- 'Broadcasting+Cable', 'Multichannel News' To Cease Publication
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Thursday, August 8, 2024
The venerable magazine and two newsletters will be replaced by a streamlin ...
- Smart TVs Are Becoming Home Entertainment Hubs
Research Intelligencer, Robert Williams - Monday, August 5, 2024
Smart TVs aren't just for watching video, with half of consumers sayi ...
- Streaming Road Ahead: Confusing Price Comparisons Won't Get Easier
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, August 1, 2024
Better comparisons are needed when evaluating streaming/TV packages than comparing to o ...
- Rhetoric And Vitriol Are Too Ingrained To Tone Them Down
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Wednesday, July 17, 2024
Few will heed the pleas to tone down the TV talk-show ang ...
- Targeting Streaming 'Re-Subscribers': Key Bundling Combos
Advanced TV Insider, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, July 10, 2024
A huge chunk of streaming subscribers are "re-subscribers," at 42% -- young ...
- WBD's truTV Makes Bigger Move Toward Sports
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, July 10, 2024
truTV will see a "significant" sports programming expansion in 2025, with prime-ti ...
- Debate-Focused Cable TV News Viewing Rises Sharply, CNN Soars
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, July 5, 2024
All three major 24-hour cable TV news networks saw strong viewership gai ...
- 'Bundle' Is Much More Than Premium Video, Study Finds
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, July 1, 2024
The average number of non-premium TV/video services in a "bundle" is 6 ...
- For Second Time, Disney And YouTube Lead New Monthly Nielsen 'Distributor' Share
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, June 25, 2024
Disney was the leader in Nielsen's 'Media Distributor' measure at 11.4% shar ...
- Unscripted, Reality TV Gets Unreal: Are Jobs, Money Disappearing?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, May 31, 2024
Scripted TV programming was expected to decline after the writers' and actor ...
- New Streaming Bundling Push: Won't Get Fooled Again?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, May 28, 2024
Comcast recently disclosed a streaming bundle that includes its own Peacock, ...
- Warner Bros. Discovery With No NBA? And Much Less Sports Content
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, May 24, 2024
WBD has never owned an over-the-air-broadcast network or TV station but ...
- Charter, Paramount Ink TV Carriage Deal - Including Paramount+
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, May 24, 2024
Following the groundbreaking TV network/streaming carriage deal with Walt Disney, Charter Communicatio ...
- Netflix Dominates Gen Z's Time Spent With Streaming
Research Intelligencer, Robert Williams - Wednesday, May 22, 2024
One quarter of the Gen Z audience is Hispanic, making Spanish-language networ ...
- Will Legacy Cable TV Start Bigger Dollar Promotions For Streaming Bundles?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Charter Communications is offering consumers up to $2,500 to switch to Spectr ...
- Entertainment Bundles: Consumers Want More Than Just Video
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, May 20, 2024
Consumers - especially young consumers - want streaming "bundles" to be mo ...
- Final Thoughts About This Week's Upfronts
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Friday, May 17, 2024
And now, an exclusive peek inside the TV Blog's Upfront Week note ...
- Is Sinclair Looking To Back Out Of Local TV? Not Entirely
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, May 13, 2024
Sinclair Inc., one of the biggest U.S. TV station groups, wants ...
- Reba Sitcom Headlines NBCU's Upfront Content
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Monday, May 13, 2024
NBCU announced Friday that NBC will have two new comedies and o ...
- Fox Sees Q1 Low Single-Digit Ad Decline: Analyst
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Fox Corp.'s Q1 advertising declined $640 million in the company's most rece ...
- Comcast's Long-Time Diversification Strategy Up To The Test?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, April 29, 2024
Growing out of its core cable TV system business of TV network ...
- Mother's Day Shoppers Are Influenced By TV Advertising
Research Intelligencer, Robert Williams - Thursday, April 25, 2024
Broadcast TV also offers a way to reach consumers who can't ...
- Networks' Ad Spend Falls 1% So Far In 2024, Ad Airings Up 5%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, April 22, 2024
National TV ad airings are up 5% among the top 15 broadcast/cab ...
- Media Spend By New National TV Advertisers Grew 2.3% In 2023
Research Intelligencer, Robert Williams - Monday, April 22, 2024
The spending by newcomers to national television advertising hit $1.36 billion, tra ...
- March TV Viewing: YouTube And Netflix Post More Gains, Streaming Up 12%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, April 16, 2024
YouTube, Netflix, and Hulu posted viewing gains in March vs. February contributi ...
- Getting Sports Streaming Right
Marketing Insider, Jon Last - Tuesday, April 9, 2024
The sand is clearly slipping through the hourglass for traditional broadcast a ...
- Big Media Storms To Come: Paramount Global Moving Through Rough Seas
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, April 8, 2024
A potentially eye-opening move by legacy TV network groups and legacy p ...
- Networks, Marketers Shoot For The Moon On Monday Eclipse Day
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Monday, April 8, 2024
With the moon playing a key part in Monday's total eclipse ...
- Streamers' National TV Marketing Dips 20% In Q1
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, April 2, 2024
Streaming marketing on national paid and promotional TV networks continues to s ...
- Consumers Cutting Entertainment Costs? Live Experiences Still A Good Bet
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Sixty-two percent of U.S. adults say "it's important to spend less with ...