- Local TV Stations' Retransmission Revenues In Danger Of Sinking: Analyst
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, March 3, 2023
TV stations and other platforms have "less and less quality programming, ...
- Legacy Pay TV, Streaming See Rising Q4 Subscriber 'Churn'
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, March 2, 2023
A report from TiVo says 28.8% of subscribers plan to drop the ...
- MSG Networks To Launch Streaming Service MSG+
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, March 2, 2023
MSG Networks will launch MSG+ this summer for $29.99 a month, a ...
- 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 ...
- Charter Loses 4.3% Of Q4 Video Subscribers, Cord-Cutting Continues Industrywide
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, January 27, 2023
Despite a Q4 loss of 145,000 subscribers, Charter posted stronger results f ...
- More Streaming Homes Don't Always Mean More Cord-Cutting, Survey Finds
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, January 11, 2023
Streaming services as a share of U.S. homes are now at 8 ...
- Viewer Cannibalization: Young Media Feeding On Linear TV-Based Content In Other Places
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, December 13, 2022
Where exactly are those cord-cutters going when they drop their cable/satellite/virtual ...
- TV Legacy That Remains: What Gets Cut Next And What Stays On TV Networks?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, December 6, 2022
Legacy pay TV services -- including new virtual pay TV services ...
- Linear TV Takes Another Hit, Q3 Cord-Cutting Declines 6.2%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, December 2, 2022
Steep cord-cutting by pay TV subscribers in in Q3 continued at near ...
- Disney In The Dumps: How Many More Losses Can Its D2C Biz Endure?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, November 10, 2022
Walt Disney just revealed the possibility of a more difficult near-term futu ...
- Will Subscribers Really Leave Pay TV If All Major Sports Shift To Streaming?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, November 7, 2022
A study from Aluma showed research that said if all NFL gam ...
- Americans Near 'Double Digits' Number Of Video Services
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, October 28, 2022
Consumers now average 9.86 video services -- up from 8.8 a ye ...
- Crossing The TV 'Rubicon': Cable TV July Viewing Sinks 19% -- Down 32% Over 2 Years
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, August 23, 2022
MoffettNathanson, analyzing Nielsen results, says cable TV networks have declined 32%. Broadca ...
- ESPN Striking Out On Its Own? With Heavy Hitters, Disney Sees Growth
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, August 15, 2022
Does ESPN want to make a big player trade -- or contin ...
- Does ESPN/ESPN+ Want To Play A New Ball Game?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, July 25, 2022
The big entertainment-focused streamers never seem to put sports front and cente ...
- Social Influencers Help Brands Reach 'Unreachable' Gen Zers, Millennials
Research Intelligencer, - Friday, July 22, 2022
These consumers tend to be more averse to traditional advertising than old ...
- Virtual Pay TV Subs Up 17% YOY, Led By YouTube TV, Traditional Pay TV Down 9%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, July 13, 2022
Virtual pay TV subscribers grew 17% in Q1 to 14.9 million, whi ...
- Legacy Cable TV Operators Continue To Seek Another Bundling Metamorphosis
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, July 12, 2022
The big three cable operators renewing agreements with mobile partners will all ...
- Pay-TV Sub Losses Tick Up In Q1, Comcast, DirecTV Hardest-Hit
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Wednesday, May 18, 2022
vMVPDs' losses accelerated in the quarter. ...
- Digital Antennas, New Set-Top Equipment For Local TV Stations, Viewers: More Stuff - For More TV?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, May 17, 2022
Looking to grow the digital over-the-air TV network industry and its o ...
- Is Cord-Cutting To Save On Entertainment Beginning To Wane -- Despite Inflation?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, April 22, 2022
A study released by MoffettNathanson Research and produced by HarrisX says t ...
- Top Pay TV Providers See Subscriber Decline Of 5.8% In 2021
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, March 9, 2022
Cord-cutting continues to hurt top pay TV providers. The top seven cab ...
- Cutting The Cord Is Now Surprisingly Easy
Media Insider, Maarten Albarda - Friday, February 18, 2022
Things have changed from the initial "cord-cutting" wave, when cable providers we ...
- Almost Half Of All U.S. TV Sets In Homes Don't Use Cable, Satellite Set-Top Box: Nielsen
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, February 10, 2022
Nielsen says "almost half of the TVs in U.S. homes today (44 ...
- If The Broadband Business Is Slowing, Where Do Traditional TV Consumers Go?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, February 1, 2022
Many companies have moved into wireless-mobile phone services. Others believe they c ...
- Forecast: Broadband-Only Homes To Hit 54M In 5 Years
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, October 27, 2021
Estimates are that U.S. broadband-only homes will rise 42% to 54 milli ...
- Pay TV Declines To 71% Of U.S Homes, Older Demos Remain Loyal
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, October 26, 2021
Some 64% of 18- to-44-year-olds in TV homes have a pay ...
- U.S. Pay TV Down 5% In Q2, Sports Ratings Declines Add To Erosion
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, September 13, 2021
Adding to the 42% decline for the Summer Olympics, MoffettNathanson says a ...
- Sports And News TV Viewing Grows On Streaming Platforms
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, September 9, 2021
A study found 42% of viewers watch some sports via streaming service ...
- Video Consumers Unsure Cord-Cutting Saves Money
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, August 17, 2021
The number of total video services used -- pay TV, SVOD, broadban ...