- NBC's Zucker Talks Upfront Language To Investors.
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, June 15, 2007
NBC Universal's Jeff Zucker has great timing. As a sign of thi ...
- NBC, Group M Strike Out At Upfront With $1 Billion Deal
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, June 14, 2007
NBC Universal's massive Group M upfront deal may have amounted to ...
- 'Heroes' Returns, Nissan Is Branded Entertainment Partner
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, June 14, 2007
NBC's rookie hit show, "Heroes," is returning with Nissan North America ...
- TV Marketing At 360 Degrees: Not Hot Enough
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, June 14, 2007
Scientifically speaking, I'm not too sure which is better -- a 3 ...
- Net Leads, Will Content, Contextual Ads Follow?
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, June 13, 2007
SANTA MONICA, CALIF. -- For contextual advertising to work in new digit ...
- Expanded Reach: DVR, VOD Double TV Households
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, June 13, 2007
In four years, DVRs will be in almost 35% of U.S. televisi ...
- Rather And Moonves On CBS News: Tarts And Other Pastries
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, June 13, 2007
I take my tarts with some sour cream. Ex-CBS-News anchor Dan Rath ...
- Upfront: Nets Want Double-Digit Increases
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Suddenly the broadcast networks are being aggressive when it comes to t ...
- Ratings: 'Sopranos' Finale OK, Whacks Tony Numbers
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Preliminary numbers for the series finale had "The Sopranos" 15% higher th ...
- 'The Sopranos' Finale: Suddenly In Darkness
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, June 12, 2007
You find yourself in a TV show. Just rolling along. Tension buildin ...
- NBC's Graboff: Mo' Better Branding
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, June 11, 2007
Under its new senior entertainment executives, NBC wants to bring advertisers in ...
- NBA Finals Failed To Score For ABC, Fox Reality Shines
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, June 11, 2007
The NBA Finals between the San Antonio Spurs and Cleveland Cavaliers g ...
- In This Summer TV World, Everyone Is Irritated
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, June 11, 2007
It must be the heat and the lack of fresh network programmin ...
- Pucked: NHL's Stanley Cup Ratings Lowest In 12 Years
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, June 8, 2007
The NHL has a new challenge--trying to become one of the b ...
- Watching Too Much TV? You Can't Be Trusted.
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, June 8, 2007
Glued to the tube? You may be dishonest and play unfairly ...
- Upfront Uncertainty: Cable May Reject Commercial Ratings Plus Playback
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, June 7, 2007
The upfront business is starting to rumble as media agencies and networ ...
- Fremantle Goes Wide, Global Deal With @Radical Media
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, June 7, 2007
FremantleMedia Enterprises has struck an international distribution and global-licensing deal with commercial-producti ...
- New Nielsen Service To Measure Mobile Net and Video
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, June 7, 2007
Now mobile phone users are in the sights of the Nielsen Compan ...
- Will Owning A Cable Set-Top Box Mean Entertainment Freedom?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, June 7, 2007
Soon cable companies and satellite distributors will need to give their consume ...
- Fox Scores With Its Reality Slate
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, June 6, 2007
Fox continues to roll with reality this summer. Its third-year reality sho ...
- It's Not TV, It's HBO's New Management Team
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, June 6, 2007
Just a month after Chris Albrecht's ouster at HBO, Time Warner h ...
- Watching TV? Hand Me The Nuts; They Keep Programs Alive
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, June 6, 2007
It has to take more than nuts to get a network ...
- Time-Shifted Viewing: Syndie Shows Best For Advertisers
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, June 5, 2007
Nielsen's initial analysis of commercial ratings confirmed what syndication proponents have kno ...
- Feds Throw Out FCC Profanity Ruling As 'Capricious'
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, June 5, 2007
A federal court has ruled that "fleeting expletives" should not be judg ...
- Swear On-Air, If You Must -- But Do It Impromptu
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, June 5, 2007
From whom do you want to hear vulgarities? From honored World W ...
- Less Bloat: FTC Says Kids See Fewer TV Food Ads Than 30 Years Ago
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, June 4, 2007
The FTC issued a report Friday claiming that kids 2-11 were expos ...
- Fox's Reality Shows Beat The Rest
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, June 4, 2007
CBS' new reality show "Pirate Master" hasn't seen any wind at i ...
- Cable Versus Broadcast: Where's The Playing Field?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, June 4, 2007
Fresh, high-rated summer cable programming is at it again -- this ti ...
- Anti-Climactic: Nielsen Releases TV Commercial Ratings, No Surprises Found
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, June 1, 2007
Cable network research executives reacted to Nielsen's release of the first standardiz ...
- Fox Can 'Dance,' Other Nets Are Wallflowers
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, June 1, 2007
Fox continues to own the early-round summer spotlight. "So You Think Y ...