- Oxygen May Be Smart Buy For NBCU
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, August 13, 2007
Is NBC Universal pursuing the Oxygen cable network? A deal may ...
- Big-Time Syndication Pioneer Gave Hopes To Little Guy With Big Idea
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, August 13, 2007
You think of Merv Griffin in the 1980s and 1990s and y ...
- Court Slaps DirecTV: Can't Make HD Claims Or Run 2 Spots
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, August 10, 2007
DirecTV can no longer run commercials that claim: "For an HD pictu ...
- DirecTV: 2Q Net Income Slips, Program Upgrades On Horizon
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, August 10, 2007
As DirecTV shifts to a new owner, the company witnessed a sl ...
- Make Some 'Mad Men' Happy: Put Commercials Inside TV Shows
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, August 10, 2007
So now we get it. When people talk of branded entertainment a ...
- TVB's New ePort Biz Makes Media Proposals One-Stop Shopping
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, August 9, 2007
The Television Bureau of Advertising (TVB) said 21 broadcast groups and t ...
- News Corp. Watches Cable Soar, TV, Film Revs Drop
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, August 9, 2007
News Corp., the new prospective owner of Dow Jones & Co., show ...
- Cablevision: Digital Video Subs Slows, Verizon Proves Aggressive Rival
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, August 9, 2007
Cablevision's financial future is getting cloudy. The big factors--a private buyout b ...
- Fox Interactive Posts First Full Year Of Profitability
Online Media Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, August 9, 2007
News Corp., in its quarterly earnings call, reported that Fox Interactive Medi ...
- Good Solid Cable Ratings: Nothing Greedy About That
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, August 9, 2007
Good cable programming gets through to the right viewers usually the fir ...
- GalleryPlayer Turns Plasma TV Into Ad Opportunity
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, August 8, 2007
Think of those big blank digital plasma TV screens on living ro ...
- 'Bee' Flies Solo And Dips, NBC Gains Ground On Mondays
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, August 8, 2007
NBC's "The Singing Bee" finally flew solo this Monday--after weeks of havi ...
- Picking TV Hits As Easy As Predicting Bonds' Record Run
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, August 8, 2007
Barry Bonds hit baseball's record 756th home run, and the first commerci ...
- Micro-Targets: MTV Gets New Consumer Data From TNS
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, August 7, 2007
MTV has a new deal with TNS Media Research to get valuab ...
- Darnell Stays At Fox, But Upped To Prez, Alternative Entertainment
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, August 7, 2007
After months of speculation, Fox has renewed the contract of one ...
- The Right Expert For TV News: Sometimes A Cabbie Will Do
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, August 7, 2007
It's what reporters and editors have always feared: that anyone could off ...
- Fox Reality Owns Thursdays, Net Shuffles Fall Lineup
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, August 6, 2007
Fox has 11 straight wins on Thursday night, led by its "Danc ...
- Oxygen Blows Media Auction Kisses To Intel: All Hot Air?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, August 6, 2007
Oxygen took three weeks to do an eBay auction deal with Int ...
- Nickelodeon Fuels Strong Viacom Results
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, August 3, 2007
Viacom reported second-quarter net earnings similar to the same time period ...
- WWE Body Slammed, Wrestles With 52% Decline
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, August 3, 2007
On the heels of the death of one its star performers ...
- Too Much Celebrity News On TV -- Or Not Enough?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, August 3, 2007
Are there too many celebrity scandals on TV --- or too ma ...
- Nielsen, Claritas Combine Key Research Tools
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, August 2, 2007
Two Nielsen Company divisions--Nielsen Media Research and Claritas--will bring two of the ...
- Disney Sees 5% Gain For Fiscal 3Q
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, August 2, 2007
Walt Disney Co. financial results over-delivered on its net earning estimates--up ...
- Versus Lifts Tour de France Viewership Above 2006
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, August 2, 2007
Despite being plagued by doping expulsions of cyclists, Versus, the cable netwo ...
- Disney Buys Club Penguin For Up to $700 Million
Online Media Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, August 2, 2007
In addition to its financial results, Disney on Wednesday announced the acquisiti ...
- The War For TV News: Fan Bloggers Vs. TV Critics
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, August 2, 2007
TV networks now have a full-fledged consumer Internet marketing convention to g ...
- CBS Posts Tough Comps, Ad Sales Fall 11%
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, August 1, 2007
CBS reported a 9% improvement in net earnings from continuing operations ...
- Big Business Wins At News Corp. -- Not Big-Business Journalism
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, August 1, 2007
Start your Murdoch clock: The Wall Street Journal is now in Ne ...
- Broadcast Networks Want a Piece of the Action
Media Magazine, Wayne Friedman - Friday, August 31, 2007
Broadcast networks don't just rely on outside companies for online content. They' ...