- All Legacy-Owned Streaming Services Likely To Be Profitable By 2025: Analysis
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, December 20, 2023
Widespread profitability of premium streaming business, especially among legacy TV-based media owner ...
- NBC To Stream First Commercial-Free Fourth Quarter In NFL Game
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, December 21, 2023
NBC's first ad-free fourth quarter in a Christmas holiday-season football game wi ...
- Another Possible Merger Involving Warner Bros.? Please Stop The Insanity
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, December 22, 2023
The "bigger isn't better" scenario has not worked for some time ...
- Warner Bros. Discovery In Talks With Paramount Global About Possible Merger
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, December 20, 2023
Initial conversations focused on how Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount Global cou ...
- Streaming Price Hikes: A Nightmare Or Just Easy Daydreaming?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, December 21, 2023
Still looking for all that savings when it comes to moving ...
- More Streaming Bundling Competitors For Roku: Analyst
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, December 19, 2023
Expect more streaming platform aggregators to take on companies like Roku ...
- More Sports Streaming Amazon Magic Coming - For RSNs?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, December 20, 2023
Amazon is reportedly looking to make a strategic investment in one ar ...
- Netflix Streaming Success Not Just From Top Shows: Analyst
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, December 18, 2023
In response to Netflix's research release last week, MoffettNathanson Research says "6 ...
- November TV-Streaming Viewership Highest Since January 2023
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, December 19, 2023
Although the writers' and actors' strike plagued broadcast TV platforms for mo ...
- Separating Good CTV Ad Inventory From Bad?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, December 19, 2023
Competitive legacy TV brands looking to gain the reach they are losi ...
- 'Wonka' Hits $39M High Note In Pre-Christmas Film Release
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Sunday, December 17, 2023
Warner Bros. spent an average $17.1 million in national TV advertising f ...
- Roku, Samsung Lose Share, Global TV Sales Down 2.1%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, December 15, 2023
Samsung and Roku are the best-selling TVs in the U.S. ranked ...
- Legacy Streamers' Ad Options Slowly Gain Share - How Will Smaller Players Fare?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, December 18, 2023
A softer streaming market makes one wonder about the survival of sma ...
- Disney Pursuing Stronger, Closer Ties To The Video Gaming Business?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, December 15, 2023
Now comes word that Walt Disney might be looking to re-energize i ...
- 2023 Legacy-Owned Streamers To Post 18% Ad Spike, TV Still Down Overall
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, December 13, 2023
Despite the projected 18% ad spike this year, overall TV/CTV video busine ...
- Broadcast TV Season: Fall Ad Airings Rise 23%, TV Ads Grow To $6.93B
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, December 14, 2023
The five English-language broadcast networks ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox and The ...
- Creator Content Community Grows: Can Its Studio Content Neighbors Benefit?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, December 14, 2023
The IAB says the "creator content" video economy continues to grow ...
- Disney+, Netflix See Growth In Ad Revenues, Ad-Tier Viewers In 2023
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, December 12, 2023
Disney+'s ad-supported tier will hit $786.6 million in ad revenue for a ...
- 'NBA Cup' Game Scores Big With 4.6M Viewers, November Ads Up 26%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, December 12, 2023
The NBA's first "In-Season Tournament' final for its inaugural "NBA Cup" earn ...
- Carlson Streams A Ride On Rapids - How Many Rafts, Paddles?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, December 13, 2023
Pricing considerations in the streaming world are all over the map. Consume ...
- Netflix First 6-Month Viewing Report: 18,000 Titles, 100B Hours Viewed
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, December 13, 2023
Netflix has released its total global program viewing covering a 6-month perio ...
- 41% Of Netflix Users Don't Know About Its Ad-Supported Tier - Is That Bad?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, December 12, 2023
Netflix has an ad-supported option? Who knew? ...
- Paramount Global Suitors Draw Investor Interest, Driving Stock Price Up
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, December 8, 2023
Potential reported suitors of Paramount Global, Skydance and RedBird Capital, in acquiri ...
- Paramount Global Sale Gains Steam? Redstone Said To Be In Talks
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Sunday, December 10, 2023
Shari Redstone, president of NAI, is now in talks with potential investo ...
- New TV Ad Categories: Are They Up To Snuff? Place Your Bets
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, December 11, 2023
TV network and station execs love new ad categories. Over the la ...
- IPG Mediabrands Strikes Advertising Deal With Amazon Prime Video
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, December 7, 2023
Amazon Ads and IPG Mediabrands have struck a three-year deal to he ...
- NewsNation, CW Post Lowest Viewing Of GOP Presidential Debates
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, December 7, 2023
NewsNation and The CW pulled in 4.1 million Nielsen-measured average minute viewe ...
- Does The U.S. TV Market Have Room For More News Channels?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, December 8, 2023
Jeff Zucker is ready to take control of U.K. news outlets "T ...
- Disney+ Adds Hulu 'Hub' For Greater Ad Opportunities
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, December 6, 2023
As promised, Walt Disney began offering Hulu as part of its Disne ...
- More Ad-Supported Streaming? CTV CPMs Continue To Fall
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, December 6, 2023
As consumer options for ad-supported streaming premium services and FAST networks gro ...