- Comcast Starts Low-Cost Streaming Platform NOW TV
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, May 23, 2023
The new service will have more than 40 live channels from A& ...
- Comcast 'More Likely' To Sell Hulu Stake Back To Disney: Roberts
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, May 16, 2023
Comcast CEO Brian Roberts believes it is "more likely" than not th ...
- Disney+ And Hulu Can Complement Each Other In Quality Content
Research Intelligencer, Robert Williams - Tuesday, May 16, 2023
The bundling of Disney+ and Hulu is seen as a way ...
- NBCU Names Marshall To Succeed Yaccarino As Interim Chairman Of Ad Group
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Friday, May 12, 2023
The company confirmed Yaccarino's departure, but did not comment on her joini ...
- Disney+, Hulu Offered As A Single Platform, Disney+ Streaming Subscribers Slip
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, May 10, 2023
A single Disney+/Hulu platform will give advertisers and users more options, Disn ...
- NBCU Q1 Ad Revenue Sinks 6.1%, Peacock Adds 2M Subscribers
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, April 27, 2023
NBCU's core domestic advertising dropped 6.1% in Q1 to $2.03 billion ...
- Hulu For Sale: Disney, Comcast Not The Ultimate Owner? An Outside Possibility
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, April 28, 2023
With Hulu for sale, who will be the owner? Perhaps not Wa ...
- NBCU CEO Jeff Shell Departs Abruptly Over 'Misconduct' Investigation
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Sunday, April 23, 2023
In a shocking departure, NBCU CEO Jeff Shell has abruptly resigned followi ...
- Despite Massive Concentration Of Seller Power, Brian Wieser Sees No Change In Control Of Ad Biz
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Tuesday, April 11, 2023
His 20-year analysis shows the Big 4's share of global ad spendi ...
- Digital Not Immune From Current Ad Recession, Falls 2% YTD
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Tuesday, March 28, 2023
"Only ad networks/exchanges showed lift," reads an analysis from Standard Media Inde ...
- Comcast Advertising's Claudio Marcus On Cross-Media Measurement, CIMM's Roles
Advanced TV Insider, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, March 17, 2023
Marcus, now on CIMM's board, says measurement is "a team sport, a ...
- Analysis: User Spending Plateau Is Bad Omen For 'Non-Essential' SVODs
Video Insider, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, March 14, 2023
A new survey shows Peacock and Apple TV+ rank low in subscrib ...
- Hulu: Caught Between FAST Platforms And A Wannabe Netflix?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, March 13, 2023
Walt Disney's Bob Iger says Hulu is in a "very tricky" busine ...
- NBCU Pulls Plug On Peacock's Free Tier For New Subscribers
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Wednesday, February 1, 2023
With Peacock having reached 20 million paid subscribers, Comcast is doubling do ...
- NBCU CEO's Ad Outlook: 'Stabilized,' But Still Weak For Early 2023
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, January 26, 2023
"There are parts of the market that are really doing well ...
- Comcast Q4: Peacock's Loss Widens Despite Advertising, Sub Gains
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Thursday, January 26, 2023
The streamer added 5 million subs, helped drive a 4% gain ...
- Billions For New Original Streaming Content? Your Recession Is Coming Soon
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, December 19, 2022
What potential financial cuts might be coming to streamers -- perhaps ...
- Linear TV Ad Campaigns Can Achieve 62% Reach By Buying 40-45 Networks
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, December 1, 2022
Advertising for cable TV works best when a media campaign is runni ...
- Fox Corp.'s OneFOX Strikes SSP Deal With FreeWheel
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, November 3, 2022
The deal will work with Fox's OneFOX video inventory to manage direct-so ...
- Study: Political Advertisers Should Allocate 15% Of TV Spend To Streaming
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, November 1, 2022
Traditional TV still reaches 81% of frequent-voter household, while 51% reached v ...
- GroupM Stands Pat On Ad Economy, Cites Q3 Media Earnings
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Monday, October 31, 2022
"We still end up in the mid-single-digit growth rate for this quart ...
- Comcast Q3 Revenue Slips, But Beats Expectations
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, October 27, 2022
Comcast overdelivered on expected revenue results, but saw declines in key reven ...
- Composite Shows 16.5% Q3 Network Ad Decline, Warns Of 'Challenging Macros'
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Thursday, October 27, 2022
"The advertising environment is challenged as supply chain disruptions have restricted invento ...
- Cable TV Networks' Road Trip: Picking Up Passengers - And Changing Direction
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, October 19, 2022
Comcast's Spectacor is pulling the plug on the video game-centric G4 networ ...
- Comcast Promotes Cavanagh To President
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Thursday, October 13, 2022
Mike Cavanagh will continue as CFO while working with Comcast Chairman/CEO Bri ...
- TV Advertising 'Memories' Metrics Better Than Digital Media: Comcast
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, October 12, 2022
Using three kinds of biometric measures -- eye-tracking, "cardiac deceleration" and "swe ...
- Another Big TV/Media Merger -- Even Bigger Than Warner Bros. Discovery? Why Not?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, September 23, 2022
Could there be an even bigger media merger than the recently complet ...
- Comcast CEO Says He'd Welcome Chance To Buy Hulu
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Thursday, September 15, 2022
Brian Roberts' remarks were in reaction to remarks from Disney CEO B ...
- Comcast Names Midha Effectv GM
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Wednesday, September 14, 2022
Midha was previously Comcast Advertising's chief growth officer. ...
- Media Profanity: Don't Call My Business 'Cable'-Like
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, August 10, 2022
Some analysts are saying that FAST networks -- free, ad-supported television ...