- NBC's Less-Obvious Concerns: Medical Premiums And Typefaces
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, October 12, 2009
With critical darling "Southland" out the door, and Jay Leno firmly i ...
- UBS: Ad Spending Will Boost Media Stocks
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, October 8, 2009
Media stocks could be headed north in the next couple of mont ...
- Kagan: By 2019, Telecoms Get More Viewers, Cable Less
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, October 8, 2009
Digital, online, and other alternative video distribution will slowly eat into mark ...
- Wednesday Is Network Dead Zone
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, October 8, 2009
There was a sudden ratings shock to the system on Wednesday f ...
- Late-Night Viewers Look For Late-Night Subject Matter; Letterman Delivers
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, October 9, 2009
Adult topical material is the stuff of late-night television. In that regar ...
- Viewers Dislike Video Ads, Prefer Short Pre-Rolls
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Internet video users distrust and dislike online commercials -- even if th ...
- Armstrong Rides Into Michelob Endorsement
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Seven-time Tour de France cycling champion Lance Armstrong has signed up ...
- TV Shows Settling In, Lower Numbers May Result
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, October 7, 2009
It's that time of year -- not the fall TV season, b ...
- New TV Upfront Markets: Early Or Late, But Always Moving
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, October 8, 2009
News flash: The upfront just ended. (Wait, it's mid-October!) Actually just t ...
- Survey: 2% Of TV Viewers Go Outside The Box
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, October 6, 2009
A new TV survey says 2% -- or two hours per mon ...
- ESPN Scores With 'MNF'
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Fox continued its winning streak on Monday night -- but ESPN's "Mond ...
- Like it Or Not: TV/film business Is More Than Ratings
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Say what you want about results, but if a company or ...
- 4Q Scatter Offers Solid Market For Buyers
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, October 5, 2009
The fourth-quarter TV scatter advertising market has some good news for buyer ...
- Party Time: Tivo Measures Viewing, Via Dems, GOP
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, October 5, 2009
Want to grab a Republican and not in the usual TV place ...
- TV's Ad Sound Check: Not Hearing You Through All The Noise
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, October 6, 2009
For some time now, savvy TV marketers/programmers have been jolting viewers ...
- Analysts: What A Comcast/NBC Deal Could Mean
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman, David Goetzl - Friday, October 2, 2009
Bucking current media industry trends, big cable operator Comcast wants to beco ...
- 2010 Job Survey: 55% Of Execs Won't Hire, 34% See Increases
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, October 2, 2009
Over half of advertising and marketing executives polled said they had ...
- Comcast's Next Possible Olympic-Sized Hurdle With NBC
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, October 5, 2009
Two years from now, Comcast could get the benefit of the Summ ...
- GE May Merge NBCU With Comcast
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, October 1, 2009
General Electric is in talks to merge NBC Universal with Comcast's conte ...
- The State of M&A: Deals Down, Mobile Gains
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, October 1, 2009
There is an uptick in media mergers and acquisitions, but media dea ...
- Would Comcast Be Just Another General Electric For NBC?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, October 2, 2009
Comcast Corp. is one company where media-buying aggression always seemed to ma ...
- Will Comcast Buy NBCU?
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, October 1, 2009
A media frenzy and one major denial have arisen following the sto ...
- Hallmark Channel: Georger Heads New Ad Sales Lineup
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Hallmark Channel has realigned its advertising sales staff, tapping longtime executive Edwa ...
- Time Management: 'Leno' Delivers For NBC
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, September 30, 2009
NBC is getting what it wants from "The Jay Leno Show" a ...
- ABC Grabs Majority Of Upscale Viewers
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Upscale TV viewers are still prime customers for TV marketers -- an ...
- New Fall TV Season: More Chances To Use Your DVR
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, October 1, 2009
We are not in a new fall TV season; we are ...
- Gannett Publishes Good News: Income Growth Up
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Stronger year-over-year expected income growth for Gannett's publishing and TV ops se ...
- USA, Disney Big Summer Winners
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Of the bigger cable network players, improved summer results were achieved ...
- Network TV: OK To Laugh Now?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, September 30, 2009
The overall U.S. economy may have a slower build-back. But early sig ...
- Nielsen: Mobile Video Use Lags Behind
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, September 28, 2009
Mobile phones? Almost everyone uses one. Mobile video usage? Not so muc ...