- Nets' New-Season Motto: Help The Weak
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, May 14, 2007
U.S. viewers have given broadcast networks an offer they can't refuse th ...
- Advertising Fuels Viacom's Quarter
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, May 11, 2007
Massive restructuring at MTV Networks took its toll on Viacom first-quarter earning ...
- Joost Speculating? CBS, Viacom Buy In
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, May 11, 2007
CBS and Viacom are making sure they are part of any promisi ...
- Fox's 'Idol' Spinoff Will Search For Great American Band
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, May 11, 2007
During Wednesday's "Idol" show, a Fox network promo asked all those ro ...
- If European-type Drug Probes Strike U.S. Sports, Marketers Will Sit On Bench
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, May 11, 2007
In Europe, sports marketers have a way to get TV exposure f ...
- MyNetwork Drags On News Corp. TV Results
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, May 10, 2007
In the midst of its battle for Dow Jones & Co., Ne ...
- Magna: Upscale Viewers Prefer ABC, NBC Shows
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, May 10, 2007
ABC and NBC are still the big guns for advertisers when ...
- Albrecht Leaves HBO, But Entertainment Life Still Goes On
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, May 10, 2007
As TV journalists we hear all the time how network executives a ...
- ABC, ESPN Strike Cox Deal To Kill Fast-Forward Option On VOD
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, May 9, 2007
In an agreement bound to have a ripple effect on the D ...
- Disney's Iger: 'We're Gearing Up For A Work Stoppage'
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, May 9, 2007
Walt Disney Co. posted a healthy 27% improvement in net income ...
- Potential New Home For 'Law & Order': Another Cable Milestone?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, May 9, 2007
We here at TV Watch can't decide how to describe the possib ...
- NBC U Pledges To Limit Pre-Roll Ads To :15 Or Less
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, May 8, 2007
Major media companies are not prone to big pronouncements about online advertisin ...
- 'Lost' Stays Found Till 2010
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, May 8, 2007
ABC has taken the unusual step of telling consumers and advertisers th ...
- Comcast Looking To Stick TV Viewers Into Spider-Man Net
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, May 8, 2007
If the most powerful cable operator in the land -- Comcast Cor ...
- Syndie Ratings Drop Somewhat, Sitcoms Take Hit
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, May 7, 2007
Just weeks before the upfront market is set to start, syndication's t ...
- DVR Study: Ad-Avoidance Must Factor Into TV Marketplace
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, May 7, 2007
A new research paper on DVR usage suggests how advertisers can mitiga ...
- Future Boon: ABC 's 2-Hour 'Grey's' Bodes Well For Spin-Off
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, May 7, 2007
ABC got some good news for this season--and some for next. L ...
- Mobile TV: Advertisers Mostly Idling
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, May 7, 2007
Mobile TV entertainment may be the moving wave of the future, b ...
- Stoli, Carat Join Logo For Ad-Free TV Series
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, May 4, 2007
MTV Network's advertising-supported basic cable network, Logo is taking a calculated risk--it ...
- CBS Records Tepid Quarter, Moonves Touts DVR Future
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, May 4, 2007
Shrugging off a lackluster earnings report, CBS President/CEO Leslie Moonves told Wa ...
- If He Buys It: Murdoch Would Rebrand Fox Business Channel
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, May 4, 2007
As big a brand as Fox is, even Rupert Murdoch knows t ...
- Public No More: Dolans Take Cablevision Private
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, May 3, 2007
In an effort to keep out of the public eye of stock-mark ...
- Hits, Misses: 'Mars' Dips, 'Idol' Soars
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, May 3, 2007
One of media critics' favorite shows, the CW's "Veronica Mars," didn't ma ...
- Imus Should Run A TiVo-Proof Campaign; TiVo Should Run Away From Viewers' Habits It Created
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, May 3, 2007
To listen to Don Imus and his attorneys, he broke no rul ...
- Murdoch Wants Dow Jones, Deal Would Beef Up Fox Business Channel
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, May 2, 2007
Throwing media and newspaper stocks into a minor frenzy, News Corp. ma ...
- Murdoch's Pursuit Of Dow Jones Underscores Its Web 2.0 Appeal
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, May 2, 2007
The myth is that Rupert Murdoch's News Corp's proposal to buy D ...
- Digital Out-Of-Home To Top $1.7 Billion In '07
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Forget the "inside" media--TV and the Internet. New forms of out-of-home advertisi ...
- ABC Gets 'Desperate,' Wins Sunday
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, May 1, 2007
There is good news for top broadcast network shows this season--and ...
- Wherever She Lands, Will Rosie Still Draw Advertisers?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, May 1, 2007
For the media trade press, the business of Rosie O'Donnell has giv ...
- Hearst-Argyle TV Revs Dip In 1Q
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, April 30, 2007
Hearst-Argyle Television witnessed 4% lower ad sales in the first quarter, deliveri ...