- Cord-Cutting, Broadband Weakness Take Root: Are Pay TV Provider Mergers A Thing?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, February 28, 2024
The effects of cord-cutting and linear TV results trending down continue ...
- Cable Industry Blasts FTC Push To Outlaw 'Junk Fees'
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Thursday, February 8, 2024
"The proposed rule would upend industry practices with respect to pricing, disclosure ...
- Comcast Xfinity To Stop Calling Itself '10G Network'
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Thursday, February 1, 2024
Comcast, which just one year ago rebranded its home broadband service ...
- Netflix Urges FCC To Pass Open Internet Rules
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, January 18, 2024
Broadband providers have the "means and motivation" to hinder competition from independe ...
- Media Trades Blast Proposed 'Click To Cancel' Rules
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, January 16, 2024
The proposed rules "will have significant negative ramifications for our members," t ...
- Nielsen: Broadcast, Cable Continue Downward Trend In December
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, January 16, 2024
Broadcast TV was down 4.3% in December vs. November, and its sha ...
- FTC To Hear From IAB, Cable Lobby, Others About 'Click-To-Cancel' Proposal
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Monday, December 4, 2023
The IAB, cable lobby and four other groups will participate in ...
- Hulu Reaches 37% Of TV Households, Trailing Netflix & YouTube
Research Intelligencer, Robert Williams - Thursday, November 9, 2023
Hulu pushed past Amazon Prime Video to be the third-most popular streami ...
- Optimum Names Jennifer Garrett CMO
MediaDailyNews, Karlene Lukovitz - Monday, October 23, 2023
Garrett was previously chief marketer at Charter's B2B division, Spectrum Enterprise. ...
- Local Ad Spending Forecast To Expand 4.4% To $157B In 2024
MediaDailyNews, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, September 14, 2023
U.S. local advertising is forecast to grow 4.4% to $157.1 billion ...
- Consumers Will Pay For Disney, Spectrum Money Battle
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Wednesday, September 6, 2023
The cable company accuses Disney of demanding a fee increase in ord ...
- Ad-Supported Streaming Drives Most Growth For CTV
Research Intelligencer, Robert Williams - Wednesday, August 30, 2023
Streaming growth has crowded out the portion of subscribers to more tradition ...
- YouTube TV Told To Stop Boasting It Costs $600 Less Than Cable
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, August 22, 2023
An industry self-regulatory watchdog also suggested the word "cable" may be t ...
- For 1st Time, Linear TV Makes Up Less Than Half Of Viewing Time
Research Intelligencer, Robert Williams - Tuesday, August 15, 2023
The most-watched program in July was "Suits," a cable TV show starri ...
- A Non-Linear TV First: Tops 50% Share Of Viewing In July
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, August 15, 2023
Linear TV usage fell below a 50% share for the first ti ...
- Amazon Drives Higher Prime Day Sales With Fewer Linear TV Ads
Research Intelligencer, Robert Williams - Monday, August 14, 2023
Advertising a digital sales event on traditional media may not be ...
- NBC Finishes Upfront 'Roughly In Line' With Last Year
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, July 20, 2023
Amid an uncertain TV ad marketplace, including disruptive strikes, NBCU has finish ...
- Cable News In Transition As Fox News, CNN Make Prime-Time Changes
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Tuesday, July 11, 2023
The changes at Fox News Channel represent a major reshuffling of t ...
- Preference For Ad-Supported Streaming Services Increases With Age
Advanced TV Insider, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, June 23, 2023
More than two-thirds (65%) of those 50 to 59, 69% of tho ...
- FCC Proposes 'All-In' Pricing Disclosures For Cable, Satellite TV Operators
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, June 23, 2023
Operators are bound to fight such a regulation on every front, giv ...
- Warner Bros. Discovery: Cable Execs Laid Off, TCM Leadership Shakeup
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Wednesday, June 21, 2023
TCM's leadership has been changed, and several executives in development, production a ...
- SVOD Revenue Will Nearly Match Pay TV By 2027, But ARPUs Are Another Story
Advanced TV Insider, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, May 26, 2023
With so many moving parts at play, what exactly are the assumptio ...
- Disney Starts Another 2,500 Layoffs, Strategic WBD Cuts Loom As Max Debuts
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, May 23, 2023
Layoffs resulting from the financial toll of the shift to streaming a ...
- The Most Valuable Cable TV Network Thinks About Going It Alone: Are You Game?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, May 22, 2023
ESPN is preparing for a world that has complete dependency on streamin ...
- 'Blockbuster' Cable TV News? Busting Blocks May Just Be Pebbles On The Beach
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, May 17, 2023
"Blockbuster" cable TV news may not always be about a block bei ...
- TV Advertising Ups And Downs: Linear Sinks 8%, CTV Rises 21%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, May 15, 2023
Total advertising for live, linear TV is forecast to drop 8% ...
- Clearer Pricing For Legacy Pay TV Packages: Coming Too Late In A CTV World?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, March 24, 2023
For consumers, the hardest part in deciding on a pay TV servi ...
- Paramount Global Reportedly In Talks To Sell Majority Stake To Producer Tyler Perry
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, March 6, 2023
In a move that may be intended to shore up more ca ...
- How Steady Friction Snapped My Linear TV Cord: A Lesson For Streaming Services
TV Watch, Joe Mandese - Friday, February 17, 2023
The truth is, I haven't watched linear TV for three years, b ...
- Daily Digital Video Use Estimated To Top Linear TV Usage This Year, Linear To Sink 6.4%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, February 15, 2023
Daily linear TV video usage is estimated to sink 6.4% this ye ...