- Fox Sings New Tune, Orders 'The Four'
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, August 8, 2017
Fox no longer has "American Idol," but it will have a n ...
- Entertainment Hackers Making Money, Headlines
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, August 9, 2017
Entertainment hackers have received monetary compensation from a majority of companies th ...
- CBS Scores Solid Mid-Single Percentage Q2 Ad Gains
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, August 7, 2017
CBS took in a 6% advertising spike for its TV operations ...
- FX Networks, Xfinity TV Service Add Another Ad-Free Network Option
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, August 7, 2017
For those existing Xfinity TV customers who pay $5.99 for a month ...
- DirecTV Now Adds CBS And Its Cable Channels
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, August 7, 2017
CBS, Showtime, The CW, Pop, and CBS Sports network will be add ...
- Will CNN Be Sold After The AT&T/Time Warner Merger?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, August 8, 2017
AT&T needs to do what any big company does after a b ...
- Pay TV Loses 1 Million Subscribers
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, August 4, 2017
Media analysts who feared the worst for pay TV in the seco ...
- Viacom Slips 2% In U.S. Ad Revenues, Some Ratings Gains
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, August 4, 2017
Viacom's domestic U.S. advertising revenue dropped 2% to $955 million in i ...
- 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 ...