- Verizon, Disney Discuss ESPN D2C Partnership
MediaDailyNews, Karlene Lukovitz - Monday, August 21, 2023
Verizon's CEO has openly expressed interest in partnering on a D2C versi ...
- Apple's Potential ESPN Bite: Sports Leagues Or Sports TV Network Focus?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, August 21, 2023
Selling all of Disney to Apple? Nah.. Think more strategically. How abo ...
- Amazon Drives Higher Prime Day Sales With Fewer Linear TV Ads
Research Intelligencer, Robert Williams - Monday, August 14, 2023
Advertising a digital sales event on traditional media may not be ...
- Streaming TV Marketing Slows Due To Strikes, Less New Programs, Cost-Saving Issues
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, August 11, 2023
Premium video streaming services' paid ad/promo efforts are increasing more slowly ...
- TV, Streaming Content Isn't Just King: It's A King With Long Arms
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, August 11, 2023
Content is not only king -- a ruler is pulling more strin ...
- Disney+, Hulu See 'Lower Advertising,' Rising Subscription Prices
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, August 9, 2023
Disney says its Disney+ ad-supported streaming option is now at 3.3 milli ...
- Disney Upfront Completed, 'In Line' With Year-Ago Volume
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, August 9, 2023
Disney Advertising has closed its upfront deals for the new TV seas ...
- Looking Back As Disney Mulls TV Network Selloff: Fox's $71B 2019 Deal
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, August 2, 2023
A new report says Disney is hiring back two of Iger's mo ...
- Streaming, Video Gaming Remain Strong In June, Kids TV Screen Time Rises
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, July 26, 2023
Total TV screen time for kids 2-17 grew about 20% in Ju ...
- ESPN Possible New Owners: The Sports Leagues Themselves?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, July 25, 2023
According to a CNBC report, ESPN is talking with the biggest spor ...
- Bob Iger To Stay On As Disney CEO Through 2026
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Thursday, July 13, 2023
The two-year extension had been widely expected within the industry. ...
- Disney Eyes Joint Venture Or Sale For Hotstar
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Wednesday, July 12, 2023
In part because of more aggressive competition in the Indian market, Disne ...
- Disney+ Hotstar Shifts Focus To Up ARPU, Faces Stiffer Competition
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Monday, July 3, 2023
India's JioCinema gained millions of viewers from offering free access to I ...
- CTV, Streamer Ads See 20% Slowdown For The First Half Of 2023
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, June 23, 2023
A slowdown in streaming platform advertising has amounted to a 20% dr ...
- Disney CFO Christine McCarthy Is Departing, Taking Advisory Role
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, June 15, 2023
Christine McCarthy, CFO of Walt Disney Co., is stepping down to ta ...
- Disney Schedule Shakeup: Delays Some Franchise Films, Adds Others
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Wednesday, June 14, 2023
Next three "Avatar" sequels delayed, new "Star Wars" movie added, among oth ...
- NBA Finals Viewing Down 6%, National TV Advertising At $112M
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, June 13, 2023
This year's finals pulled in $112.3 million in national TV advertising, accordi ...
- Google, Microsoft, OpenAI Limit AI Chatbot Internet Users: Report
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, June 12, 2023
Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI have restricted access to their generative AI chatbo ...
- Streamer Ad Revenue Estimates: Disney+ Eyes $750M, Netflix $620M
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, June 7, 2023
Netflix is projected to end the year with $620 million in ...
- Analyst Outlook for Hulu: Strong Daily User Minutes, But Ad Challenges Expected
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, June 6, 2023
Hulu's video-on-demand platform is at an estimated 69 minutes per day p ...
- Apple Vision Pro: Seeing Through Reality Via Entertainment And Gaming
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, June 7, 2023
Making VR headsets a real business means vision. Apple's version of wh ...
- Disney Takes Record $1.5B Write-Off After Pulling Content From Streamers
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Monday, June 5, 2023
Disney, which recently pulled more than 50 titles from Disney+ and Hul ...
- 'Little Mermaid' Makes Big Splash With $117.5M Memorial Day Weekend Opening
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, May 29, 2023
With the fifth-highest Memorial Day weekend ever, "Little Mermaid" helped drive box-offi ...
- Comcast, Disney In Arbitration As Comcast Cuts Off Funds For Hulu: Report
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, May 26, 2023
The companies are still "tens of billions" apart on their valuations ...
- Omnicom's Wren Likens AI To 'War,' Discloses Betas With Microsoft, Google, Others
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Thursday, May 25, 2023
"We are partnering with them, and we will service them in wa ...
- Disney Starts Another 2,500 Layoffs, Strategic WBD Cuts Loom As Max Debuts
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, May 23, 2023
Layoffs resulting from the financial toll of the shift to streaming a ...
- Lights, Camera, The Next Best Action
RTBlog, Joe Mandese - Monday, May 22, 2023
That, not a multitude of currencies -- legacy or new -- ...
- How To Stage A Disney Upfront, In 39 Seconds
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Tuesday, May 16, 2023
Well, that's the time-lapse video version in this article. The real-time versi ...
- 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 ...
- How The Upfronts Took A Backseat
MediaPost Live, Adam Buckman - Friday, May 12, 2023
If the recent past is any indication, the broadcast networks will g ...