- ABC Claims High Social Engagement Amid Traditional TV Metric Declines
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Sunday, August 6, 2017
ABC did not have a strong 2016-2017 in terms of traditional ...
- Is Fox Threatened By Sinclair's Reach?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, August 7, 2017
The Fox Broadcasting Network reportedly wants to change its affiliate associations wi ...
- NBC Wants Media To Focus On Delayed, Digital Viewing Of TV Shows
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, August 3, 2017
NBC wants business writers and critics to focus more on overall viewin ...
- Ross Upped To President/CRO Of CBS Corp., Senior Ad Structure Revamped
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, August 3, 2017
Longtime CBS veteran Jo Ann Ross is being promoted to president a ...
- AMC Networks Revenues Rise 4%, C3 Ratings Down
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, August 3, 2017
AMC U.S. network advertising gained 2% to $245 million, with U.S. distributi ...
- Maybe Millennials Don't Want Skinny TV Bundles
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, August 4, 2017
Despite all the hoopla around cheap internet-based $20-a-month live, linear TV package ...
- OTT Metrics, Viewability And Fraud Pose Ongoing Concerns
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, August 2, 2017
One of the major obstacles in OTT measurement is that neither Niels ...
- Turner's Mixed Q2 Results: Ad Revenues Down 6% At Cable Nets, HBO Up 1%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, August 2, 2017
Ad revenues took a hit in the absence of NCAA Men's Basketba ...
- Slight Uptick In Sinclair TV Revs, Digital Soars
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, August 2, 2017
Sinclair Broadcast Group revenues inched up just 2% for its second-quarter result ...
- Sinclair Favors Consolidation, Downplays Value Of Local TV Newscasts
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, August 3, 2017
Chris Ripley, president/CEO of Sinclair, doesn't think four, five or six loc ...
- E.W. Scripps To Buy Katz Broadcasting's Digital Nets For Under $302 Million
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, August 1, 2017
Scripps, which owns 33 TV stations, will get various networks in t ...
- CBS Entertainment Team Adopts New Types Of TV Shows, Diversity
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, August 1, 2017
CBS, with a new entertainment team, intends to send a message ...
- Time-Shifting Boosts CBS Prime-Time Viewing By 53%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, August 1, 2017
Gleaning data from Nielsen's evolving Total Content Ratings, CBS touts strong time-shift ...
- Number Of TV Sets Decline, Not Screens
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, August 2, 2017
Nielsen says in 2016 there were 56.88 total hours of viewing ti ...
- Daugherty To Lead ABC's New Marketing Team
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, July 31, 2017
Daugherty has been promoted to EVP marketing for ABC Entertainment, responsible f ...
- Discovery Communications: Revenues Up 2%; Net Income Drops 8%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, July 31, 2017
On the same day it announced its $14.6 billion merger with Scrip ...
- Discovery Finalizes $14.6B Deal For Scripps Interactive Networks
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, July 31, 2017
The companies tout that their combined networks will have a 20% sha ...
- Politics Is TV's New Entertainment Programming
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, August 1, 2017
Judging from the Politicon conference, politics is fueling the same passions audienc ...
- Media M&A Deals Remain Steady In Q2
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, July 28, 2017
PricewaterhouseCoopers says there were 232 media deals in the second quarter, wi ...
- Altice USA Cable Video Loses More Subscribers
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, July 28, 2017
Altice USA -- which bought up Cablevision Systems and a majority intere ...
- Latest From Swamp DC TV: Trump Fires Senior Staffer
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, July 31, 2017
"I am disappointed in the attorney general," said President Trump last wee ...
- Charter Sees Continuing Cable Subscriber Declines, Video Revenues Flat
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, July 27, 2017
Overall, Charter's revenue from its residential video business was flat at $4 ...
- NBCU's Ad Revs Mixed, Achieves Overall Gain In Q2
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, July 27, 2017
Ad revenue dropped 1.2% due to continued audience decline, although NBC charg ...
- Discovery Reports Preliminary $12B Deal For Scripps Networks
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, July 27, 2017
Discovery Communications is nearing a deal for at least $90 a sha ...
- Mandala Named President Of Ad Sales, Univision
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, July 27, 2017
Mandala, who had been EVP of advertising sales, will oversee ad sal ...
- TV Cos. May Be Aping Big Digital Players
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, July 28, 2017
Cable network industry consolidation is coming. But will it make for bett ...
- CNN, Turner Sports Sign For Nielsen's OOH Service
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, July 26, 2017
Both CNN and Turner Sports will get syndicated program-level data on ...
- Fox TV Stations In Programmatic Deal With WideOrbit
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, July 26, 2017
Local Fox TV station ad inventory will be offered in three distin ...
- Viacom Joins Hunt For Scripps With All-Cash Offer
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, July 26, 2017
Viacom has joined Discovery Communications in the pursuit to acquire Scripps Networ ...
- Facebook Wants Better Video Ad Engagement
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, July 27, 2017
The market for overall digital video looks to rise around 20% ...