- First 2 Nights Of DNC Viewing Up 23% Over RNC
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, August 22, 2024
The DNC averaged 20.4 million viewers, according to Nielsen, with the fir ...
- TV's 'A La Carte' Thing: Legacy Bundling Concerns In The Spotlight
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, August 22, 2024
With Venu Sports seemingly weakened after a ruling temporarily halted its launc ...
- Older Netflix TV Season Episodes Get Boost With New Releases
Advanced TV Insider, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, August 21, 2024
Viewing of older-season Netflix shows rose 86% in second-half 2023 vs. first-hal ...
- TV-Network Groups' 'Strict Bundling' Demands Must Change: DirecTV
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, August 21, 2024
"Programmers have continued to impose and enforce strict bundling requirements through exorbita ...
- More Drama For Paramount Global: Are Investors Changing The Channel?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, August 21, 2024
Bronfman would essentially give controlling owner National Amusements the same price t ...
- Netflix Boosts Upfront Volume 150% For 2024-25
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, August 20, 2024
Amy Reinhard, president of advertising, says results were "in line with o ...
- Nielsen: 'Total TV' Sets Another Record: 41.4% Share In July
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, August 20, 2024
The Paris Olympics helped pushed up viewing results significantly over the Ju ...
- Harris-Walz TV Ads: Prime Time A Big Piece Of The Puzzle
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, August 20, 2024
TV advertising will come "during high-viewership moments, including high-trafficked prime-time programming" sa ...
- Summer Movie Box Office Falls 11%, TV Ad Spend Down 9%
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, August 19, 2024
Total summer box-office revenue has fallen 11% to $3.3 billion, according ...
- NFL Goes All In On 'This Is Football Country': A Unifier For The US?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, August 19, 2024
The "This Is Football Country" campaign carries the message that the leag ...
- Federal Court Blocks Venu Sports Start, Grants Fubo Suit Request
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Saturday, August 17, 2024
The new streaming business of live, linear TV sports-focused networks was plann ...
- Can Warner Bros. Discovery, Like Paramount, Find A Suitor?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, August 16, 2024
Bernstein Research says equity has continued to decline at the company, wi ...
- Olympics Viewing U.S. Households Up 11% Over Tokyo Games To 60M
Advanced TV Insider, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, August 15, 2024
At least 600,000 new U.S. homes watched some of the Olympics ea ...
- Short-Duration Olympics Events Have Long-Tail Viewing, Study Finds
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, August 15, 2024
The men's 100-meter final -- where the winning time was 9.79 secon ...
- Nielsen Adding 'Big Data' To Local Market Ratings In January
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, August 15, 2024
Nielsen's local TV ratings will add "big data" from set-top boxes a ...
- Brand Avoidance: TV Networks' Controversial Content More Of A Concern
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, August 15, 2024
"We urge people to make decisions on business data and facts," ...
- Summer Premium Streamers' Ad, Promotion Spend Down 25%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, August 14, 2024
TV marketing spend/media value was down by 25% from May 1-August ...
- Exiting Late-Night Talk Shows? Young TV Brands Have Options
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, August 14, 2024
"I don't know if there will be any late-night television shows ...
- Q2 U.S. Streaming Consumer Spending Soars 27%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, August 13, 2024
U.S. streaming video consumer subscription spending was $11 billion in Q2 ...
- Satellite TV: Old-School Brands Melding Into Digital?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, August 13, 2024
DirecTV has been making a renewed marketing effort for existing and n ...
- CTV Demand Pushes Trade Desk Q2 Up 26%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, August 12, 2024
With Q2 revenues at $585 million vs. analysts' estimates of $578 millio ...
- Men's Basketball Gold Scores 19.5M Viewers, Highest Since '96 Games
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, August 12, 2024
Saturday's game, which grew to 22.7 million from 5 to 5:15 P ...
- What Niche-Branded FAST Channels Might Remind Us Of
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, August 12, 2024
More niche FAST channels - including ones focused on sports and ne ...
- A Sony Deal For Paramount: If Not A 'Fit', What Goes Unfit?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, August 9, 2024
Sony and other legacy media companies are not interested in taking ...
- Smart TV Home Screens Gain Attention, Influence On Program Discovery
Advanced TV Insider, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, August 7, 2024
Thirty-eight percent of respondents say their opening smart TV home screens ...
- Sinclair Sees 11% Q2 Ad Gain, Core Ads 'Shocker' To Come
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, August 8, 2024
Sinclair is expected to see a 27% hike in ad revenues f ...
- Paramount Takes $6B Charge From Lower Cable TV Networks' Value
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, August 9, 2024
Paramount had an 11% decline in TV ad revenue, while affiliate a ...
- What's Left For Linear TV Businesses? Perhaps Iconic TV Brand Names
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, August 8, 2024
HBO is a brand name that was removed from a newly creat ...
- Disney Parks, Experiences Income Down 3% In Q2, Revenue Creeps Up 2%
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, August 7, 2024
Disney says revenue growth was impacted by lower consumer demand that exceed ...
- Core, Non-Political Local Media Ad Spend Estimated To Rise 5.5% In 2025
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, August 7, 2024
Core local ad spend is forecast to rise 5.5% to $171 billi ...