- 'Fantastic Four: First Steps' Takes Strides Into Summer With $118M Opening
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Sunday, July 27, 2025
Domestic theatrical revenue is up 12.4% year-to-date vs. a year ago ...
- Streaming Upfront Ad Update: Now At 50% Plus Share?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, July 18, 2025
IPG Mediabrands' global chief negotiations office Dani Benowitz said half or mo ...
- Disney+ Adds Original News Content: More For Younger Streamers?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, July 15, 2025
For the first time, Disney+ is adding a new original daily sh ...
- The Right Sports TV Mix - Market Size, Storylines, Underdogs
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, June 25, 2025
The NBA Playoffs generated 31.4 billion viewing minutes for the month acro ...
- YouTube Once Again Dominates TV Usage In May
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Disney, in second place, continues to lead all legacy TV-network based compani ...
- Roku/Amazon Ad Deal: Streaming Powerhouses Join Forces
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, June 16, 2025
The two big streaming businesses say the streaming ad-inventory integration will all ...
- 'Breaking Down' Barriers: Amazon DSP Strikes Ad Deal With Disney
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, June 17, 2025
The deal between Amazon DSP and Disney will allow brands to g ...
- ABC Fired Moran For X Posts, But Was Trump A Factor?
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Monday, June 16, 2025
How much were Disney/ABC execs thinking not only of Moran's breach ...
- 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 ...
- Layoffs, Revamped Film/TV Marketing - As Business Concerns Mount Over AI
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, June 4, 2025
Layoffs come amid heightened business concerns over AI. What does this ha ...
- Record-Setting Holiday Weekend For 'Lilo & Stitch,' 'Mission: Impossible'
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, May 26, 2025
Estimated TV spend for "Mission: Impossible" was $25.7 million (5,730 airings, 3 ...
- YouTube Dominates April Nielsens, Gains 29% Year-Over-Year
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, May 27, 2025
Disney, in second place, dropped 7% to 10.7% vs. 11.5% share ...
- ESPN Hitting The Road With 'SportsCenter,' Streaming In The Front Seat
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, May 22, 2025
The ESPN tour will go to a different state each day f ...
- Streamer ESPN: Does Disney Know Its Future Subscribers?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, May 15, 2025
ESPN is betting the house, so to speak, that its hefty pri ...
- Disney Launching 'ESPN' Streamer This Fall, Seeks Industry-Wide Measures
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, May 13, 2025
The ESPN streaming platform will initially be priced at $29.99 a mon ...
- Google/Apple Search News: Are We At A 'Cord Cutting' TV Moment'?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, May 8, 2025
About ten years ago, Disney disclosed for the first time that the ...
- Disney Sees Strong Q2 Streaming Subscriber Growth Of 2.5M
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Disney's global advertising inched up 1%, but domestic linear TV, ESPN a ...
- 'Thunderbolts' Strikes Box Office, Opens With $76M
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Sunday, May 4, 2025
National TV media spending to date for 'Thunderbolts' is at an avera ...
- For A TV Journo, Upcoming Upfronts Are Grand Entertainment
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Every year, many question whether the mid-May upfront presentations are still necessa ...
- ESPN's Streaming 'Flagship' Is Coming: Scoring For 2025?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, April 25, 2025
One key piece of the puzzle is adding in "short-form" video conten ...
- Like Trump And AP, Disney Once Banned 'The L.A. Times'
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Tuesday, April 15, 2025
It should go without saying, but companies and presidential administrations should n ...
- Disney D2C: Better Profits, But Slower Revenue, Subscribers?
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, April 10, 2025
"Decelerating DTC growth has become a concern for investors," according to Bernste ...
- Disney Takes Biddable Ad Supply Global, Provides Access Via 35 DSPs
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, April 9, 2025
In the U.S., advertisers now have access to over 35 demand-side platfor ...
- In A First, YouTube Tops Nielsen Viewing Sources In February
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, March 25, 2025
In January, Disney was at 12%, while YouTube came in at 10.8 ...
- Not Snowy Or Showy: Weak Domestic Opening For 'Snow White'
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Sunday, March 23, 2025
One key marketing indicator shows Disney placed one of the biggest pre-openi ...
- Disney's Remakes: Live-Action Comes To Life... And Cash
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, March 18, 2025
In a new survey, nearly 60% say Disney is doing remakes ...
- Daylight: Movie Ads Again On X? No Longer In Dusk, Per Musk
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Over the last few months Disney, WBD, Apple, Amazon, Comcast and Lionsgat ...
- Streamers' TV Promo Spend Sinks 38%, Airings And Impressions Down
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, March 7, 2025
Legacy-owned, TV network-based media companies are heavily using their own networks ...
- TV News Staffing Cuts A Bigger Concern Now Than In The Past?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, March 7, 2025
Disney said it would cut jobs at ABC News by 200, wi ...
- Disney Sells Out The Oscars With Average $2M Ad Price
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, February 28, 2025
Thirty-second ad messages went for an average $2 million, according to media-buyi ...