- TV Station Groups See Massive Early Q2 Ad Declines Of 35% To 40%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, May 15, 2020
Major TV station groups are witnessing sharp ad declines of around 35% to 40% a month and a half into Q2 due to COVID-19, according to recent earnings calls with ...
- National TV Sinks 13% In March, 5% In Q1 Due To COVID-19 Pullback
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, May 1, 2020
National TV took an expected major decline in March -- down 12.8% to $3.8 billion, with Q1 2020 sinking 5.4% to $10.8 million, according to Standard Media Index, Cancellation of ...
- The First Reality TV President
Media Insider, Steven Rosenbaum - Monday, April 27, 2020
More than 20 years ago, America TV changed -- and the change went on to ripple throughout the nation. ...
- FCC Makes More Spectrum Available For WiFi
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, April 23, 2020
The FCC says its move will boost WiFi, but the National Association of Broadcasters warns that unlicensed spectrum use could interfere with local radio and TV broadcasters. ...
- Connected TV Video Impressions Continue To Climb, Programmatic CTV Activity Rising
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, April 23, 2020
Connected TV's 43% share tops mobile video impressions' 39% share for the week of April 12-18, according to Innovid's new video analytics iQ dashboard, which analyzes digital video/connected TV impressi ...
- No Studios Needed: Watching Hosts, News Anchors At Home
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Monday, April 6, 2020
Welcome to the new world in which TV personalities of all types are broadcasting from their homes to yours. ...
- Comscore: TV Viewing Up 40% For Cable TV News Networks, 13% Higher For Top Broadcast Networks
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, March 24, 2020
TV usage shows sharply higher daytime viewing for general and business news and smaller gains for entertainment for the most recent reporting week. For the top four broadcast networks -- ...
- ViacomCBS, NBCU Cancel Upfront Events, Move To Digital Presentations
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, March 12, 2020
CBS will do a video upfront special on May 13 instead of its live event, while NBCU will stream an upfront presentation. Both ViacomCBS and NBCUniversal have cancelled their live ...
- YouTube TV To Drop Fox Regional Sports Due to Sinclair Trans Dispute
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, February 28, 2020
The blackout is the latest example of now-common carriage disputes, and also underscores the particularly high costs of carrying regional sports networks. ...
- Sinclair To Rebrand Regional Sports Networks, Q4 Profit Below Analysts' Estimates
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, February 26, 2020
Sinclair will rebrand its $10 billon purchase of 21 regional sports networks in the coming months and is working on a "digital reboot" of those platforms, as well as finding ...
- Network Audience Delivery Dives In Q1, TV Usage Declines Accelerating
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Wednesday, February 19, 2020
Halfway through Q1, the network TV marketplace appears to be getting off to a troubling start, according to a leading Wall Street securities firm following the sector. Broadcast network delivery ...
- Boris Is Coming For The BBC
London Blog, Sean Hargrave - Monday, February 17, 2020
"The Sunday Times" has revealed that Boris wants to swap the licence fee for a subscription charge and slim down the BBC. ...
- Founders Would Have Deemed Pace Of News Unprecedented: Un-President-ed, Too
RTBlog, Joe Mandese - Monday, February 17, 2020
On this Presidents Day, I'd like you to think about how the speed of media has changed since our first President, and what implications that holds for a Republic that ...
- Broadcasters Can Now Incorporate Reddit Content
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Monday, February 10, 2020
NFL Network and Tegna local news stations are among the first to offer Reddit content, including "AMA" recaps and broadcast features on Reddit posts and comments. ...
- Oscars Get Dedicated Google Search, Assistant Experience
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, February 5, 2020
Google on Wednesday announced the launch of a dedicated experience in Search and Assistant for the Oscars. The awards for artistic and technical merit in the film industry are scheduled ...
- Broadcasters Win Alcohol Ad Free Speech Appeal
MediaDailyNews, Ken Klein - Monday, January 13, 2020
The Missouri alcohol-ad case and a separate court ruling against cannabis advertising rules show the difficulty of restricting advertising while also respecting free speech. ...
