- Cable Operators To Offer Family-Friendly Network Plan
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, December 13, 2005
Ceding to TV pressure groups, the National Cable & Telecommunications Association sa ...
- Growing Pains For Branded Entertainment Marketers, Agencies
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, December 13, 2005
Branded entertainment agencies are seemingly experiencing growing pains--as more and more markete ...
- DreamWorks/Paramount Deal: As Much About Nickelodeon and Shrek As About Live-Action Films
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, December 13, 2005
Viacom's acquisition of DreamsWorks SKG's live-action unit has its own film-distribution ...
- 'New' Viacom Flexes Hollywood Muscle, Nabs DreamWorks
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, December 12, 2005
The ink isn't even dry on its split-up from CBS, but t ...
- Network Sources Weigh In On Apollo's Single-Source
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, December 12, 2005
Despite discounting its price to users, Nielsen/Arbitron's new Project Apollo research servi ...
- Has Internet-Created Content Had An Effect On TV Programming?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, December 12, 2005
Has Internet-created content influenced traditional TV program production? Nope. Not in t ...
- Network Ratings Race Is Like Night And Day, Especially If You Look At Day
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, December 9, 2005
Heading into 2006, the network prime-time ratings race is still an op ...
- Syndication's "Judge Alex," "Tyra Banks" Continue To Make Gains
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, December 9, 2005
Syndication's surprise rookie show continues to be "Judge Alex"--overshadowing more highly tout ...
- Are Cable Operators Conceding To Family Programming Network Packages?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, December 9, 2005
Time Warner and Comcast Corp.--the No. 1 and 2 major cable operators--didn ...
- Turner Adds To DVR Ratings Mix, Will 'Blend' Numbers
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, December 8, 2005
Turner Broadcasting--as a supplement to Nielsen's new ratings that will account f ...
- NASCAR Drives 8-Year Deals With Fox, TNT, ABC, ESPN
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, December 8, 2005
The hot TV sports package, NASCAR, has inked over $500 million dolla ...
- Drop Those Pop Tarts! You're Under Arrest!
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, December 8, 2005
Kids need some food to survive--but probably not s'mores. Perhaps TV oug ...
- NBC Attuned To iTunes, Follows ABC's Apple Deal
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, December 7, 2005
NBC Universal has given Apple iTunes Music Store its second major netwo ...
- Mel Gibson Considers Holocaust Love Story For TV: Will There Be Commercial Breaks To Sell Shampoo?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, December 7, 2005
The controversially religious filmmaker and actor Mel Gibson and ABC want ...
- ESPN Bowl Series Goes After End-of-Year Ad Success
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, December 6, 2005
With big brand-name college football teams making it into post-season bowl game ...
- Does New NBC Deal Make ITunes De Facto On-Demand Champ?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, December 6, 2005
If there was any doubt on-demand TV programs are in vogue, o ...
- Live Viewing Beats Out Network Prime Time Among DVR Users: SNTA
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, December 5, 2005
When it comes to DVR users, advertisers shouldn't worry about commercial-skipping technolo ...
- Cable's A La Carte Programming: Just Trimming Fat Or Protecting Kids At A Higher Price?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, December 5, 2005
A new push for cable a la carte packaging has cable networ ...
- Reality Check: Scripted Shows Still Trail In Product Placement
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, December 2, 2005
TV branded entertainment deals look like they are here to stay--but o ...
- NBC Seeks Return To Glory With Thursday Night Comedies
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, December 2, 2005
NBC has finally named its major scheduling move--and to no one's surpris ...
- The Real Way For Networks To Save Money: Have Fans Write Shows
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, December 2, 2005
Lazy TV writers and producers now have a great way to st ...
- Top-Rated "American Idol" Will Keep Its Tuesday, Wednesday Slots
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, December 1, 2005
Broadcasting networks competing with Fox all exhaled yesterday--Fox is keeping the number-one-rat ...
- Everyone But Advertisers Gets Bigger Cut In "American Idol"
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, December 1, 2005
Every network goes through it with its successful shows: actors want ...