- CBS Places $100 Million Media Account In Review, Carat Will Pitch
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, January 13, 2006
Continuing its massive corporate remodeling, the new CBS Corporation has now p ...
- Comcast Strikes Long-Term Nielsen Deal, Biggest Ever By An MSO
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, January 13, 2006
Comcast Spotlight, Comcast's local advertising sales division, has struck the largest a ...
- Get Dating Advice From TV Talent: From Geraldo To Bill O'Reilly
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, January 13, 2006
hose who are dating-challenged will seemingly go to the ends of t ...
- Ratings Upstart Starts Roll-Up, Eyes Nielsen Assets, Plan For Industry Ownership
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman, Joe Mandese - Thursday, January 12, 2006
Florida real estate tycoon Frank Maggio Wednesday launched a new company, Magg ...
- ErinMedia Sues Nielsen -- Again -- Claims Its Ads Can't 'Count'
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, January 12, 2006
TV ratings upstart erinMedia Wednesday filed its second lawsuit against Nielsen Med ...
- Comcast's Golf Channel Gets PGA Tour Events
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, January 12, 2006
In less than six months, Comcast Corp.-owned sports networks have bought ...
- The New Viacom: Divorce Is Good, Suicide Is Not
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, January 12, 2006
Sumner Redstone, the executive chairman of the new Viacom and CBS Cor ...
- Starlink Continues Roll, Picks Up Media For Comcast Nets
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, January 11, 2006
OLN and The Golf Channel, two of Comcast Corp.'s cable networks, wi ...
- On Demand: Consumers Prefer Ads To VOD Fees
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, January 11, 2006
Think all consumers are dying to spend $1.99 a download for the ...
- Nielsen Gives ABC's 'Emily' A Few Resasons Why Not
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, January 11, 2006
ABC has had a pretty decent mid-season start--until Monday night. The network ...
- NBC Hopes "Daniel" Will Follow In "NYPD Blue" Footsteps
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, January 11, 2006
NBC's "The Book of Daniel" is in a tough spot, and certain ...
- NFL Playoffs Mark A First Down -- Mostly Down
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, January 10, 2006
The first round of the NFL playoffs showed little drama--and that translat ...
- 'Daniel' Fails To Convert Viewers, NBC Places Third Amid Controversy
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, January 10, 2006
NBC's controversial "The Book of Daniel" pulled in a less-than spiritual performan ...
- New Entertainment Options: Locusts Here To Eat Crops
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, January 10, 2006
Now entertainment delivery options come at us like locusts in season. Perha ...
- NFL Goes Soft On Erectile Drug Deals
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, January 9, 2006
The NFL will lose one promising major advertising category--erectile dysfunction drugs--next yea ...
- CBS Takes Mid-Season Opener, ABC, NBC Show Promise
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, January 9, 2006
The first big night of the network mid-season shows went to C ...
- News Corp. Joining VOD/iTunes/Internet Race Will Give Distributor Partners Heartburn
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, January 9, 2006
One of the last hurdles in providing quicker entertainment to consumers wi ...
- Fox, DirecTV Unveil VOD Bypass Plan, Preempt Ad-Supported TV Window
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, January 6, 2006
News Corp. and DirecTV have upped the stakes in the burgeoning video-on-dema ...
- Product Placement 500 times An Episode: Too Much?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, January 6, 2006
How much is too much product placement? It isn't in the tot ...
- Holy Pow! NBC Stations Yield To Pressure, Close Book On 'Daniel'
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, January 5, 2006
TV pressure groups have gotten to some NBC affiliates forcing controversial n ...
- ABC Bowls 'Em Over, Garners Super Sales
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, January 5, 2006
With four and a half weeks to go, ABC's "Super Bowl X ...
- Booking On TV's History Of Pre-emption
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, January 5, 2006
Everyone is human, with nagging human problems--even drink-swilling, pill-popping pastors and cleric ...
- New CBS Has An Old Hankering: CNN's Business
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, January 4, 2006
CBS started its new corporate life on Tuesday with a glitzy n ...
- ESPN, ABC Sports Tune Into iTunes
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, January 4, 2006
Walt Disney Co., looking to one-up the competition for portable entertainment, wi ...
- CBS and Fox Should Play Advertising Game With NFL Programming
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, January 4, 2006
Find ways to use TV research to tout your program quality, ...
- Nielsen: On-Demand Deals Mean Money To Be Made Right Now
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, January 3, 2006
At the close of this year, on-demand programming deals have surely beco ...
- Putting Product Placement In Its Place
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, January 3, 2006
Major changes in the TV business landscape took place in the lat ...