- Core Local TV Advertising Could Sink Over 3% In 2020
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, December 13, 2019
Core advertising revenues, which excludes political advertising, have seen "demand under pressure as audiences shift their media consumption to over-the-top (OTT) streaming video services and advertisers and agencies reallocate their ...
- Comcast To Hike Fees Again, Starting Mid-December
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, November 26, 2019
Most internet fees will rise by $3 per month -- but the Broadcast TV fee will jump $5, or nearly 50%, to $14.95 per month, bringing that fee's cumulative hikes ...
- Stringr, Google News Initiative To Provide News Outlets With 2020 Election Video Coverage
Publishers Daily, Melynda Fuller - Tuesday, November 19, 2019
Broadcast outlets can use packages that include voiceovers for newscast networks, while digital publishers can take advantage of political packages edited and ready for distribution. ...
- Mixed Signals For Black Friday, Cyber Monday: Consumers Opt For Digital Vs. Broadcast
Research Intelligencer, Joe Mandese - Tuesday, November 12, 2019
Consumers indicated mixed signals for Black Friday and Cyber Monday, and when asked which media are best at informing them and which they prefer to learn about sales day deals ...
- National TV Ad Spend Up Per Week, Broadcast's Premiere Week Down 10%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, November 8, 2019
The decline in prime-time broadcast TV ad revenue is due to fewer new scripted TV show premieres, including overall multi-hour programming "events," says James Fennessy, Standard Media Index CEO. ...
- What Happens When Gen Z Streams Rather Than Watching TV?
London Blog, Sean Hargrave - Thursday, November 7, 2019
That is what the House of Lords is asking as it fears public service broadcasting could be on the wane. ...
- Well, Congresswoman, I Think Lying Is Bad
Red, White & Blog, Joe Mandese - Thursday, October 24, 2019
Mark Zuckerberg may believe lying is bad, but when it comes to political advertising, he's not going to do anything about it. Or is he? The answer wasn't exactly clear ...
- Forecast: Fox Corp. Sees Mixed Affiliate Fee Results
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, October 9, 2019
MoffettNathanson estimates the average number of subscribers for all Fox cable networks is down 2.1% to a total of 383.1 million. ...
- DAX And Urban One Ink Radio, Programmatic Deal
Digital News Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, October 2, 2019
Digital audio advertising company DAX announced a long-term exclusive sales partnership with Urban One, one of the largest distributors of urban content in the U.S. ...
- Study Finds Local Broadcast Media Generates $1.17 Trillion Of U.S. GDP
Research Intelligencer, Joe Mandese - Thursday, September 19, 2019
The local commercial broadcast television and radio industry generates $1.17 trillion of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and 2.47 million jobs through direct and "stimulative" effects on the U.S. economy, according ...
- NBC, CBS Still Tops In Traditional TV Prime-Time Metrics
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, August 30, 2019
NBC is posting a Nielsen 1.4 rating/7 share for the key 18-49 TV viewership category that many advertisers still desire. CBS sits in second place for 18-49 viewers with a ...
- TV Group Tegna Confirms Apollo Buyout Interest
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, August 21, 2019
Apollo wants to combine Tegna with broadcasting assets the company is in the process of buying. Apollo has already struck deals with Cox Media Group and Northwest Broadcasting. ...
- Continued Consolidation Of TV Industry Means More Focus On Ad Tech
Media Insider, Dave Morgan - Thursday, August 15, 2019
The ViacomCBS reunion is likely to follow a game plan well known to industry followers, and not unlike what happened when Comcast bought and integrated NBCUniversal almost 10 years ...
- Organic Valley Puts Fitbits On Cows
The MediaPost Cases, Nina Lentini - Tuesday, July 16, 2019
Organic Valley was finally hitting a point of breakthrough in awareness. It was time to "get the brand out there, to establish the brand." ...
