- Disney's Big Streaming Ad Push: Political Ads? Not So Much - There Are Rules
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, July 27, 2022
Disney's Hulu can be picky about what political ads it wants ...
- 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 ...
- Disney Upfront Reaches Record $9B
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, July 18, 2022
Disney says it posted "double-digit" CPM price increases for its ABC Televisi ...
- Disney Hikes ESPN+ Solo Sub 43% To Help Boost Bundle Uptake
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Monday, July 18, 2022
With a hefty $3 price jump,, ESPN+ solo is just $4 le ...
- 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 ...
- Netflix New Ad-Supported Content: Legacy TV Streamers Have A Leg Up
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, July 14, 2022
Netflix reportedly now needs to renegotiate deals with Hollywood studios, which th ...
- 'ESPYS' Award Show Signs 7 Official Sponsors, 20 Overall
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, July 12, 2022
Capital One will serve as the presenting sponsor of the show f ...
- Disney, The Trade Desk Expand Deal, Matching Audience, Identity Graphs For Media Buys
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, July 12, 2022
With this deal, the companies say media buyers can discover and activa ...
- Linear TV Ad Revenue Will Take A Big Hit, Streaming Still Growing: BofA
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, July 11, 2022
"It is our expectation total advertising budgets would decline modestly with streaming/advertisi ...
- 'Thor: Love And Thunder' Pumps Disney
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Sunday, July 10, 2022
The "Thor" franchise continues the trend of surpassing the previous editions wh ...
- Disney CEO Chapek's Contract Extended For 3 Years
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, June 28, 2022
"Disney was dealt a tough hand by the pandemic, yet with B ...
- Hulu Hit 'Only Murders In The Building' Back For More
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Monday, June 27, 2022
The Steve Martin-Martin Short series represents a bright spot in the ...
- To Infinity And Beyond: Disney's 'Lightyear' Opens Big, Adds To Box-Office Surge
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, June 20, 2022
"Jurassic World" remained tops in its second week - at $58.7 milli ...
- Netflix Forecast To Hit $1.2B, Disney+ $1.8B In Advertising By 2025
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, June 14, 2022
"We expect Disney+ to monetize U.S. advertising at a faster pace th ...
- Disney Loses Indian Cricket Streaming Rights To Paramount JV, Retains TV Rights
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, June 14, 2022
Paramount, India's Reliance Industries and Bodhi Tree Systems will pay $2.6 billi ...
- Major Disney C-Suite Shakeup: Rice Departs, Walden Ascends
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, June 9, 2022
Amidst a rapidly changing business entertainment environment, Walt Disney is making ...
- Netflix's 'Stranger Things,' Disney+'s 'Obi-Wan Kenobi' Go Head-To-Head: Both Claim Wins
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, June 7, 2022
The highly anticipated major original streaming releases went head to head th ...
- Disney Taps Apple Games Exec Bozon For Metaverse Development
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Monday, June 6, 2022
Mark Bozon will lead the cross-divisional team responsible for generating and coordinati ...
- ESPN Up Against Netflix, NBCU, Amazon For Formula 1 Rights
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Monday, June 6, 2022
Formula 1 has been virtually commercial-free in U.S. airings, but each compa ...
- Disney's 'Doctor Strange,' With Heavy TV Advertising, Conjures Up $185M For Box Office
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Sunday, May 8, 2022
"Doctor Strange" was boosted by dominant wall-to-wall national TV advertising with ...
- Hulu AVOD Promo Slashes Price 85%, To $1 Per Month
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Monday, May 23, 2022
Hulu's sub growth slowed to 300,000 in Q1, down from 2.2 milli ...
- A Tale Of Two Upfronts: WB Discovery Vs. Disney
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Thursday, May 19, 2022
Where do I sign? That was my reaction to the Warner Bro ...
- NBCU And ABC-Disney: Send Your Upfront Invitations To Me!
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Wednesday, May 11, 2022
It is demeaning to send emails to multiple p.r. representatives at t ...
- Q1 National TV Ad Revenue Sinks 2.6% Without Olympics, AVOD Grows 63%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, May 2, 2022
Total Q1 national TV linear advertising was up 4.7% to $9.1 billio ...
- Veteran Agency, Advanced Ad Exec Michael Bologna Joins Interactive TV Company BrightLine
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, April 22, 2022
Bologna will work with TV networks looking to broaden interactive ad produ ...
- Disney Could Be Swept Into Florida 'Deplatforming' Ban
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, April 21, 2022
Florida may end a theme-park exemption to its new social media la ...
- New Disney+, Nat Geo Bundle Pairs Print, Streaming
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, April 15, 2022
National Geographic Premium with Disney+ is Disney's latest move to leverage synergi ...
- Disney Streaming's CTO Worked At Google On The Tech Behind YouTube
Performance Marketing Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, April 1, 2022
Disney Streaming, part of Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution, has announced ...
- Disney+ Sets Summer Launch Dates, Pricing For 42 More Countries, 11 Territories
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Wednesday, March 30, 2022
The launches are set to begin in South Africa on May ...
- Disney Sells Out National TV Advertising For 'The Oscars'
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, March 23, 2022
National TV advertising for "The 94th Academy Awards" on ABC is so ...