- 5 Major TV Station Groups To Sign On For ATSC 3.0 By 2020
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, October 17, 2018
The new next-gen TV standard, ATSC 3.0, has promised more digital media-like interactive engagement and mobile TV access for consumers, including more localized programming content. For TV station owners, ...
- Media Stocks Lose Big Amid Steep Market Sell-Off
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, October 11, 2018
CBS, Discovery, and Viacom saw substantial declines, with CBS losing 3.1% to $53.82, Discovery off 3.2% to $31.02, and Viacom sinking 2.4% to $31.19. Netflix took on more losses ...
- Is It Really Fair To Treat US Tech Giants As Broadcasters?
London Blog, Sean Hargrave - Wednesday, September 19, 2018
Regulators are moving closer to treating the tech giants like broadcasters. The fines could be huge. But would it be fair? ...
- BBC 'Overdid It' On Sir Cliff Raid, Tony Hall Concedes
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Wednesday, September 12, 2018
It is probably the understatement of the year, but BBC Director-General Tony Hall has admitted the corporation "overdid it" when it broadcast a raid on Sir Cliff Richard's home, "Pre ...
- Eye On CBS: Without Moonves, The Future Is In Flux
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Wednesday, September 12, 2018
CBS today is primarily in the broadcast television business -- operating a network, owning stations and selling syndicated shows. ...
- BBC Will Concentrate On Core Pillars Of Content
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Tuesday, September 11, 2018
"The Drum" reveals that the latest revision to the BBC's website strategy was designed with a younger audience in mind, and will see content focussed around six main pillars ...
- Reddit Forms Partnership With Local Media Consortium
Digital News Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, August 22, 2018
Reddit has partnered with the Local Media Consortium to educate journalists and media companies on how to build out their digital presence and engage with readers. ...
- TV Cord-Cutting Is Mixed Bag
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, August 17, 2018
U.S adults who have cancelled a pay TV service will rise to 33 million in 2018, eMarketer says -- 32.8% higher than its July 2017 projection of 22%. By t ...
- Locast Streaming Service Set To Expand
Digital News Daily, Alex Weprin - Monday, August 6, 2018
The Locast streaming service, operated by the nonprofit Sports Fans Coalition, will expand to Dallas, Texas, and other top 10 markets in the coming weeks. ...
- CBS Points To OTT As The Future
Digital News Daily, Alex Weprin - Friday, August 3, 2018
CBS said its CBS All Access and Showtime streaming services would reach a combined eight million subscribers in 2019, a year earlier than expected. The company now projects to ha ...
- Broadcasters Still Score With Digital Pre-Roll Ads
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, July 10, 2018
In the first quarter, pre-roll advertising for programming content from broadcasters on digital media witnessed completion rates at around 80% to 90% levels. ...
- Judge Allows AT&T To Purchase Time Warner
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, June 12, 2018
In a defeat for the Trump administration, a federal judge has refused to block AT&T's $85 billion proposed acquisition of Time Warner. ...
- iHeartMedia Develops Digital-Like Analytics Suite For Broadcast Radio
MediaDailyNews, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, May 17, 2018
The suite will provide a set of tools that support broadcast radio, which the company hopes will transform the way advertisers plan, buy and measure their audio campaigns. ...
- CBS-Viacom May Be A Difficult Marriage
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, April 13, 2018
Shari Redstone, president of National Amusements (which controls 80% of the voting shares of CBS and Viacom) and vice-chair of both CBS and Viacom, is pushing hard for this merg ...
- Podcast Augments The Radio Star, Nielsen Finds Medium Still Tops Weekly Reach
Research Intelligencer, Joe Mandese - Thursday, April 5, 2018
Audio media -- both conventional radio broadcasting and digital formats, including podcasting -- remains one of the most pervasive forms of media used by Americans, according to Nielsen's just-released "Aud ...
