- NFL Wants Crazy-Big Increases In Sports Fees
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, February 24, 2021
If $5.6 billion in rights fees could -- in theory -- double to $10 billion, can TV networks still make money? ...
- HBO Max Finally Bows On Comcast's Xfinity X1, Flex
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Wednesday, December 16, 2020
Comcast was a distribution partner for Max's launch, but creating "frictionless" access to the new SVOD for the platform's customers took some time. ...
- AMC Networks' Revenues Sink 9%, Distribution, Advertising See Double-Digit Declines
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, November 2, 2020
Although AMC Networks' revenue declines were less than expected, analysts remained concerned about the long term. AMC's U.S. networks were down 17% to $462 million, due to ad and distributi ...
- 'The Washington Post,' 'Financial Times' Create Joint Digital Subscription
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Tuesday, September 15, 2020
From now through October 8, readers who purchase a 'Washington Post' subscription will get three months of the 'Financial Times' included. ...
- Does Peacock Need Roku And Amazon Fire? The Rub Is Ad Inventory, Data Sharing
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, July 13, 2020
TV advertising -- even given the pandemic -- is still a platform where pay TV providers can make big and rapid revenue gains. ...
- NBCU, Google Ink Peacock Distribution Deal
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Wednesday, June 24, 2020
But Peacock, like rival newcomer HBO Max, still has no agreements with giants Roku and Amazon. ...
- 'WSJ Magazine' To Skip August Issue
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Wednesday, May 13, 2020
Instead, content for the fashion-lifestyle insert in the 'WSJ' weekend edition will appear as a digital issue. ...
- Pluto TV Partners With TiVo, Adds CBS Sports HQ
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Wednesday, May 6, 2020
ViacomCBS continues to expand Pluto TV's distribution, with the TiVo deal coming on the heels of a Verizon deal. TiVo device owners will have one-click access to Pluto's 250-plus channe ...
- Verizon, Pluto TV Ink Deal Across Pay TV, CTV, Mobile; Verizon Media Adds Native To DSP
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, May 5, 2020
The Verizon-Pluto TV distribution deal is said to be the first comprehensive one to span all three platforms. Separately, Verizon Media aims to create competitive edge by continuing to expa ...
- Should Pay TV Providers Have A Say In TV Scheduling, Rates?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, May 5, 2020
TV content and development is a double-edged sword. Having a shared partnership in TV content performance is a risk. ...
- HBO Max Bows Discount Offer, Signs Hulu As Distribution Partner
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Monday, May 4, 2020
Some pre-launch orders made directly through WarnerMedia are eligible for $2 off the standard $14.99-per-month price. Hulu customers already buying HBO as an add-on through Hulu get a no-additional-cost upgra ...
- Dish, Cox Suspend Retrans Feud During Pandemic
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, March 17, 2020
Cox-owned stations in 10 markets that have been blacked out by Dish since Jan. 18 have been restored in the interest of keeping the public informed during the crisis, t ...
- AT&T Sells Video Distribution Service Quickplay To Firstlight
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Wednesday, March 4, 2020
The combination of Quickplay's content delivery capabilities and Firstlight's AI-driven personalization and engagement software will offer media companies a one-stop solution for OTT premium video delivery, say Firstlight and i ...
- HBO Max, HBO, Cinemax Coming To YouTube TV
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Monday, February 24, 2020
The deal extends WarnerMedia's existing YouTube TV carriage agreement covering TBS, TNT, truTV, CNN, HLN, Turner Classic Movies, Adult Swim and Cartoon Network to the SVODs, including HBO Max ...
- Netflix Cozies Up To Samsung With Bonus Content For Galaxy Users
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, February 14, 2020
Though not really "exclusive," Netflix's agreement to provide bonus content from its shows to Galaxy smartphones is unusual, and reflects its need to bond with Samsung to achieve the ty ...
- Disney+ Inks Exclusive French Distribution Deal With Canal Plus
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Monday, December 16, 2019
Canal Plus will also retain licensing rights to Disney movies, TV shows and Disney-owned channels. ...
- Fox, Amazon Team On Cloud-Based Video Distribution Platform
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, December 6, 2019
Fox will use the latest AWS technologies to minimize latency and maximize quality for live and on-demand programming across broadcast, affiliate stations and OTT. ...
- Disney+ To Be On Amazon Fire TV Devices; FX To Stream On And Create Content For Hulu
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, November 8, 2019
Disney also announced that Disney+ will debut in five EU countries at the end of March 2020. ...
- Captivate Will Distribute First Media Content
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Tuesday, June 18, 2019
First Media's food and lifestyle content from its So Yummy and Blossom brands will be displayed on Captivate's 12,000 screens in the coming weeks. ...
- 'MotorTrend' Names Suggett To Head Programming, Bloomberg Gets New Media Distribution Head
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Thursday, May 9, 2019
Mike Suggett will help create original programming for the subscription video on-demand (SVOD) service for automotive-focused content. ...
- Newspaper Racks For 'Tampa Bay Times' Come With Video Streaming, Advertising
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Monday, April 15, 2019
The update: 24-inch video monitors that stream news and advertising spots, as part of a project called TimesVision to bring video content to print distribution racks. ...
- Group Nine Media Taps Siegel as SVP, Distribution
Digital News Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Monday, October 15, 2018
Siegel will be responsible for driving sales and strategy around Group Nine's content network, including 'Seeker' and NowThis. ...
- 'Cycle World' Redesigns, Transitions To Quarterly
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Wednesday, March 21, 2018
'Cycle World' will have a larger format and every cover will feature a single subject, which the issue will focus on specifically. The front-of-book "Elements" section showcases specific aspects ...
- Syndication Market Shrinks, Fewer Choices On Fall Schedule
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, January 15, 2018
Katz Media Group says only three new first-run Monday-to-Friday shows have a shot at making it onto local TV stations' schedules this fall. Major market TV station groups are t ...
- 'NYT' Boasts 3.5M Paid Subscriptions, Adds 3 Hires To Develop Audience Strategy
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Friday, December 8, 2017
'The New York Times' is hiring a newsroom audience director, an off-platform editor and an on-platform editor to illustrate why the newspaper's journalism is "so valuable it's worth paying for ...
- 'W Magazine' To Increase Newsstand Price, Decrease Frequency
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Friday, December 1, 2017
W magazine is dropping from the 10 issues printed this year to eight "volumes" in 2018 - part of an effort to create collectible issues. That means printing on high ...
- 'Darling' Magazine Lands Barnes & Noble Distribution Deal
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Darling magazine, which began as a blog, "aims to build women's self-esteem with smart and empowering content, while also expanding the present cultural ideals surrounding 'beauty.'" The publication does n ...
- Hearst And Conde Nast Ditch Comag
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Tuesday, May 16, 2017
Hearst UK and Conde Nast will quit Comag, the distribution business they set up together, after it posted losses for last year of nearly GBP4m. "Campaign" suggests this could p ...
- 'Dr. Oz The Good Life' Goes Quarterly
The Daily Blog, Erik Sass - Friday, May 12, 2017
Dr. Oz The Good Life will stop publishing monthly issues and transition to a quarterly "bookazine" with a higher newsstand price, as yet undisclosed. The transition to quarterly bookazine form ...
- FADEL Enters Advertising Space, Automates Digital Asset Distribution Rights
MediaDailyNews, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, May 4, 2017
The subscription-based Rights Cloud platform is based on the number of digital assets and tracks and monitors licensing and distribution rights for content on specific devices. The database supports a ...