- Longtime Cable Nets: Will They Get Digital Spins?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, January 8, 2026
Something's got to give - as seen with Versant Media Group, t ...
- True-Crime Shows On The Move On Basic Cable
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Wednesday, January 7, 2026
One of TV's best police docuseries, and the show that is t ...
- Comcast Completes Its Spinoff Of Versant Media Group
Around the Net In Media, Ray Schultz - Monday, January 5, 2026
Comcast has completed the separation of most of its cable networks in ...
- Mystery Maven Coben Headlines New CBS True-Crime Show
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Monday, January 5, 2026
CBS is looking to jumpstart its next true-crime franchise with a prime-ti ...
- Local 2026 Advertising: +24% On Big Political Gains
Advanced TV Insider, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, December 31, 2025
Core local TV ad spend is expected to slip 1%, mainly d ...
- Beyond Warner Bros. Discovery: What Are The Next Legacy Media Targets?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, December 31, 2025
As the linear TV business declines further, should we be thinking abo ...
- Comcast Look-And-See WBD Bid: Nothing To See Here?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, December 17, 2025
Analysts figured Paramount and Comcast - longtime legacy media movie-studio/TV network competito ...
- Late-Season Linear And Streaming Selling Bundles: Still Too Complex?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, December 11, 2025
Consumers are becoming increasingly weary of the complexity in evaluating different produc ...
- Total TV, CTV Ad-Supported Share Rises Again
Advanced TV Insider, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Streaming platforms, with growing football content, pushed the overall ad-supported share ...
- Netflix, WB Deal Leaves Basic Cable Out In The Cold
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Monday, December 8, 2025
In the process of absorbing Warner Bros., Netflix passed on the basic-cab ...
- Aging Cable First Steps: Rebrand, New Digital Businesses - Is That All?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, December 5, 2025
MS NOW will have a new direct-to-consumer offering next summer under t ...
- Paramount Cries Foul: Netflix In The Lead To Buy WBD?
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, December 4, 2025
Paramount will "seek confirmation as to whether WBD has appointed an independe ...
- Bids For WBD: Netflix In The Driver's Seat?
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, December 2, 2025
One report last week suggested Netflix may be most favored by t ...
- With MSNBC Now Gone, NBC News Promo Rebukes Cable Talk
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Friday, November 21, 2025
The spot consists almost entirely of the voices of 14 people n ...
- What If TikTok Was A Mid-Size Cable Network?
Planning & Buying Insider, Joe Mandese - Thursday, November 20, 2025
What if it was a mid-size cable network that indexed five tim ...
- Despite October NFL Gains, Broadcast Share Continues To Erode
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, November 18, 2025
While broadcast looks to make big gains overall, sports programming viewing dropp ...
- What Would The End Of Legacy TV Look Like?
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Tuesday, November 18, 2025
Let's suppose that the future has arrived, and the owners of t ...
- Jump Ball: YouTube, Disney Mix It Up In Carriage Deal Stalemate
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, November 11, 2025
Because YouTube TV is now up against Disney, the stoppage of servi ...
- Rebuilding A Linear TV Network: Maybe Not Just With Sports
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, November 7, 2025
Paramount Skydance execs, including Paramount President Jeff Shell, believe they can re-launch/re-comm ...
- 'Cord Nevers': Young-Skewing Streaming Households Stable, Social Media Rising
Advanced TV Insider, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, November 5, 2025
According to recent Comscore research, 18- to-34-year-old subscribers who are "cord never ...
- 'Streaming Fatigue' Sets In As Americans Cut, Switch, Re-Subscribe
Research Intelligencer, Robert Williams - Friday, October 31, 2025
A growing number of Americans are rethinking their streaming habits as subscripti ...
- Gaming Rivals Television As Core Entertainment For U.S. Households
Research Intelligencer, Robert Williams - Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Gamers now spend as much time playing video games as they ...
- WGA Thumbs Down To Paramount-WBD Deal: Not The Least Of It
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Consolidation of TV and movie production studios, with a heavy focus ...
- Analyst Forecasts 18% Gain In Q3 Streaming Ad Buys
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, October 27, 2025
National linear TV will drop 10% to $4.65 billion, with national ...
- NFL TV Sees Sharp September Gains
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, October 21, 2025
While broadcast tied cable TV with a 22.3% share last month, broadca ...
- A Possible Versant-WBD Deal? FCC Can't Touch This, But...
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, October 17, 2025
A possible Versant-WBD deal has no broadcast license issues to consider ...
- Top Cable News Networks Post $207.6M Combined Ad Spend For September
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, October 15, 2025
Fox News Channel widened its lead in September, but lost strength ...
- Hitting High, Low Notes: Can Cable Brands Revive?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, October 14, 2025
Paramount says it will close down MTV channels across Europe - most ...
- NBCU Revives NBC Sports Network With YouTube TV, Xfinity Deals
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, October 2, 2025
The network will feature Big Ten Conference college athletics, NBA games (fr ...
- Where Are The New Ideas For Live Non-Sports Shows?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, October 2, 2025
Financial issues aside for these programs, the positive is that from ...