- Democratic Presidential Debate: Record Results, Less Viewers Than GOP
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, October 14, 2015
CNN's first Democratic Presidential debate of the season posted record results vers ...
- TV Ad Revenue Gains Expected To Be Near Flat In Q3
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, October 13, 2015
Against the backdrop of TV ratings' continued decline -- anywhere from ...
- Dish Network, Consumer Advocates Oppose Charter's Merger With Time Warner
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, October 14, 2015
Consumer advocates say Charter's promise to follow net neutrality rules for thr ...
- Third-Quarter TV C3 Ratings Sink, ABC Fares Best Among Broadcasters
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, October 12, 2015
Continuing their downward trend into the new TV season, broadcast nets' prime-ti ...
- Vice Would Like To Own A Cable Network
Around the Net in Video, P.J. Bednarski - Thursday, October 8, 2015
Rumors it would buy A+E'-owned H2 have been out there, though A ...
- Sen. Franken Raises Concerns About Charter-Time Warner Deal
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Thursday, October 8, 2015
Regulators should scrutinize how Charter's proposed $67 billion merger with Time Warn ...
- NatGeo, Mental Floss Partner To Broadcast Brain Surgery Live
The Daily Blog, Erik Sass - Friday, October 9, 2015
For what appears to be the first time ever, brain surgery wi ...
- ABC Family Changes Net Name To Freeform
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, October 6, 2015
ABC Family, one of the longtime established cable networks, is undergoing ...
- ESPN Suspends DraftKings TV Ad Segments
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, October 6, 2015
ESPN has suspended its branded news segments featuring sports fantasy site DraftKing ...
- UPDATE: A Surprising Number of Cord-Nevers
VidBlog, P.J. Bednarski - Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Forrester Research says that 24% of Americans don't subscribe to a p ...
- AT&T Sells DirecTV On Its Own Merits
Marketing Daily, Aaron Baar - Friday, October 2, 2015
"These ads take a fun, fictional look at our cable competitors," sa ...
- Viacom Taps Zilberbrand For Audience Science Post
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, October 2, 2015
Building its research efforts, as well as pursuing its "non-Nielsen monetization" strateg ...
- Discovery's Atkins To Head MTV, Friedman Departs
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, October 1, 2015
Amid a rough couple of periods for parent company Viacom, MTV ...
- Comcast Starts Digital Platform 'Watchable'
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Comcast has announced a new ad-supported digital video platform focused around independe ...
- Most Consumers Satisfied Enough With Pay-TV Providers
Video Insider, Daisy Whitney - Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Most consumers don't have a huge interest in switching pay-TV providers ...
- TBS Taps Hurvitz As EVP, Communications To Head Brand Marketing
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, September 25, 2015
Starcom Mediavest executive Lauren Hurvitz has been named EVP/chief communications and corpora ...
- Comcast's $50 Million Antitrust Settlement Gains Approval
Around The Net in Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Friday, September 25, 2015
A federal judge has approved a $50 million settlement of a class-acti ...
- Former PepsiCo Exec Storms Named CMO, NBC Sports Group
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, September 22, 2015
NBC Sports Group is getting a new marketing chief: PepsiCo marketing executi ...
- Millennials Keep Cable For Video On PCs & Laptops
Research Brief, Jack Loechner - Wednesday, September 23, 2015
An Evercore ISI Group study of 866 millennial men and women show ...
- French Media Giant Altice Buys Cablevision Systems For $17.7B
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, September 17, 2015
French media giant Altice will buy Cablevision Systems Corp for $17.7 billi ...
- Record: CNN Hits 22M Viewers With GOP Presidential Debate
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, September 17, 2015
With the second Republican presidential debate, CNN hit an all-time viewing reco ...
- Comcast Hikes Prices
Around The Net in Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Thursday, September 17, 2015
Comcast is raising the price of Internet service, as well as cab ...
- Appellate Court Takes Up FilmOn's Request For Cable License
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Thursday, September 17, 2015
A federal appellate court could soon decide whether FilmOn is entitled ...
- TV Nets Sink 8% in C3 Prime Time
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, September 16, 2015
TV networks didn't do much to stem overall viewership erosion in t ...
- Digital Audience Ratings: Colbert Has Buzz
Around the Net in Video, P.J. Bednarski - Wednesday, September 16, 2015
This survey from Listen First Media measures social media chatter about conte ...
- Some Advice For Trevor Noah
MediaDailyNews, Gary Holmes - Tuesday, September 15, 2015
Trevor Noah has big shoes to fill when he takes over "T ...
- Disney-ABC Hires Senior Digital Media Execs From Walmart, AOL
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, September 15, 2015
Former Walmart senior executive Cindy Davis will join Disney-ABC as EVP ...
- Disney's Staggs: No Worries About TV Scatter Market
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, September 11, 2015
Walt Disney's ABC and ESPN outperformed in the upfront advertising market th ...
- Fox Expands Nat Geo Investment
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, September 9, 2015
Twentieth First Century Fox is making a deeper investment in controlling Nation ...
- Broadcast, Cable Upfront Spending Drops Again
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, September 9, 2015
In the recently concluded upfront TV ad marketplace for the 2015-2016 ...