- Utter Doom: The Anniversary
Garfield at Large, Bob Garfield - Monday, April 20, 2015
This week marked the tenth anniversary of the publication in "Advertising Ag ...
- National TV Ads Weak In Q1, Digital Makes Big Gains
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, April 17, 2015
Cable TV networks showed a 1% improvement in advertising revenues -- includi ...
- Verizon Cable Package Not A La Carte But A La Close
Around the Net in Video, P.J. Bednarski - Friday, April 17, 2015
Verizon will offer consumers a base package and then separate groupings ...
- Report: DOJ Staff Wants To Block Comcast-Time Warner Merger
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Friday, April 17, 2015
Comcast's proposed $45 billion merger with Time Warner might run into ...
- Television: It's Not Cool, Dude
VidBlog, P.J. Bednarski - Friday, April 17, 2015
The NAB convention covers a broadening media industry, but it IS broadcaster ...
- HBO Shows Flex Muscle, 'Mad Men' Dips Slightly
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, April 14, 2015
HBO's "Game of Thrones" continues to be a powerhouse for its seas ...
- A+E Launches 'Asterisk' Online, Accent On Contemporary Culture
Around the Net in Video, P.J. Bednarski - Tuesday, April 14, 2015
A+E is launching
Asterisk: a website featuring stories examining contemporary culture and entertainme ...
- 'Game Of Thrones' Drives HBO Now Awareness
MediaDailyNews, Larissa Faw - Monday, April 13, 2015
"Game of Thrones" continues to be HBO's biggest hit. While the seri ...
- Broadcast TV Advertising Forecast To Continue Early 2015 Decline
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, April 13, 2015
First-quarter U.S. domestic national TV advertising still appears to be "disappointing," accordi ...
- Is Television Too Expensive?
MediaDailyNews, Gary Holmes - Monday, April 13, 2015
Every time my wife and I discuss household spending, her first id ...
- TV's Most-Pirated Show Returns, With More Thieving -- And Marketing Value?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, April 14, 2015
It's another new season for HBO's "Game of Thrones," which also brin ...
- Calif. Regulator Wants To Block Comcast Merger With Time Warner
Around The Net in Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Monday, April 13, 2015
California Public Utilities Commissioner Mike Florio wants regulators to block Comcast's $ ...
- HBO Enjoying Its Long Moment In The Spotlight
Around the Net in Video, P.J. Bednarski - Monday, April 13, 2015
Richard Plepler, the CEO at HBO, looks around the kingdom and conclud ...
- New Pop Network Identifies Target Viewer As 'Modern Grownup'
MediaDailyNews, Adam Buckman - Thursday, April 9, 2015
The new network, called Pop, is trying hard to pop in ...
- Imagine! Cable Companies Competing! Against Each Other! Online!
VidBlog, P.J. Bednarski - Friday, April 10, 2015
Rich Greenfield, analyst for BTIG LLC in New York, predicts that cab ...
- Vivendi Denies Sky Takeover Plans
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Thursday, April 9, 2015
The French media group Vivendi has firmly denied that it is consideri ...
- Samsung Helps Turner 'Meet The Smiths'
Marketing Daily, Aaron Baar - Wednesday, April 8, 2015
The reality program features "Inside the NBA" analyst Kenny Smith and h ...
- Cable TV Influences In-Stream Video Prices
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, April 8, 2015
Traditional cable and network TV content continues to heavily influence digital in-stre ...
- Doing The Math: Cablevision's Dolan Figures Out What's Needed For OTT
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, April 9, 2015
The coming onslaught of over-the-top TV services would seem to finally bri ...
- HBO Now Stress Test Starts Sunday
Around the Net in Video, P.J. Bednarski - Wednesday, April 8, 2015
It will be interesting to see how much HBO Go's streaming quali ...
- NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Game Scores $153M In Ad Revs
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, April 7, 2015
Amid strong TV ratings, the NCAA College Basketball Championship game pulled ...
- USA Network's Upfront Theme: Heroes And Donny Deutsch, Too
MediaDailyNews, Adam Buckman - Tuesday, April 7, 2015
USA Network has unveiled a handful of new shows focused on brav ...
- NCAA Final Four Shoots Big Ratings
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, April 6, 2015
Turner Broadcasting cable networks continues to score strong viewing marks for i ...
- Viacom Organizes TV Nets Into 2 Groups
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, April 6, 2015
Major restructuring at Viacom has resulted in a big $785 million write-dow ...
- Top Cable Nets' Performance Uneven: ESPN Up, Fox News Down
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, April 3, 2015
The top 10 cable networks took a general dip in overall prime-ti ...
- CMT's Upfront Message: We're Country To The Core
MediaDailyNews, Adam Buckman - Friday, April 3, 2015
For CMT, the upfront message seemed to be: Country music is growi ...
- Must-Have TV Networks -- Or Just Musty Networks?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, April 6, 2015
In an age of more over-the-top (OTT) services and possible big-time disrupti ...
- Cable Upfront: Are All Rating Points Equal?
MediaDailyNews, Steve Sternberg - Friday, April 3, 2015
In May, the broadcast networks will be unveiling their new programming a ...
- Grace Helbig Ready To Jump To Cable Tonight
Around the Net in Video, P.J. Bednarski - Thursday, April 2, 2015
YouTuber Grace Helbig's new weekly show begins tonight on E!. In ...
- Is The Joke On Us? Trevor Noah And 'The Daily Show'
Mad Blog, - Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Did Jon Stewart hire Trevor Noah to replace himself as host ...