- Fox Corp. Withdraws Merger Plans With News Corp.
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, January 24, 2023
Against the backdrop of a potential recession and a billion-dollar defamation cas ...
- TV Networks, Advertisers Face Uncertain New Currency Path: What About The Upfront?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, January 25, 2023
A broad view of recent industry initiatives to create standards for audien ...
- TV Networks Boost Program Promo Spend In January, But Impressions Fall
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, January 23, 2023
TV networks' advertising/promo for their own shows, streaming efforts and other servic ...
- Netflix Strong Q4 Subscriber Growth Drives Its Stock - And Competitors' - Higher
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, January 23, 2023
Analysts believe Netflix competitors will see strong subscriber results in future earnin ...
- Netflix 'Basic With Ads': Decent But Slow Start - Could It Top Hulu Long Term?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, January 24, 2023
Netflix has big goals for its ad business. Execs believe that ...
- Trust - And Mistrust - In Advertising, Social Media, News And High Usage: Good News?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, January 23, 2023
A late 2022 Gallup poll says Americans' trust in mass media ...
- CW Strikes First Broadcast Network Deal For LIV Golf, Turns Focus To Live Sports
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, January 19, 2023
The CW has made an exclusive deal with upstart golf tour L ...
- Networks To Media Shops: Join Our 'JIC'
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, January 19, 2023
"Expanding on conversations with the ANA, the JIC has elicited participation fr ...
- Netflix Shocks With Massive Q4 Gain, Hastings To Step Down
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, January 19, 2023
Netflix massively over-delivered for new subscribers in Q4, stunning industry observers ...
- TV Viewers Want Ads To Be 'Entertaining' - And Deliver 'Value', Study Finds
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, January 20, 2023
TV viewers are more concerned about seeing "entertaining" ads -- and on ...
- Getting Hard-To-Find Laughs: TV Stations Desperate For Fresh, Syndicated Comedy TV
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, January 20, 2023
Craig Ferguson believes "television is ready for the return of the sill ...
- U.S. TV Homes Show Steady Use Of Both Smart TV Operating Systems, Streaming Players
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, January 18, 2023
New data from Hub Research Entertainment says 44% of U.S. TV hom ...
- Despite Cost-Cutting, AMC Networks To Have Live, In-Person Upfront
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, January 19, 2023
AMC Networks will offer a live, in-person upfront presentation on April 1 ...
- TV News Needs Laughs In Trying Times -- And Competitive Growth?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, January 19, 2023
In a multi-dimensional digital TV world, traditional 24/7 traditional cable TV ne ...
- Netflix Expands Nielsen Deal, Includes National TV Content Data
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, January 18, 2023
Netflix will now subscribe to Nielsen's national TV content measurement and streami ...
- Seth Rogen's Favorite TV Network Might Not Be The One Where He Gives Out Awards
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, January 18, 2023
During the Critics Choice awards show on the CW, Seth Rogen sa ...
- Nexstar Drops Free Streaming Of Live, Local TV Stations' Newscasts
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, January 17, 2023
Nexstar Media Group will no longer allow its local TV stations' newscas ...
- Disney Pushes Back Against Activist Investor Mulling Hulu, Streaming Changes
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, January 17, 2023
In its new battle with the longtime activist investor, Walt Disney sa ...
- Tesla Cuts Prices, Twitter Ads Down 46% - Who Needs Some TV Marketing Now?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, January 16, 2023
It's time both Twitter and Tesla get some wide-reaching TV messaging ...
- 'Avatar' Takes In Another $38.5M In Domestic Box Office, $34M In TV Ad Spend
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Sunday, January 15, 2023
Globally, the movie is now at $1.89 billion, placing it in seven ...
- Streamer/Cable Network Epix Rebrands, Changes Name To MGM+
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, January 16, 2023
The new moniker took effect Jan. 15, to coincide with the relea ...
- Activist Investor Poses Challenges For Disney, Returning CEO Bob Iger
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, January 16, 2023
Activist investor Nelson Peltz wants to see major changes in Disney, wi ...
- More Streaming Homes Don't Always Mean More Cord-Cutting, Survey Finds
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, January 11, 2023
Streaming services as a share of U.S. homes are now at 8 ...
- Netflix Dominates In New Content, With 1,160 New TV Episodes In Q4
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, January 12, 2023
Netflix's total of 1,160 episodes for Q4 2022 was four times great ...
- WideOrbit Starts Demand-Side Platform, ZingX
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, January 12, 2023
WideOrbit says ZingX will be available in 184 out of 210 market ...
- Netflix's Upfront Week Presentation Looks To Boost Ad Business, Takes CBS's Place
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, January 13, 2023
In a further move to compete with linear TV, Netflix will ...
- Samba TV Sells Media-Sales Business To MiQ, Strikes Measurement Deal
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, January 13, 2023
Looking to eliminate any future media-business conflicts in the measurement space, Sam ...
- CTV Platforms Continue To Grow: Guess Who Some Of The Biggest Advertisers Are?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, January 13, 2023
It is a tricky tightrope dance that media companies continue to wal ...
- Nielsen Begins Global Layoffs
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, January 11, 2023
A Nielsen spokesperson said "the total headcount after this reorganization will ...
- Small/Mid-Size Networks Face Headwinds - Are 'Reflection' And 'Correction' The Answer?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, January 12, 2023
Should small and mid-sized TV networks and platform operators merge -- ...