- Maybe Millennials Don't Want Skinny TV Bundles
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, August 4, 2017
Despite all the hoopla around cheap internet-based $20-a-month live, linear TV package ...
- Turner's Mixed Q2 Results: Ad Revenues Down 6% At Cable Nets, HBO Up 1%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, August 2, 2017
Ad revenues took a hit in the absence of NCAA Men's Basketba ...
- Discovery Promotes Shark Week With VR Ad On Homepage
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Tuesday, August 1, 2017
It's Shark Week! Discovery's site is putting readers face-to-face with hammerhead shar ...
- E.W. Scripps To Buy Katz Broadcasting's Digital Nets For Under $302 Million
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, August 1, 2017
Scripps, which owns 33 TV stations, will get various networks in t ...
- Hackers Hit HBO
Around The Net In Television, Gavin O'Malley - Monday, July 31, 2017
HBO is the latest victim of a cyber attack, which apparently l ...
- Discovery Finalizes $14.6B Deal For Scripps Interactive Networks
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, July 31, 2017
The companies tout that their combined networks will have a 20% sha ...
- So Much Comedy, So Few Laughs
Television News Daily, Gary Holmes - Monday, July 31, 2017
Feeling a little down about the state of the world? Wouldn't ...
- Discovery Communications: Revenues Up 2%; Net Income Drops 8%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, July 31, 2017
On the same day it announced its $14.6 billion merger with Scrip ...
- Politics Is TV's New Entertainment Programming
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, August 1, 2017
Judging from the Politicon conference, politics is fueling the same passions audienc ...
- Discovery's Digital Vision Comes Into Focus
Media Insider, Steven Rosenbaum - Monday, July 31, 2017
When you look beyond the headlines, you may think Discovery CEO Dav ...
- Altice USA Cable Video Loses More Subscribers
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, July 28, 2017
Altice USA -- which bought up Cablevision Systems and a majority intere ...
- NBCU's Ad Revs Mixed, Achieves Overall Gain In Q2
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, July 27, 2017
Ad revenue dropped 1.2% due to continued audience decline, although NBC charg ...
- Charter Sees Continuing Cable Subscriber Declines, Video Revenues Flat
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, July 27, 2017
Overall, Charter's revenue from its residential video business was flat at $4 ...
- Discovery Reports Preliminary $12B Deal For Scripps Networks
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, July 27, 2017
Discovery Communications is nearing a deal for at least $90 a sha ...
- TV Cos. May Be Aping Big Digital Players
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, July 28, 2017
Cable network industry consolidation is coming. But will it make for bett ...
- ITV To Raise Price Of Its Channels To Virgin Media
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Thursday, July 27, 2017
"The Drum" is reporting that ITV will seek to make up f ...
- Jon Stewart Returns To HBO For Specials
Around The Net In Television, Gavin O'Malley - Thursday, July 27, 2017
For those who miss Jon Stewart on "The Daily Show," he's bac ...
- CNN, Turner Sports Sign For Nielsen's OOH Service
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, July 26, 2017
Both CNN and Turner Sports will get syndicated program-level data on ...
- Sinclair/Tribune Future: Less Local TV News, More Ad Clout
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, July 26, 2017
Sinclair TV stations not only have a conservative bent, but an increasing ...
- C3 Viewership Decline Steepens; Down Double Digits In Q2
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, July 24, 2017
Nielsen C3 viewership among 18-49 viewers in prime time sank 12% f ...
- TV Companies May Adopt Dual Identity: Content Creators/Network Sellers
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, July 25, 2017
Given the skinny TV service talk, some TV/media companies with a small ...
- Ad Market Sees Uptick, Digital Rises 11%
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, July 21, 2017
The U.S. advertising market grew 3.8% in the second quarter of th ...
- Report: Discovery, Scripps Consider Merger
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, July 19, 2017
Media analysts suggest a possible deal could come in response to fast-movi ...
- 2 Major Cable TV Stocks Rise On Discovery/Scripps News
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, July 19, 2017
AMC Networks and Viacom witnessed higher stock pricing in mid-day Wednesday tradi ...
- Cable Networks Contemplate Major Merger - Does It Matter?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, July 20, 2017
New, cheaper TV packages of networks -- the ones that cost $ ...
- AT&T Could Dominate Video Distribution After Merger, Groups Warn
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, July 14, 2017
AT&T's proposed $85 billion merger with Time Warner could enable the compa ...
- YuMe And Mediaocean Partner On Cross-Screen TV Ad Buying
Digital News Daily, Tobi Elkin - Wednesday, July 12, 2017
Aiming to extend the reach of TV media buying and facilitate cross-chann ...
- Hulu Adds HBO As Add-On
Around The Net In Television, Gavin O'Malley - Friday, July 7, 2017
Hulu is finally offering HBO and HBO-owned Cinemax as subscription add-ons. ...
- President Troll
Social Media Insider, Erik Sass - Wednesday, July 5, 2017
There are good reasons Donald Trump is posting a video of himse ...
- Hold The President To A Higher Standard
TV Watch, Fern Siegel - Monday, July 3, 2017
Trump's nasty "Morning Joe" tweets against women are vintage Donald -- wheth ...