- Disney Going Back To Its Roots: Big Theme-Park Budgets, Storytelling
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, September 22, 2023
Disney's theme parks are the company's mothership. Iger said "that storytelling ...
- Wannabe NFL Leagues Looking To Merge: Reports
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, September 20, 2023
Two wannabe NFL football leagues -- the USFL and the XFL ...
- WBD Max Leads TV Promo Ad Spend, But Stuck in Streaming Share
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, September 21, 2023
Linear TV advertising, largely on WBD's linear TV networks, witnessed 30,240 airin ...
- Fewer Streaming Shows? Happy Streamers, Puzzled Consumers
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, September 21, 2023
How will consumers figure out that less might be more? That ...
- U.S. Music Revenues Up 9% To $8.4B, Streaming 10% Higher
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, September 20, 2023
Boosted by continuing growth of streaming services, U.S. recording music revenues gr ...
- WBD's Max Adds A Sports Tier - Simulcast With TNT, TBS, TruTV
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, September 19, 2023
Max will be adding a $9.99/month sports tier: Bleacher Report Sports Add-O ...
- ABC Returns To 'Monday Night Football' Origins: Airing All Games This Season
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, September 19, 2023
ABC is adding a full schedule of "Monday Night Football" games th ...
- Watch A Linear TV Episode 3 Minutes At A Time: Is This What Is Coming?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, September 20, 2023
Certain TikTok accounts are posting full episodes of TV shows and full-leng ...
- Back-To-School: Streaming Declines, Broadcast/Cable Gain
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, September 19, 2023
Streaming TV viewing declined by half a share point vs. July f ...
- All The Good Things: Barely Surviving Streaming Shows Need To Breathe
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, September 19, 2023
HBO's critically acclaimed "Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty" ...
- Nexstar TV Stations Back On DirecTV
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Sunday, September 17, 2023
In an effort to avoid missing more NFL and college football game ...
- Amazon Scores 16.6M For First 'Thursday Night Football' This Season, Up 8%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, September 18, 2023
The first 'TNF' game of the season was up 8% to 16 ...
- Is The 'A La Carte' Picking Of TV Networks, Streamers Now A Myth?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, September 18, 2023
Right now, the prevailing wisdom is that consumers want all the popul ...
- Another Ground-Breaking TV Deal For Disney?
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, September 15, 2023
"ABC would add to [Nexstar's] existing $2 billion-plus of annual ad reven ...
- iSpot Buys TV Measurement Firm 605, Expands U.S. Data Footprint
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, September 13, 2023
iSpot has acquired measurement and TV attribution company 605 in a de ...
- As Disney-Charter Stalemate Continues, What About ESPN+ Option?
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, September 8, 2023
"We have proposed creative ways to make Disney's direct-to-consumer services available ...
- Collateral Damage To TV Station Groups From Charter-Disney Issues?
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, September 7, 2023
The spillover effect of the Charter-Disney stalemate of a TV network distributi ...
- The Cost Of Streaming Attention: What Is The Value Of Free 'Channels'?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, September 8, 2023
Many consumers can sit up and take notice of the offering ...
- Disney Tackles 65 Major College Football Deals
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, September 6, 2023
Disney Advertising says ad sales for the college football season show "robus ...
- Barry Diller On Writers', Actors' Strike: Cut Netflix Out From Negotiations
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, September 7, 2023
Is the writers'/actors' strike really strengthening... Netflix? Media mogul Barry Diller thin ...
- Linear TV Affiliate Fee Concerns: Hurting Some Legacy Media More Than Others
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, September 5, 2023
Affiliate-fee revenues as a percentage of total company revenue is highest f ...
- Who Remains For Legacy TV Viewing? Quiet Quitters
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, September 6, 2023
Inscape says those who have sharply reduced cable and satellite viewing ti ...
- Tubi TV Grows 16% Since February, With 74M Monthly Active Users
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, September 6, 2023
Tubi had 64 million monthly active users in February and has amass ...
- Charter, Disney Battle Tests Dangerous TV Waters, Big Streaming Waves Ahead
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, September 6, 2023
Charter does not want long-term linear TV deals with network groups th ...
- Disney, Charter Push Pay TV Alternatives During Heated Carriage Contract Dispute
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, September 5, 2023
Amid tense negotiations and the blackout of networks/stations, Charter and Disney a ...
- Taylor Swift Concert Film Looks To Build On Female-Powered Entertainment
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, September 5, 2023
Concert movies have been a one- or two-night thing. But the Tayl ...
- Magnite's Local TV, Streaming Inventory Now Accessible Via Mediaocean
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, August 31, 2023
Local TV linear advertising buyers using Mediaocean will now get direct acce ...
- Summer National TV Ad Revenue Down 2.5%, Fox's MLB Top Program Earner
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, August 31, 2023
The highest individual revenue-producing show this summer is Fox's Major League Basebal ...
- Major TV Carriage Dispute: Disney Channels Blacked Out On Charter Spectrum
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, September 1, 2023
A major carriage contract dispute between Disney-ABC and Charter Spectrum, the second-bigge ...
- Charter's Ask Of Disney: Include Streaming Apps In Cable Bundles
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, September 1, 2023
Charter is suggesting a radical change with carriage deals for Disney ...
