- DirecTV, Disney End Blackout, Deal Includes Streamers
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Sunday, September 15, 2024
The deal includes streaming services Disney+, ESPN+ and Hulu, as well ...
- Legacy TV Quakes: More TV Blackouts Looming, With Streaming Shift?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, September 5, 2024
More consumer-friendly, flexible streaming access and cancellation across all types of subscripti ...
- Disney Celebrates 85 Years Of Marvel, 15 Years After Acquiring It
Marketing Daily, Danielle Oster - Wednesday, September 4, 2024
The spot combines archival interviews, film footage and classic comic book pa ...
- Disney Proposes Flexible 'Sports-Centric,' 'Entertainment-Based' Options To DirecTV
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, September 4, 2024
Last year Disney struck a deal with Charter's Spectrum service allowing t ...
- YouTube Takes Top Spot In Aggregate Viewing In July
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, September 3, 2024
YouTube posted a 10.4% share for July, while Disney came in ...
- Disney Nets Go Dark On DirecTV, 11M Affected
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, September 2, 2024
Blackouts are threatening the upcoming start of the NFL season on A ...
- Saving RSNs?: ESPN Wants To Add Local MLB, NBA Games
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, August 30, 2024
"We want to be part of the solution,' says Jimmy Pitaro, t ...
- DirecTV, Walt Disney Carriage Dispute: Blackouts For ABC, ESPN?
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, August 28, 2024
Disney has reportedly offered "flexible options" to the pay TV satellite/virtual p ...
- Linear-To-Streaming Ad Struggles: Long Road Ahead Or Drag Race Sprint?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, August 26, 2024
Four of the five legacy media companies were down in advertising resul ...
- TV's 'A La Carte' Thing: Legacy Bundling Concerns In The Spotlight
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, August 22, 2024
With Venu Sports seemingly weakened after a ruling temporarily halted its launc ...
- Federal Court Blocks Venu Sports Start, Grants Fubo Suit Request
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Saturday, August 17, 2024
The new streaming business of live, linear TV sports-focused networks was plann ...
- What Niche-Branded FAST Channels Might Remind Us Of
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, August 12, 2024
More niche FAST channels - including ones focused on sports and ne ...
- All Fall Down: Basic Cable's A Drag For TV Titans
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Monday, August 12, 2024
Scanning a list of basic cable channels is like rummaging through ...
- Disney Parks, Experiences Income Down 3% In Q2, Revenue Creeps Up 2%
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, August 7, 2024
Disney says revenue growth was impacted by lower consumer demand that exceed ...
- R-Rated Movies, TV: Not Much Of A Controversy Any More?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, August 2, 2024
"Deadpool & Wolverine" - a monster hit with a $211 million domest ...
- Disney Completes Upfront, Sales Rise 5%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, August 1, 2024
Disney Advertising has concluded its upfront deals, with volume and revenue ...
- NBA Strikes $77B Rights Deals, Rejects WBD 'Match' Offer
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, July 25, 2024
On Wednesday, as expected, the NBA finalized deals with Walt Disney, NB ...
- Netflix, YouTube Dominate Aggregate Growth In June
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, July 23, 2024
Walt Disney - the industry leader in this June index - fe ...
- Media Data Breaches: More Apathy? Any Good Actors?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, July 17, 2024
On Monday there was news that Walt Disney's internal business and consum ...
- Targeting Streaming 'Re-Subscribers': Key Bundling Combos
Advanced TV Insider, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, July 10, 2024
A huge chunk of streaming subscribers are "re-subscribers," at 42% -- young ...
- Disney Offers Global First-Party Data Connection
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, June 24, 2024
The BridgeID platform allows the Disney Audience Graph, through the company's clean-ro ...
- 5-Year Hit: Legacy Media Profits Halved, Linear Ads Share Decline
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, June 21, 2024
Profits among six large legacy media companies declined to $17.2 billion ...
- Premium Streamers' TV Marketing Spend, Value Drops 18%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, May 31, 2024
Premium streaming platforms have slowed down their national TV marketing spending f ...
- Peltz Loses Disney Proxy Fight, Then Unloads Stock For $1 Billion Profit
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Friday, May 31, 2024
Financier activist Nelson Peltz profited handsomely from a scenario that he himse ...
- When Will The Streaming Walled Gardens Get Some Peepholes?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, May 21, 2024
Do we get a clearer picture of what Prime Video is a ...
- How Big A Market Does Venu Sports Need?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, May 20, 2024
Venu Sports -- backed by Walt Disney-Fox Corp.-Warner Bros. Discovery -- cou ...
- Legacy TV-Backed Sports Streamer Now Has A Name: Venu Sports
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, May 17, 2024
Venu Sports, slated to launch in fall 2024, will be made availab ...
- Does Nielsen's 'Distributor Gauge' Tell A Good Story For Legacy Media?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, May 17, 2024
Nielsen's effort to show a complete picture with its new "Media Distribut ...
- Final Thoughts About This Week's Upfronts
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Friday, May 17, 2024
And now, an exclusive peek inside the TV Blog's Upfront Week note ...
- TVB, Others Call On Nielsen To Break Out Ad-Supported Portion Of New 'Distributor' Data
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Wednesday, May 15, 2024
The analysis does not "provide the key data needed by advertisers: Whe ...