% Film Tariff
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, May 6, 2025
"This is perhaps the biggest risk, raising the potential for U.S. streami ...