- Magna TV Ratings Czar Debunks Nielsen's Commercial Ratings Plan, Calls It Flawed
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, July 13, 2006
While many on Madison Avenue are hailing Nielsen's plan to provide ...
- TV Summer Whines On
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, July 13, 2006
This summer, for TV executives and talent, it's all about being h ...
- Fox Cuts Baseball Fees, Turner Gets New Package
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Fox checked its swing with Major League Baseball - as well ...
- HBO Seeks New Critically Acclaimed, High-Rated Show
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Home Box Office always had history on its side--and sometimes, innovation. Ju ...
- Torrent De France: Tournament's Ratings Peddles From TV To Web
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, July 11, 2006
Tour de France TV ratings may be down more than 40 perce ...
- ABC Starts 2007 Upfront Negotiations This Summer
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, July 11, 2006
It's July, and ABC has started up the upfront--for 2007. ...
- ABC Breaks Ranks On TV Profanity, Supports FCC's Second Look
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, July 10, 2006
After a long-standing solidarity among the major broadcast networks on the subje ...
- Tour De France And World Cup: Two Different Ratings Stories
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, July 10, 2006
This summer two different European-centic sports are offering two different TV resul ...
- HBO Grabs The Most Emmy Nominations; ABC The Most Among Broadcast
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, July 7, 2006
From a marketing spin point of view, ABC will have a l ...
- The Telenovela Of Univision And Televisa Continues
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, July 7, 2006
The Univision and Televisa tussle continues as Univision tried to reassure investo ...
- Emmy Nominations: A Rerun We've Seen Before
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, July 7, 2006
It's a tough road being special in TV these days, when everythi ...
- ABC Looks Beyond Upfront To DVR, Commercial Ratings Issues
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman, David Goetzl - Thursday, July 6, 2006
ABC has held discussions on the use of technology that would disab ...
- ABC Wraps Up Ad Sales, Broadcast Upfront Total Reaches $9 Billion
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman, David Goetzl - Thursday, July 6, 2006
ABC has concluded its prime-time upfront sales activity to the tune ...
- OLN Slowing On Tour de France Course
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, July 6, 2006
OLN has taken on some road rash for its "Tour de Franc ...
- The Season, The Summer, The Upfront, The Emmys: Fox Stays Hot
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, July 6, 2006
Say what you will about Fox's sweaty upfront presentation in May, i ...
- Anchor's Away: CBS Asks Viewers To 'Just Watch' Couric
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, July 5, 2006
CBS News' marketing for Katie Couric's fall debut revolves around a simp ...
- 'Kyle XY' Draws XL Ratings
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, July 5, 2006
Broadcast networks continue to experiment with putting on their sister cable network ...
- Verizon Versus Cable Companies: National Is Better Than Local
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, July 5, 2006
It's tough to side with big media companies that whine about regulatio ...
- NBC Drops Ball For Arena Football
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, July 3, 2006
With the bigger "Sunday Night Football" NFL package starting up in t ...
- For Syndication And Cable, The Holiday Is Here, But So Is The Barbecuing
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, July 3, 2006
Make it a longer than usual holiday weekend for syndication and cab ...
- CBS Strikes Digital Media Deal With Affiliates
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, June 30, 2006
CBS has struck a new a digital media deal with the C ...
- The WB Ends With A Proper Finish
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, June 30, 2006
The WB will give viewers a five-hour send-off Sept. 17, re-airing pilo ...
- Senate Committee Rejects McCain's A La Carte Cable Provision
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, June 29, 2006
Cable networks' advertising sales divisions may be breathing a sigh of reli ...
- CBS Gets Behind 'Big Brother' With Mobile Marketing, Internet Effort
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, June 29, 2006
CBS is offering a new and bigger marketing attack for this year ...
- CBS Harnesses Web, Mobile To Promote 'Big Brother'
Online Media Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, June 29, 2006
CBS is expanding its marketing efforts for this year's upcoming installment ...
- The View At 'The View': Fire Talent, Improvise Marketing, Wait For Ratings
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, June 29, 2006
It seems that ABC Research is the main reason that "The Vie ...
- ABC's Gibson Steps Up For 'World News Tonight,' Jones Reynolds Out Of 'View'
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, June 28, 2006
ABC News' "World News Tonight" new frontman, Charles Gibson, is starting ...
- CBS Completes Upfront Sales, Matches Last Year's Revenue
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, June 28, 2006
CBS closed in on completing its upfront dealings yesterday, grabbing nearly $2 ...
- Saga Of Univision Vs. Grupo Televisa Like Dramatic Spanish Telenovela
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, June 28, 2006
After months of bidding up its stock as high as $40 ...
- The New MSNBC: Working All Sides Of The Story
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, June 27, 2006
How can you get attention from your seemingly underperforming cable news editori ...