- NBC News Creates Dedicated Media Vertical
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Friday, September 15, 2017
The team will be housed inside NBC News Digital. Claire Atkinson was named senior media editor. She will lead both internal and external contributors to cover the media industry f ...
- Ofcom Blasts Broadcasters Over 'Woeful' Lack Of Diversity
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Friday, September 15, 2017
"The Guardian" is reporting that Ofcom is blasting British broadcasters for a "woeful" lack of diversity both on and off screen. ...
- Obit: Don Ohlmeyer, Famed Broadcaster, Pioneered Dedicated Agency Model, Dead At 72
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Monday, September 11, 2017
Don Ohlmeyer, a pioneering television producer and founder of one of the first dedicated media agencies for a major brand, died Sunday. He was 72. Ohlmeyer, who began his med ...
- Report Finds Digital Killing Radio's Next Gen: Broadcasters, Nielsen Call Foul
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Friday, September 1, 2017
An in-depth study by a New York University professor portraying a grim outlook for the terrestrial radio industry generated a not-so-surprising backlash from key players in the traditional radio indust ...
- Fox Kicks Off :06 Units In NFL, Other Programming This Fall
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Thursday, August 31, 2017
Fox, which last month announced plans to begin testing six-second ad units, has decided to roll them out in some of its most premium inventory: its coverage of NFL game ...
- UK Broadcasters Could Lose A Billion A Year To Facebook, Amazon, YouTube
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Tuesday, August 29, 2017
"The Guardian" carries a warning from a new report by OC&C Strategy Consultants, which suggests the UK's traditional broadcasters could lose a billion pounds per year to rival services fr ...
- Thirteen Says It's 'Worth Fighting For' In New Campaign
MAD, Larissa Faw - Friday, July 7, 2017
As Congress debates severely cutting or defunding the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), THIRTEEN, WNET's New York PBS affiliate, is launching its first advocacy campaign designed to raise awareness a ...
- The High Cost Of Missing Out On Addressable TV
Marketing Daily, Ben Legg - Tuesday, June 13, 2017
Digital's insight into targeting in action is a sign of things to come for addressable TV done right. ...
- Facebook Opens Up About Content-Policing Problems
Mobile Insider, Gavin O'Malley - Tuesday, May 30, 2017
Responding to fresh revelations about its content policy, Facebook is further conceding that, yes, policing about a billion people's daily interactions is hard. ...
- Sinclair-Tribune Deal Is Huge Bet On Future Of Broadcasting
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Tuesday, May 9, 2017
Much of this Sinclair deal looks good on paper -- but only if one believes deeply that the local TV business will still exist, or at the very least, ...
- Sinclair Posts High Double-Digit Revenue Gains, Core Advertising Unchanged
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, May 3, 2017
Sinclair's total revenues increased 12.3% to $649.9 million in the first three months of 2017, with digital revenues and retransmission revenues the key gainers. Digital revenues improved 25%. The compa ...
- OTT Will Overtake Broadcast Views By 2020, Survey Says
Around the Net in Video, P.J. Bednarski - Monday, April 24, 2017
A sutvey of almost 500 "tech leaders" by Level 3 Communications and Unisphere Research proclaims that 50% believe live-linear OTT viewing will exceed broadcast viewing by 2020 and 70% are su ...
- New Drone To Live-Stream Broadcast Quality 360-Degree Video
AI & IoT Daily, Chase Martin - Monday, April 17, 2017
Live 360-degree video broadcasts just gained an aerial perspective, thanks to a new live-streaming virtual reality drone. The VR drone system was developed by 360 Designs and is set ...
- YouTube Boycott Nets Broadcasters A Million Pounds Extra Per Week
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Thursday, March 30, 2017
The Google boycott over brand safety is apparently having a very beneficial impact on broadcaster video-on-demand ad sales, according to Campaign. It estimates three unnamed broadcasters are receiving an ext ...
- FilmOn Not Entitled To Cable License, Appeals Court Says
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, March 21, 2017
In a blow to streaming video distributor FilmOn, an appeals court said the company isn't entitled to a compulsory cable license ...
