- AT&T To End 'Data Free TV'
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, March 17, 2021
AT&T said it will discontinue its controversial "Data Free TV" program, whi ...
- Future To Combine 'Multichannel News,' 'Broadcast+Cable'
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, March 16, 2021
The change will take place on April 1. The TV category ...
- Comcast TV Homes See 25% Rise In Live TV Viewing
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, March 11, 2021
Much of this upward trajectory came from cable TV news networks, d ...
- 'NYT,' CNN Team For Murdoch Documentary Series
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, March 9, 2021
The series is expected in 2022 and will be overseen by autho ...
- Fox's 'Loyal Opposition' Is Just Loyalty To A Good TV Marketing Scheme
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, March 10, 2021
Advertisers generally don't care about marketing themes. But they do care wh ...
- Fox Corp. Won't Take On Big Media's SVOD Platforms, Looks To AVOD
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, March 5, 2021
"We believe we can win in the advertising video-on-demand world... in ...
- DirecTV Subs Plunged By 3M In 2020 Amid Record 5.1M Pay-TV Loss
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, March 5, 2021
AT&T had a net loss of about 3.26 million subscribers across i ...
- COVID-19 Swamps Upfronts For Second Straight Year
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Friday, March 5, 2021
In years past, this week would have been the first week ...
- February Cable TV Sees Ratings Gains For MSNBC, CNN
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, March 3, 2021
Fox News Channel fell 30% in prime-time ratings as its two riv ...
- Cord-Cutting Trends Up in 2020, 6 Million Subscribers Lost
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, March 2, 2021
Although virtual pay TV providers grew by 20% in 2020 to 11. ...
- 'A La Carte' TV Takes On A New Meaning With Streamers
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, March 1, 2021
With cord cutting, it could mean giving consumers the flexibility to deci ...
- AMC Networks: Streamers' Combined 6M Subs Three Years Ahead Of Plan
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, February 26, 2021
A 157% gain in streaming subs in 2020 helped the company reali ...
- Race For TV News Viewers Tightens
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, February 24, 2021
From the beginning of the year through Feb. 19, MSNBC held ...
- ViacomCBS' Q4 Gets Boost From Streamer Ads, Overall Revenue Hits $3.5 Billion
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, February 24, 2021
The bulk of streamer revenues came from CBS All Access, Showtime OT ...
- NBCU Expands Its Addressable Ad TV Universe With Charter Deal
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, February 25, 2021
The integration of Charter's Spectrum video-on-demand platform is expected to launch ...
- Discovery Records Flat Q4 Revenues, Discovery+ Hits 11M Global Subs
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, February 22, 2021
The TV network group's Q4 earning results were $1.05 billion, but wi ...
- Comcast Holds Off On Imposing Data Caps In 14 States
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, February 19, 2021
In a reversal, Comcast says it will wait until 2022 before movi ...
- Cable Industry And California Want To Move Forward With Net Neutrality Battle
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, February 16, 2021
The cable industry and state of California say there is no reas ...
- Does A Streaming Future For Cable TV News Networks Mean A Loss Of Affiliate, Ad Revs?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, February 12, 2021
Soon, because of streaming, many more Americans will choose to shut o ...
- Fox Business Drops 'Lou Dobbs Tonight,' Its Highest-Rated Show, Day After $2.7B Defamation Suit
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Sunday, February 7, 2021
Fox Business cancelled its longtime host show a day after Fox Ne ...
- Does Ad-Supported Cable Ruin Audience Experience?
MediaDailyNews, George Simpson - Thursday, February 4, 2021
Consumers have learned that the only way to watch ad-supported dramas ...
- How Strong Is Smartmatic's Libel Case Against Fox News?
Publishing Insider, - Friday, February 5, 2021
Smartmatic claims Fox ran segments that had numerous errors about the reliabili ...
- People Using TV Data Declined In Q4 After High Pandemic Viewing
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, February 4, 2021
"Linear TV ratings continue the shift to older and older viewers, wi ...
- Univision Joins Addressable Ad Group Project OAR
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, February 2, 2021
The intention of OAR -- Open Addressable Ready -- is to optimi ...
- CNN, MSNBC Post Major January Viewing Gains, Fox News Sinks To Third Place
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, February 2, 2021
CNN had its most-watched month ever in prime time and total d ...
- The Number Of TV Premium Shows Sank In 2020, First Drop In 11 Years
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, February 1, 2021
Much of the recent decline was due to the pandemic, which caus ...
- Massachusetts Bill Would Ban Data Caps And Price Hikes During Pandemic
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, January 29, 2021
Lawmakers in Massachusetts have introduced a bill that would require Comcast ...
- NBCU Q4 Broadcast, Cable Ad Revenues Down, Comcast Video Subscription Losses Grow
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, January 28, 2021
Delays in airing new fall NBC broadcast TV pushed ratings lower a ...
- Larry King Memories Remind Us How Much Cable News Has Changed
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Tuesday, January 26, 2021
CNN's own celebration of King served as a reminder that the netwo ...
- Streaming Now: The Rise And Fall Of Ad-Supported Cable TV
Research Intelligencer, Steve Sternberg - Monday, January 25, 2021
Twenty years ago, with very few exceptions, four broadcast networks were t ...