- 2008 Mostly Positive For Cable
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, December 31, 2008
The TV economy may be changing, but cable TV says it sti ...
- MLB Goes To Bat For TV Distributors
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, December 31, 2008
The launch success of the MLB Network on Jan. 1 with ...
- WADL Sues Petry Media
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, December 30, 2008
WADL, a TV Detroit station, paid an unusual upfront fee of $1 ...
- Hyundai Buys Two Spots For Super Bowl
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, December 29, 2008
NBC has moved two steps closer to its Super Bowl goal--as Hyund ...
- Holiday TV: NBC Wins With The NFL
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, December 29, 2008
NBC got another win on Sunday--in the midst of the usual lower-TV-viewi ...
- College Football Gains Viewers, TV And Online
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, December 29, 2008
College football proved a winner for ABC and ESPN this year, maki ...
- ABC's Ratings Gift--Christmas Day Lakers-Celtics Game
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, December 29, 2008
ABC got a nice gift on Christmas Day from a NBA ga ...
- Super Bowl Snafu: LA Agency Threatens To Sue NBC
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Cesario Migliozzi, the small Los Angeles-based ad agency with an unusual pl ...
- WB Sues CBS Over 'Two and a Half Men'
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Strong ratings for CBS' "Two and a Half Men" this season se ...
- NBC Won't Play Ball With Novel Super Bowl Ad Approach
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, December 23, 2008
NBC decided not to work with advertisers on new forms of Sup ...
- SAG Delays Strike Authorization Vote
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, December 23, 2008
The Screen Actors Guild has delayed a strike authorization vote previously schedul ...
- MTV Looks For Another Hit: What About An Uplifting Reality Show?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, December 24, 2008
MTV is looking for a kinder side of the TV world. Tho ...
- Want To Score A Super Bowl? Go Co-op
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, December 22, 2008
Super Bowl pricing usually gives buyers nosebleeds. But one West Coast ...
- Strong NFL Games Spell Victory For NBC
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, December 22, 2008
NBC continued its big December Sunday run against mostly network repeats, wi ...
- Resetting The TV Ad Market: Is This What A Troubled Economy Will Bring?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Reset prices for the upfront? That's supposedly what Procter & Gamble a ...
- Networks Brace For Tepid Scatter Market
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, December 22, 2008
The current TV advertising market remains weak, with TV program pricing sufferin ...
- Ghost Of Christmas Past, CBS Dominates Holiday Rerun Season
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, December 22, 2008
The networks were into their heavy holiday rerun mode--and that played in ...
- Tough Economic Times Yield Strange TV Advertising Decisions -- And Lawsuits
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, December 22, 2008
Growing TV stations and networks will do the unusual to lift advertisi ...
- BIA: Cross-Platform Spots Boost TV In '09
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, December 18, 2008
Overall TV revenues are poised to sink 8.5% in 2009 after ...
- Fox Saturday Morning: Cartoons Out, Infomercials In
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, December 18, 2008
Following the acrimonious divorce between Fox and 4Kids Entertainment, the network h ...
- Ipsos: Streaming Video Gaining Ground
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, December 18, 2008
Streaming video continues to be favored by U.S. users, and it's increasi ...
- CBS Does Well -- In A Marketplace That Isn't
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, December 19, 2008
In the face of an almost certain bad TV economy continuing we ...
- Interpublic Shutters Magna Global Entertainment
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Further de-emphasizing its Magna brand name, Interpublic Group has confirmed that i ...
- Oprah Network Taps Dolan As CMO
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Former Nike marketing executive Liz Dolan has been named chief marketing offic ...
- Big TV News: 'Idol' Goes On Hiatus -- But Not In This Country.
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, December 18, 2008
The TV economy must really be in a bad way. I he ...
- Nielsen: Top Time-Shifted TV Shows
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Cable delivers the most top TV programs when it comes to t ...
- Visible World, SaysMe.TV Let Consumers Personalize TV Ads
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Addressable TV advertising company Visible World and SaysMe.TV, a company that allo ...
- CBS Corp. Begins Selective Programming Job Cuts
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, December 15, 2008
CBS is the latest major media company to trim staff--but those cu ...
- Liberty Media To Spin Off DirecTV, Starz
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, December 15, 2008
Looking to increase the value of its programming assets, Liberty Media Corp ...
- NBC: High-Flying NFL Game Wins Sunday
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, December 15, 2008
With about half of Sunday programming in reruns or with special program ...