- TV Advertisers Are Ready For Real-Time Programmatic Buying Against Live Sky Inventory
Around the Net in Real-Time, Tobi Elkin - Friday, March 17, 2017
In a sign that programmatic TV is gaining traction, Sky Media has launched a second test-and-learn phase on its programmatic TV road map, "which means expanding the platforms and invento ...
- Affils Need A Deal So OTTs Can Carry, Everywhere
Around the Net in Video, P.J. Bednarski - Wednesday, February 1, 2017
Subscribers to Playstation Vue and DirecTV Now can get broadcast networks only in places where networks own the local station because networks, affiliates haven't hammered out a deal. It ...
- The New Breed Of Cord-Cutter
VidBlog, P.J. Bednarski - Tuesday, January 31, 2017
Forrester Research says cord-cutting has doubled to 6% in the last three years as consumers come to believe they can now cut without hurting themselves. ...
- New BBC Chair Calls For Review Of 'Crown Jewel' Sports Rights
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Wednesday, January 18, 2017
David Clementi tells MPs the list of free-to-air events should be reviewed, and says all top appointments should be apolitical. He called for a review of "crown jewel" sports righ ...
- 20-Year-Olds Buy Radio Station, Build Omnichannel Ad, Media Company
MediaDailyNews, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, December 23, 2016
Bold Broadcasting will become the parent company, or holding company, for a variety of media companies spanning live events to digital, radio and eventually print. ...
- NBC Leads In Prime Time, Fox Makes Big Gains
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, December 14, 2016
NBC has a commanding lead in key advertiser viewer measures so far this season, thanks to strong results from Sunday and Thursday NFL programming. But it is still down vers ...
- AerServ, Mediaocean Partner On Proprietary Tech To Access Mobile Audiences
Real-Time Daily, Tobi Elkin - Thursday, December 8, 2016
AerServ, a mobile video supply-side platform (SSP), said it partnered with Mediaocean, an ad-tech software provider, to offer local broadcast buyers a mobile device audience extension that will reach millio ...
- Premier League Signs Massive Chinese Rights Deal
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Monday, November 21, 2016
The Premier League has signed its richest TV deal outside the UK, cashing in on the boom in China with a three-year deal worth $700m (GBP564m). The contract -- wi ...
- BBC Secures Wimbledon Until 2024
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Friday, November 18, 2016
Wimbledon will be on the BBC for at least another eight years, it was confirmed on Thursday. The All England Club and the BBC announced a four-year extension to the ...
- MGM To Debut Family Digital Network, Light TV
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, November 16, 2016
The network will feature what it calls "wholesome family and faith-based entertainment programming" using MGM's library of film and television content. It will launch next month on 14 Fox owned-and-operat ...
- Scatter, Upfront Deals Accelerate CBS Q4 Ad Sales
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, November 3, 2016
Current political advertising is gaining for CBS TV stations -- despite lower-than-expected political ad results from other TV station groups. "It will be a record breaking year for us," sa ...
- AT&T's Skinny Bundle: 100 Channels For $35
Around the Net in Video, P.J. Bednarski - Wednesday, October 26, 2016
That's the deal AT&T plans for its new Internet service, DirecTV Now, starting in January.The move is a way of bolstering support for the company’s $85.4 billion deal to acqui ...
- UPDATE: Far From Netflix, But Amazon On A Roll
VidBlog, P.J. Bednarski - Tuesday, October 25, 2016
Amzon's streaming video service is growing faster than predicted. But with 120 million users, eMarketer says Netflix has quite a cushion. ...
- PBS Doc Series 'POV' Makes Snapchat History
Around the Net in Video, P.J. Bednarski - Thursday, October 20, 2016
The PBS documentary series "POV" has produced two short interactive films for distribution on Snapchat, marking the first documentaries created specifically for the platform. ...
- Fabulous Premiere Week Never Ends Online
VidBlog, P.J. Bednarski - Friday, September 16, 2016
For millions of viewers, the place to watch the new prime-time season is online. For networks and studios, that's the ultimate double-edged sword. ...
