- Will Sports Programming Be A Factor Boosting TV's Upfront Ad Market?
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, May 10, 2024
An expected soft TV upfront ad market might look better with strong ...
- Netflix Reportedly Closing In On Two Christmas Day NFL Games
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, May 10, 2024
Netflix, in a surprise negotiation, may be looking to upset the N ...
- Big Linear TV Network Groups' Future?: Break 'Em Up
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, May 10, 2024
In a disruptive, competitive streaming world comes some hard truth for legacy-bas ...
- New Ad-Supported Streaming Options See Little Backlash, Study Finds
Advanced TV Insider, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, May 9, 2024
Hub's Q1 2024 TV Churn Tracker shows an overall jump in streami ...
- Fox Sees Q1 Low Single-Digit Ad Decline: Analyst
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Fox Corp.'s Q1 advertising declined $640 million in the company's most rece ...
- Disney, Walmart Connect Forge Deal To Provide Streaming, Customer Insights
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, May 8, 2024
The deal will connect Walmart's customer purchase data with Disney's internal insigh ...
- Disney-WBD Launch Streaming Bundle Including Disney+, Hulu, Max
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, May 8, 2024
The bundle packages the Disney+ and Hulu platforms with WBD's Max streame ...
- Quality Versus Quantity: 'Peak TV' - Or Lesser Heights?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, May 9, 2024
Production needs to fill out platform lineups everywhere now that streamers ha ...
- Disney Reports Small D2C Profit, Overall Mixed Results, Stock Sinks 10%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, May 7, 2024
Disney posted profitability earlier than expected in its Q2 period at so ...
- The Trade Desk Q1: 28% Revenue Increase, CTV Strongest Channel
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, May 9, 2024
The strong 28% quarterly year-over-year revenue increase was its sharpest rise sin ...
- ESPN's Many Streaming Variations: Any Way You Like It?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, May 8, 2024
We will soon have the existing ESPN+ service, which will have mode ...
- NBCU Strikes First-Party Data Deal With Instacart
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, May 6, 2024
To ramp up performance-based ad efforts for better business outcomes, NBCU h ...
- Amazon Ads Expands Prime Video Interactive Ad Formats
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, May 7, 2024
With Amazon Ads' new interactive TV ad format, viewers can shop multip ...
- TV Networks: Pump Up The 'Hush' Trump Promo Volume
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, May 7, 2024
TV networks are running headlines citing Trump's criminal trial as "a hush-mon ...
- Universal's 'The Fall Guy' Comes In Below Expectations At $28.5M
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Sunday, May 5, 2024
Analysts expected revenues between $35 and $40 million for the action-comedy featur ...
- FuboTV Sees Q1 Subscriber Decline, 24% Revenue Gains, Narrows Losses
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, May 3, 2024
Paid subscribers in Q1 slipped to 1.51 million from 1.62 million ...
- Paramount's Short-Term Plan: Does It Need One Before Going Long?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, May 6, 2024
The Paramount saga continues. The board will now consider a $26 billi ...
- New NBA Deals: Will Disney, WBD Take An Advertising Hit?: Analyst
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, May 2, 2024
Adding NBCU into the NBA live, linear TV networks lineup could me ...
- RSN Flexibility, Sports TV Desires: New Legacy Pay TV Life?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, May 3, 2024
DirecTV has renewed its deal with Diamond Sports Group, giving consumers t ...
- SAG-AFTRA Inks Nielsen Streaming Data Deal
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, May 3, 2024
The actors union will use Nielsen data to provide streaming content da ...
- Is The Disclosure Of Streaming Subscriber Numbers Still A Thing?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, May 2, 2024
Netflix is in an unusual, strong position versus nearly all the streame ...
- TV, Movie Content Discovery Still A Frustrating Process
Advanced TV Insider, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, May 1, 2024
Frustration over the process of content discovery is an ongoing problem. ...
- National TV Ad Revenue Sinks 7.4% To $7.2B In Q1: Analyst
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Among major legacy owned TV networks, national broadcast/cable TV advertising is estimat ...
- Paramount's Mission Impossible: 9 Minutes Not Enough To Save The Day
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, May 1, 2024
A nine-minute earnings call, no questions and stunned analysts. No insights we ...
- Paramount Announces New Leadership, Sees Revenue Growth As D2C Losses Narrow
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, April 29, 2024
Paramount says it will start up an "Office of the CEO" wi ...
- Roku Inks NewFront Deals With Trade Desk, iSpot, NBCU
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Trade Desk advertisers now have direct access to Roku via a priva ...
- FuboTV Drops WBD's Networks Due To 'Above Market Rates'
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, May 1, 2024
FuboTV says this is "another example of its abuse of massive mark ...
- Your Current Media Mind: Did We Forget About The 'Frenemy' Moniker?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, April 30, 2024
The "frenemy" situation comes at a cost -- given the precarious positi ...
- Comcast's Long-Time Diversification Strategy Up To The Test?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, April 29, 2024
Growing out of its core cable TV system business of TV network ...
- Paramount's Bakish To Step Down: Reports
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, April 29, 2024
Currently Paramount is considering a bid from Skydance Media, with another joi ...