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• Samsung TV Plus Tops 100M Monthly Active Users in Television News Daily on 01/21/2026
  

  Samsung TV Plus now has over 4,300 ad-supported streaming channels - all for free - available across 30 countries. In the U.S., it has more than 700 FAST channels. The platform also offers video-on-demand.

• Netflix Q4: Revenue Gains, All-Cash WBD Bid in Television News Daily on 01/20/2026
  

  Revenue was up 18% to $12.1 billion with net income up 30% to $2.4 billion. Netflix stock was down 5% in after-market stock market trading Tuesday.

• NewsNation Goes All In With 'News For All Americans' in TV Watch on 01/21/2026
  

  The promo starts with Chris Cuomo offering some initial words about NewsNation's effort - highlighting the position the network has been pushing since its launch in 2020: a network for everyone.

• NFL Drives Another Monthly Streaming Record in Television News Daily on 01/20/2026
  

  For all streaming including Netflix NFL games, Christmas Day earned 55.1 billion viewing minutes - the best single-day record ever and up 8% from the previous record.

• Trump Plays Gridiron Control For Army-Navy Game, Maybe Himself in TV Watch on 01/20/2026
  

  Three major games aired on broadcast networks Dec. 13 - the Army-Navy game, "Cricket Celebration Bowl" and "Bucked Up LA Bowl." Nine other college football games were played that day.

• Trump Plans To Sign Executive Order For 'Exclusive' Airing Of Army-Navy Game in Television News Daily on 01/18/2026
  

  This past season, Navy won the Army-Navy game, which aired on CBS December 13 with 7.84 million viewers - down 17% vs. the record-setting 2024 game (9.4 million).

• More Netflix Dominance: Streamer's Massive Global Film Deal With Sony in TV Watch on 01/19/2026
  

  Upcoming Sony theatrical releases include "Spider-Man: Brand New Day," sequels to "The Social Network" and "Jumanji," "Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse," and the Sam Mendes quartet of "Beatles" films on the calendar for 2026 and beyond.

• EDO Found Liable For iSpot Breach, $18.3M Awarded in Television News Daily on 01/16/2026
  

  According to the iSpot complaint, EDO spent three-and-a-half years improperly obtaining data from iSpot and then sold it to marketing clients as it built its own TV/streaming measurement business. EDO was a client of iSpot from 2014-18, A jury in the U.S. Court for the Central District of California in Los Angeles found EDO guilty and determined it must pay iSpot $18.3 million in damages.

• Analysts Mull An FCC Move Ending 39% Station Cap in TV Watch on 01/16/2026
  

  Analysts say it is highly likely the current TV station ownership cap - which prevents one company from owning stations, accounting for more than 39% of U.S. TV households - is likely to be struck down.

• Disney Names Ayaz To Lead Company-Wide Enterprise Marketing Organization in Television News Daily on 01/15/2026
  

  Asad Ayaz has been named chief marketing/brand officer to lead the new "enterprise marketing and brand organization" - an effort to link marketing teams across all businesses including film, linear TV, streaming, ESPN, and theme parks.

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• Big Streamers See Big July Viewing Gains by Wayne Friedman (Television News Daily on 08/19/2025)
  

  Nielsen has had the "other" category for sometime. It includes all other TV usage that does not fall into the broadcast, cable or streaming categories -- primarily all other tuning (unmeasured sources), unmeasured video on demand (VOD), audio streaming, gaming and other device (DVD playback) use.And then there is “Other streaming”. It includes any video streaming on television that is not individually broken out. Apps designed to deliver live broadcast and cable (linear) programming (VMVPD or MVPD applications like Sling TV or Charter/Spectrum) are excluded from “other streaming.”

• VideoAmp Guaranteed Currency For $1B In Buys YTD by Wayne Friedman (Television News Daily on 09/17/2024)
  

  Thanks Ed... Much appreciate the added "alternative" currency-based media buys information. Wondering then, what's your guess regarding which other media measurement companies -- dollar-wise -- contributed to that $2 bilion to $3 billion total for alternative currency based media deals?

• Netflix Can Hit Advertising 'Sweet Spot' Of $25 To $45 CPM: SMI by Wayne Friedman (Television News Daily on 08/16/2022)
  

  A couple of answers to your questions (from SMI):-- Are these CPMs for all viewers aged 2+?     SMI: Yes-- Are they all for 30-second units or all message lengths averaged out?    SMI: Digital CPM reflects a blended average CPM. It is a combination of various ad / placement attributes, thus it reflects a rolled-up view across the referenced dimensions.

• My Wickets Are Better Than Yours: Rights For India's Pro Cricket League Weigh On Disney+ by Wayne Friedman (TV Watch on 06/13/2022)
  

  Hopefully all scream it, including -- Allan Border, Viv Richards, and of course, Ian Botham!

• Facebook Mulls Big TV Money With Facebook Stories by Wayne Friedman (TV Watch on 09/07/2018)
  

  Yes.

• Shorter TV Spots Rising On Linear TV by Wayne Friedman (Television News Daily on 07/13/2018)
  

  John, this is what I got so far:https://thearf.org/category/articles/6-second-ads-who-how-when-to-use/https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/320678/less-really-is-more-arf-finds-six-second-ads-get.html

• Number Of TV Sets Decline, Not Screens by Wayne Friedman (TV Watch on 08/02/2017)
  

  Nielsen says the average number of hours per week U.S. households spent watching linear live television and DVR programming on TV sets -- assuming multiple set usage -- declined to 56.88 last year from 60.07 in 2013. 

• O'Reilly's Fox Departure May Not Impact Financial Bottom Line by Wayne Friedman (TV Watch on 04/20/2017)
  

  A SNL Kagan study released in December 2016 projected affiliate revenues for just the Fox News Channel to total $1,546.3 billion — an average of $1.41 per subscriber per month.

• Welcome To The Cross-Platform Upfront -- It's Not Your Father's Kids Marketplace by Wayne Friedman (MediaPost Weekend on 03/11/2017)
  

  Disney Channel operates commercial-free though it sells advertising sponsorships. Disney XD is a regular advertising-supported network, with commercials. Analysts say overall kids 2-11 gross rating points have declined on ad-supported networks.

• Fox Television Network, Fox News Highest In Commercial Clutter by Wayne Friedman (Television News Daily on 05/20/2016)
  

  iSpot.tv says this is just for primetime. Commercial data here for all networks -- broadcast and cable -- include all national and local commercial advertising.

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