- 'Idol' Delivers, Nets Wait For Strike To End
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, February 8, 2008
"American Idol" is a monster. So networks that don't carry it a ...
- Cable Boosts Time Warner's 4Q
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, February 7, 2008
Cable TV climbed 19% to $1.6 billion during the period and 3 ...
- Primaries Dominated Cable, Fox Dominated Broadcast
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, February 7, 2008
The national presidential primary night played a huge role on the cab ...
- Truth In TV Advertising: Show Viewers Your Product Placements AND CPMs
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, February 7, 2008
Five members of the Federal Communications Commission have approved a plan ...
- New Multi-Cast Digital Networks: Boon Or Yawn?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, February 7, 2008
TV stations are finally getting the extra programming platform they always wante ...
- Disney Sees Cable, Broadcast Nets Rise In 4Q
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Walt Disney Co. President/CEO Bob Iger, during the company's first-quarter fiscal earnin ...
- Bravo/Oxygen Merge Research Groups
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, February 6, 2008
NBC Universal's Bravo Media and Oxygen Media are consolidating their TV resear ...
- TV Looks To Tune In Again; Oscars, Or Lack Thereof, Will Be First Test
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, February 6, 2008
With the writers' strike seemingly coming to an end, will networks n ...
- Super Bowl '08: Most-Watched Ever
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, February 5, 2008
The most dramatic Super Bowl in years yielded dramatically new viewing record ...
- Wilson Leads Tribune Broadcasting
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Looking for new leadership with Tribune Co.'s sometimes struggling TV stations, t ...
- Record-Breaking Super Bowl: Economical For Advertisers
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, February 5, 2008
What does a dramatic, high-rated Super Bowl mean for advertisers? Good new ...
- Networks Fight FCC On Indecency Decisions
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, February 4, 2008
Competing broadcast networks have joined forces -- at least when it com ...
- 'Lost' Finds Big Ratings In 4th Season Debut
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, February 4, 2008
A big on-air marketing campaign, coupled with pent-up demand for original script ...
- Political Drama: Good For Weaker TV Drama Schedules
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, February 4, 2008
Looking for lots of celebrities at a big event? Hope your marketi ...
- Super Bowl Time-Shifted. Who Knew?
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, February 1, 2008
Sports are TiVo-proof, right? Not exactly, and not for TV's biggest even ...
- Clinton Buys Hour-Long Hallmark Telecast
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, February 1, 2008
Looking to grab more mid-America, and possibly the older women demographic, presidenti ...
- Scripps: 4Q Revs Drop, But Healthy Cable Returns
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, February 1, 2008
E.W. Scripps' television unit took it on the chin in the four ...
- Ambush Super Bowl Marketing: Playing Chicken
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, February 1, 2008
Ambush marketing around the time of the Super Bowl is always ...
- NATPE: Fewer Media Buyers, But Productive Encounters
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, January 31, 2008
Las Vegas, NV -- Although a concerted effort was made to dr ...
- New Focus For Programmers: Commercials?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, January 31, 2008
With all emphasis on this season's changing TV network schedules due ...
- Zucker: TV Biz Must Change, New Upfront, New Series
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Las Vegas, NV -- NBC Universal's Jeff Zucker has made it cle ...
- Marie Osmond Gets 2009 Talk Show
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Las Vegas, NV -- In one of the few surprises at t ...
- To Second-Guessing Viewers, TV Is Hobby -- But It Still Needs Professional Fix
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, January 30, 2008
"Television remains America's hobby," said former MTV executive, now media investor, B ...
- Internet Muscle: NBC Buys LX.tv
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Looking to bulk up its Internet TV station content, NBC Universal h ...
- Zenith Launches Infomercial Unit
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Sensing growth for long-form advertiser TV commercials, ZenithOptimedia Direct will launch ...
- Agency Finds TV Retains Viewers, For Now
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Did the writers' strike change TV viewers' behavior? The majority of prime-ti ...
- Racy TV Shows And Kids: Not About When, But Who Watches With Them
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Children shouldn't be watching racy TV at 9 p.m. But somehow, ...
- FCC Proposes Fining ABC Stations $1.43 M For 'NYPD Blue' Episode
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, January 28, 2008
Profanity and pricey indecency fines are still top of mind at t ...
- New Thursday Must-See: 'Celebrity Apprentice'
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, January 28, 2008
It's a new world, given the strike. What was once NBC's Must-S ...
- Comcast Pulls AZN; Would More Set-Top-Viewing Data Have Saved It?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, January 28, 2008
It's a telling sign when even the most powerful cable operator ...