- NBCU Q4 Ad Sales :+1.5%, Peacock +18%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, January 29, 2026
For NBCU media overall, total revenue was up 5.5% to $7.6 billio ...
- The Six Firms That Rule The U.S. Media Business
Around the Net In Media, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, January 28, 2026
Six companies dominate the U.S. media industry: Comcast, Disney, Warner Bros., Paramoun ...
- Longtime Cable Nets: Will They Get Digital Spins?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, January 8, 2026
Something's got to give - as seen with Versant Media Group, t ...
- NBCU, RPA Strike 'First' Live Agentic-To-Agentic Deal
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, January 6, 2026
NBCU and its sister company, ad server/tech company FreeWheel, will offer sell-si ...
- Year's Biggest Media Stock Gains: WBD, Fox, Gray
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, December 31, 2025
Like Paramount, other big legacy media companies are still in the mid ...
- Comcast Look-And-See WBD Bid: Nothing To See Here?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, December 17, 2025
Analysts figured Paramount and Comcast - longtime legacy media movie-studio/TV network competito ...
- Bids For WBD: Netflix In The Driver's Seat?
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, December 2, 2025
One report last week suggested Netflix may be most favored by t ...
- Media Q3: Profits Strong, Linear Decline, Consolidation Threatens
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, November 24, 2025
"Beneath these comps, the industry remains healthy," writes Laurent Yoon, Bernstein Resear ...
- WBD Shares Climb On News Of $71B Paramount Bid
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, November 19, 2025
WBD stock jumped 6% on Tuesday with the news of a potenti ...
- Versant Starts 'USA Sports' Live Program Unit
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, November 12, 2025
USA Sports will house NASCAR, PGA Tour, Premier League, WWE, WNBA a ...
- 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 ...