- A Comcast-WBD Deal: CNN As A Sister Network Of MSNBC?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, October 31, 2025
Legacy media companies want smaller, more aggressive business units - and ...
- NBCU Core Advertising Inches Up In Q3
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, October 30, 2025
NBCU says the increase in business was primarily driven by Peacock. ...
- Comcast Buys Into Trump's Ballroom: What Kind Of Seat At The Table?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, October 29, 2025
One might suggest Comcast CEO Brian Roberts' donation could be part ...
- WBD's Playground: Who Wants To Play - With What Media Toys?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, October 22, 2025
Many would wonder why Netflix, the dominant premium streaming platform, would consid ...
- Stage Is Set For 'SNL' Vs. Trump As Show Starts New Season
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Wednesday, October 1, 2025
All eyes will be on "Saturday Night Live" this weekend to s ...
- Comcast's Cavanagh Named Co-CEO, Joins Roberts
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, September 29, 2025
Cavanagh, who will ascend to the position in January, has been preside ...
- Comcast Sues Over Washington State Tax On Digital Ads
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Friday, September 12, 2025
Comcast has sued to invalidate a new Washington state law that impos ...
- Peacock Extends With Amazon: Spotlighting Ad-Free Option?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, August 29, 2025
Ad-free Peacock Premium Plus will now be available on Amazon Prime Vid ...
- Linear, D2C Ads Take A 'Step Back'
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, August 27, 2025
Total "normalized" ad revenue - which excludes seasonal/one-time events - for Fo ...
- YouTube TV, Fox Strike Short-Term Deal, Talks Continue
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, August 27, 2025
The companies are working toward a new agreement, executives close to t ...
- MSNBC To Become 'MS NOW' Under Versant
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, August 18, 2025
The new brand name will be MS NOW (My Source News Opini ...
- More FAST Channels Coming From Telemundo, Hisense TVs
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, August 14, 2025
Telemundo has launched FAST service Telemundo Deportes Ahora, while TV set manufactur ...
- NBCU Starting A Sports Network - After Axing One 4 Years Ago?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, July 29, 2025
Comcast/NBCU is considering starting up a sports network as a supplemental platfo ...
- Warner Bros. Discovery Names Post-Split Companies, Senior Execs
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, July 28, 2025
Warner Bros. will house its studios and streaming businesses including Warner Bro ...
- Comcast's New Plans Scrap Controversial Data Caps
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Friday, June 27, 2025
The company's move comes 17 years after rolling out broadband caps, whi ...
- M&A Deals Rise Sharply Despite Media Disruption
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, June 20, 2025
First quarter deal-making nearly tripled to $34.98 billion versus the same peri ...
- Disney Isn't Into Comcast, WBD's Cable Nets
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Despite massive cord-cutting, Iger says Disney has enough subscribers to generate "significa ...
- WBD Slicing Away Cable Nets An Easier Split Than Comcast? Something Else?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, June 10, 2025
On the surface, and plainly, WBD keeps the good stuff - a ...
- Versant Key Brand Focus: Sports... Pickleball, Anyone?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, May 9, 2025
Right now, 65% of Versant's programming is live - coming from spor ...
- NBCU Strikes 2-Year Deal To Sell Versant Ads Just Ahead Of Upfront
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, May 7, 2025
The deal - which covers the next two upfront TV cycles ...
- Comcast Brands Cable TV Spinoff: Versant
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, May 6, 2025
The name is said to represent the "versatility" of the company, b ...
- NBCU Q1 Ad Spend Sinks 7%, Peacock Grows 2.5%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, April 24, 2025
Overall media revenue inched up 1.1% to $6.4 billion, with cash fl ...
- Former Apple, DirecTV Exec Gieselman Joins Comcast As Chief Growth Officer
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, April 7, 2025
Gieselman will head growth marketing and sales efforts for Comcast's Connectivity &am ...
- 'Yellowstone': Fewer High-Rated TV Shows Mean Amped-Up Media Battles
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, March 28, 2025
In the media battle for "Yellowstone" between Paramount and NBCU, Paramount h ...
- Peacock Lifts NBCU Ad Sales, Streamer Narrows Losses
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, January 30, 2025
NBCU's ad revenue posted a 0.4% hike to $2.65 billion. Madison &am ...
- Comcast Launches 'Skinny' Bundle: Focuses On Sports, News
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, January 23, 2025
The $70-a-month package offers more than 50 broadcast, cable news and spor ...
- Comcast Unveils TV Ad Platform In Bid To Attract SMBs
MediaDailyNews, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, January 6, 2025
Comcast on Monday introduced a platform to make ad buys across T ...
- Xumo Expands Google TV/FAST Deal With Advertising Access
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, January 6, 2025
The deal allows advertisers to buy ad inventory on more than 1 ...
- Paramount Cable TV Moves: Under The Radar Post-Skydance Deal?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, December 20, 2024
"Smaller and more profitable has been the message, and we would ...
- Jettisoning Old-Style Cable Networks? Lingering Legacy Media Concerns
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, December 13, 2024
During an industry event this week, Comcast CEO Dave Watson sent ala ...