- 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 -- ...
- TV Advertising To Sink 8.2% In 2023 Amid Economic Concerns
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, January 10, 2023
Amidst looming economic concerns, total TV advertising for 2023 is expected ...
- NFL Regular-Season Games Rise 2% To Average 16.6M Viewers, Amazon Dips With 'TNF'
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, January 11, 2023
The NFL continued to buck overall TV trends, posting another regular-season viewersh ...
- Should Networks Keep Or Sell Streaming TV Shows? An Old Story With New Tricks
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, January 11, 2023
Now, it seems there are overlap and "frenemy" issues when it com ...
- Local Media Buyers Who Buy Broadcast TV Want To Make The Most Media Cuts - On TV
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, January 9, 2023
Nearly 18% of local media buyers say they anticipate cutting back ...
- Young Media Consumers Still Taking Small Media Bites: Is Netflix Waiting For Them?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, January 10, 2023
Young media consumers' high usage of short-form video content on social med ...
- 'Avatar: The Way Of Water' Makes Waves At Box Office As 7th-Biggest Global Release Ever
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, January 9, 2023
"Avatar: The Way of Water" brought $45 million in box-office dollars ov ...
- McMahon Returns To WWE Board Of Directors, Talk Of A Sale Sends Stock Soaring
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, January 6, 2023
News of ousted WWE CEO Vince McMahon's return and the possibility ...
- Networks, OpenAP Form JIC To Certify New 'Currencies'
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, January 9, 2023
Major TV network-based media companies, working with OpenAP, are starting up ...
- Not Just Branding: Roku Now Making TV Sets - Is That A Good Thing?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, January 9, 2023
Moving deeper into technology, Roku is designing and building its own sma ...
- Total TV Ad Impressions Down 3.5% In 2022, National TV Ads Rise 6%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, January 5, 2023
Total TV ad impressions in 2022 from linear, streaming and local programmi ...
- U.S. Ad Market Still Weak In Q4, 'Small Green Shoots' In Q1: WBD's Wiedenfels
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, January 6, 2023
The weak national TV ad market in the latter half of ...
- Cashing In With Netflix's 'Basic With Ads': Who Is Out?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, January 6, 2023
TV and movie creators may look to cash in a bigger w ...
- National TV Ad Spend Trims Losses, Down 2% For November
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, January 4, 2023
Although the NFL and college football brought in a collective $1.1 billi ...
- Roku Global Accounts Rise 17% In 2022
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, January 5, 2023
Roku says its global active accounts have grown by 17% year-over-year ...
- TV Network Blackouts And Then Some: What About Dropping Channels Outright?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, January 5, 2023
What happens when a pay TV provider just doesn't want to car ...
- Paramount Advertising Inks Identity Graph Deal - Unified ID 2.0 - For CTV
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, January 4, 2023
Paramount Advertising will be using the open-source Unified ID 2.0 to transa ...