- Digital Rights Groups Urge Court To Reconsider Decision Against TVEyes
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, March 28, 2018
The ruling in favor of Fox News "undermined a central purpose of fair use," digital rights groups argue ...
- Syndie Shows Record Uptick, 'Jeopardy' 5% Higher
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, March 7, 2018
The fourth-best-overall syndication show is CBS' "Jeopardy," now 5% higher to 9.97 million. Its companion game show, "Wheel of Fortune," is at 10.168 million, slipping 1%. ...
- NBC To Reduce Prime-Time Ad Load By 10%
Television News Daily, Alex Weprin - Wednesday, February 28, 2018
In total, more than 50 prime-time shows across the NBC broadcast network and cable channels like USA and Bravo will see their ad loads decrease. ...
- FCC Chair Investigated Over Rule Change That Helps Sinclair
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Thursday, February 15, 2018
The Federal Communications Commission's Inspector General is probing whether Chairman Ajit Pai acted improperly in advocating for recent changes to the media ownership rules that could benefit
Sinclair Broadcasting. ...
- Trump Administration Wants To Cut Public TV Funding -- What About Other TV Deals?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, February 13, 2018
The Trump Administration wants to leave public broadcasting's fate to the media marketplace. But do the same rules apply to corporate media-TV deals? ...
- Media Stocks Take Big Tumble
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, February 9, 2018
Fears of higher inflation and tighter constraints on borrowing money as a result of higher interest rates sparked the fall, according to analysts. Dow Jones' U.S. Broadcasting & Entertainment ind ...
- NAB To Launch Streaming Summit
Digital News Daily, Alex Weprin - Wednesday, February 7, 2018
The first Streaming Summit, to be held in Las Vegas April 11, will feature three tracks on streaming video, with speakers and topics now being planned. It will expand ...
- Are Nonprofits The Better Way To Air Local TV?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, January 12, 2018
A nonprofit group, Sports Fans Coalition, is launching locast.org - a mashup of "local" and "broadcast" - a New York broadcast TV station over-the-top streaming service. The catch? The gro ...
- 2017: Traditional Media Stocks Underperform, Digital Media Soars
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, December 29, 2017
The Dow Jones Industrial Index added a massive 24.7%, but the Dow Jones U.S. Broadcasting & Entertainment index market grew only 7.8%. FANG stocks from big digital media companies includi ...
- Fox Bets On Broadcasting As Homer Joins Mickey Mouse
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Monday, December 18, 2017
The deal, engineered principally by Rupert Murdoch to sell a slew of 21st Century Fox assets to Disney, would seem to be a bet on broadcasting. ...
- Snapchat Wants To Be More Like Netflix
Digital News Daily, Alex Weprin - Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Snapchat Vice President of Content Nick Bell says the company plans to focus on a "curated pool of content from premium publishers," and is looking to a major over-the-top vid ...
- CBS Stations/Cable Networks Dropped On Dish Network
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, November 21, 2017
Dish Network isn't running CBS stations and its three cable networks as of early Tuesday, due to an impasse on carriage fees. ...
- Local Broadcast 'Interface' Initiative Is Like Deja Vu All Over Again
RTBlog, Joe Mandese - Monday, November 20, 2017
There's something ironic about a plan announced this morning by a consortium of local TV broadcasters to develop a standard interface to accelerate electronic trading with advertisers and agencies. T ...
- AI, Deep Learning Enhances Analytics For TV
Television News Daily, Wayne Ruting - Tuesday, October 24, 2017
The convergence of broadcast television and internet-delivered content services has become a reality - one that soon will be cemented by the media industry's embrace of ATSC 3.0. In th ...
- Fall TV Shows Debut, 'Sheldon' Earns Comedy Stripes
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, September 27, 2017
CBS' "Sheldon" is the most-watched comedy premiere since the net's "2 Broke Girls," which began in 2011. "Sheldon," a prequel to "Big Bang," will start its regular-season run Novembe ...
