- Media Buyers Outraged By Higher Upfront Prices
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, May 2, 2019
Since 2001, prime-time ratings declined 78%, while ad rates grew 180%. ...
- CBS Suspends CEO Search, Ianniello Extends Acting CEO Role
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Joseph Ianniello took over from CEO Les Moonves; he will stay throu ...
- Former Discovery Ad Exec Price Heads To NBCU
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, April 19, 2019
The new role was created due to growing client service demands national ...
- CBS Tops In Total Viewers, NBC, Fox Tie For 18-49 Viewers
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, April 5, 2019
Fox's gains are largely due to "The Masked Singer." CBS has inch ...
- Set Your TV To Rerun: Viacom, CBS In Merger Talks - Again
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, March 28, 2019
All traditional TV networks have little choice, especially about getting into t ...
- Turner Is Gone With The Wind In AT&T Restructuring
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Wednesday, March 6, 2019
Some might argue that the creative process yields the best results ...
- Super Bowl Lead-In Boosts James Corden's 'Best'
Television News Daily, Brad Adgate - Friday, February 15, 2019
Audience share of James Corden's fans grew significantly during "The World's Best ...
- CBS Revenue Boosted By Political Advertising, Affiliate Revenue Rises
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, February 14, 2019
Boosted by higher political advertising at its local TV stations and improv ...
- For Super Bowl, Live Sports, More On-Air Promos For TV Entertainment Programming
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, February 12, 2019
The biggest beneficiary of messaging during the game was CBS itself. I ...
- 21 Century Fox Records Major Q4 Gains, Credits NFL, Fox News
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, February 6, 2019
With its new focus on sports and news, 21st Century Fox show ...
- CW Drops In Prime-Time Viewers, Seeks Uniform Metrics
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, February 6, 2019
Mark Pedowitz, president of the CW, said all CW viewing impressions ...
- Comcast Grabs Strong Q4 Revenues From Internet, NBCU
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, January 23, 2019
NBCUniversal revenue grew 7.1% to $9.4 billion in Q4 due to gai ...
- Tourism Australia Hoax Drives Super Bowl Viewers Online
The MediaPost Cases, Nina Lentini - Thursday, March 14, 2019
Several weeks prior, it launched branded behind-the-scenes "leaks," press releases and fo ...
- Comscore Inks Multi-Year Deal With NBC-Owned Stations
Digital News Daily, Alex Weprin - Tuesday, January 22, 2019
The new multi-year deal will see all 40 stations use Comscore's line ...
- Sinclair Launches STIRR Streaming Service, Pushes Local Content
Digital News Daily, Alex Weprin - Wednesday, January 16, 2019
The biggest differentiator, compared to competitive free streaming services, is that STI ...
- NBCU Reduces More Ad Time By End Of 2019
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, January 9, 2019
As NBCUniversal continues to cut back on traditional TV ad time ...
- New Fox Bets Big On Sports Programming
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, January 9, 2019
New Fox -- the remaining part of the company after it complet ...
- CBS: Nielsen Using 'Market Power' To Raise Prices
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, January 3, 2019
CBS says Nielsen is using its "market power" to bundle services a ...
- Nielsen Contract Lapses, But CBS Stock Higher
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, January 2, 2019
Nielsen's contract with CBS -- said to be around $100 million ...
- Season-To-Date, NBC Tops Among 18-49 Viewers
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, December 27, 2018
Through Dec, 23, NBC is earning a 2.1 among 18-49 viewers ...
- Fewer TV Shows Record Viewer Gains, 'Simpsons,' 'Chicago Fire' Improve
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, December 20, 2018
After 13 weeks, many of the top broadcast network shows have se ...
- Search Tops Digital Media Buys For Large Local Advertisers
Performance Marketing Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, December 17, 2018
Search engine marketing ranked No. 7 on the entire list, but fir ...
- CBS News Launches First Local Streaming Network In New York
Digital News Daily, Alex Weprin - Thursday, December 13, 2018
CBSN New York will stream the local newscasts from CBS' New Yo ...
- Cable, Broadcast Network Ad Clutter At Or Near All-Time Highs
Television News Daily, Joe Mandese - Friday, December 7, 2018
Despite boasts among many networks that they would reduce ad clutter ...
- Early-Season Declines For Syndie Shows, But 'Last Man Standing' Soars
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, November 26, 2018
Syndicated TV shows -- like those of broadcast network TV programming ...
- NBCU Ups Stimmel To EVP, Lifestyle And Hispanic Ad Sales
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, November 19, 2018
Stimmel, who was senior vice president, lifestyle ad sales, reports to Lau ...
- Disney's Broadcast, Cable Units Record Revenue Hikes
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, November 8, 2018
Gaining for a wide range of its businesses, Walt Disney revenues climb ...
- 'Blindspot': When The Blinders Came Off
TVBlog, Les Luchter - Friday, November 9, 2018
After three seasons of enjoying the show's engaging characters and fast actio ...
- TV Networks Win If Advertisers Get More Transparency, Automation, Control
Media Insider, Dave Morgan - Thursday, November 8, 2018
TV networks are being pressured to deliver much more for advertisers, ev ...
- 'Svengoolie' Rules The Diginet (Chicken) Roost
TVBlog, Les Luchter - Thursday, November 8, 2018
A bizarrely attired and made-up title character, played by Rich Koz, presen ...