- New Concept In TV Station Compensation: Pay For Performance
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, August 13, 2008
After decades of networks paying affiliates to run their programming, networks n ...
- Liberty Media 2Q: Interactive, Starz Gain Ground
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Liberty Media Corp. said it had positive, steady results in its seco ...
- Great Wall Of Profit: China's Ad Gains
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Media spending in the U.S. and most other markets may be ...
- Betting On The New York Jets' Brett Favre's TV Value -- In Green Bay
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, August 12, 2008
The Green Bay CBS affiliate, WFRV-TV, is taking a bunch of N ...
- NBC Grabs Early Ratings Beijing Victory
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, August 11, 2008
NBC claimed major success with its Beijing Olympics in its first t ...
- Fox's 'Dance' Card Filled With Ratings
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, August 11, 2008
The night before the expected onslaught of NBC's Beijing Olympics, Fox ro ...
- Last-Minute Discounted Commercials: Olympic-Sized TV Advertising Stories
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, August 11, 2008
How did both Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain buy seeming ...
- DirecTV Revs Climb 16% In 2Q
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, August 8, 2008
DirecTV added 129,000 subscribers in its second quarter, although second-quarter earnings fail ...
- Boy Power: Disney XD, 'Aaron Stone' Debuts
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, August 8, 2008
Walt Disney Co. hopes to do for young boys, with a revamp ...
- Versus Adds IndyCar Series To Lineup
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, August 8, 2008
Versus is adding one more mainstream sport to its ranks. The Comcast-own ...
- Fox's Marketing Campaign: So Much Like A Network
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, August 8, 2008
An edgy dance beat; lots of cool clips and snappy dialogue fr ...
- Crown Media: Ad Revs Up 15% In 2Q
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, August 7, 2008
Crown Media Holdings, owner of Hallmark Channel, trimmed its net losses ...
- Columbia Sportswear Strikes Discovery Deal
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, August 7, 2008
Columbia Sportswear Co., which improved its marketing visibility in the TV a ...
- Sneak Peek: NBC Runs 'Primetime Preview' This Fall
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, August 7, 2008
NBC will be doing another pre-fall season preview show for its ...
- College Presidents And Coaches Tapped Out Over Beer Advertising
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, August 7, 2008
You can almost hear beer marketing executives gulping -- or spraying o ...
- News Corp.'s 4Q: Overall Rise, But Lower TV Ad Revs
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Media giant News Corp. is not immune to weak TV advertising result ...
- McCain Makes $6 Mil Olympic Ad Buy
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Following Senator Barack Obama's recent media move to bolster his presidential campaig ...
- Plenty Of Unmarried Sexual TV Content; Ratings Still Limp
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, August 6, 2008
News flash: People who aren't married are having sex on broadcast televisi ...
- Federal Appeals Court Reverses Decision On Network-DVRs
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Network-DVRs could be back in vogue for cable operators, resulting in ...
- Hallmark, Kay Jewelers Strike Agreement For 'Dear Prudence'
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Existing Hallmark Channel advertiser Kay Jewelers struck a marketing partnership with t ...
- What Do Local TV's Weak 2008 Ad Revenues Mean For 2009?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, August 5, 2008
In the next several months, starting in a few days with t ...
- Fox Tops This Summer, NBC Will Make Olympic Run For Ratings
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, August 4, 2008
Through mid-season, Fox is still the strongest network-- but with the Olympi ...
- FCC Orders Comcast To Stop Blocking Internet Traffic
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, August 4, 2008
The FCC has formally decided that Comcast has violated the Internet guidelin ...
- Cable Operators Say No To The Little TV Station Guy
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, August 4, 2008
Who needs small TV stations? Not cable companies, apparently. Cable carriage co ...
- CBS: Syndie Up, Outdoor Thrives, But Ad Revs Drop
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, August 1, 2008
CBS Corp.'s financial results inched up in the second quarter--helped in lar ...
- Cablevision: 2Q Revs Rise 13%, Thwarts Competition
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, August 1, 2008
Media stocks have been hammered for months, but for the second d ...
- Growth In Branded Entertainment Too Much For Some Producers
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, August 1, 2008
What's the main threat to TV producers these days? Apparently, it isn ...