- 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 ...
- NBA Regular-Season TV Ad Spend Flat At $636M, Viewership Dips To 1.53M
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Average national TV viewership has seen a slight 2% decline to ...
- 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 ...
- Major League Baseball: Still Down For The Count
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, March 4, 2025
At its core, one wonders whether baseball's problems are declining TV viewershi ...
- Viewing Rises 5% In January, Disney Dominates With 12% Share
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, February 25, 2025
Cable news TV networks were up 26% overall vs. December, with MSN ...
- ESPN, MLB Agree To End Contract Early, Cord-Cutting, Profits Issues Remain
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, February 21, 2025
In a dramatic pullback against ever-higher sports rights fees, ESPN is opti ...
- After Venu Sports: ESPN Bets Streaming Alone As 'Sports Destination'
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, February 17, 2025
Disney is surely focusing heavily on this product launch, with ESPN ...
- Disney Q4: Streaming Profit Gains, Domestic Ads Up 6%, Subscribers Slip
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, February 5, 2025
Disney streaming global subscribers dipped 1% to 124.6 million, with U.S./Canada subscribe ...
- NFL Post-Season Ad Spend Up 22%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, January 31, 2025
National TV ads from five linear TV networks and simulcast network airin ...
- NFL Regular-Season Ad Revenue 9% Lower, Viewing Slips 2%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, January 17, 2025
NBC's "Sunday Night Football" was the leading NFL franchise in ad reven ...
- DirecTV Launches 'MySports' Bundle In Wake Of Venu Sports
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, January 14, 2025
The streaming package of 40 sports and broadcast TV channels will initial ...
- Venu Sports Fallout: Winners And Losers
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, January 14, 2025
MoffettNathanson media analyst Robert Fishman wonders whether Disney could streamline/simplify its compl ...
- Streamers' Incremental Gains: Catering To The 'Casual' Viewer?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, January 2, 2025
Early in December, Disney decided to place an ESPN "tile" on Disney ...
- NBA TV Ad Revenue Up 6%, Airings And Impressions Rise
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, December 26, 2024
Total national TV ad revenue from the league's core networks - ESP ...
- First-Round College Football Playoffs Average 10.6M Viewers
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, December 24, 2024
The most-viewed game for this year's first round of the new expand ...
- Top Broadcast/Cable TV Networks' Ad Revenues Down 13% For 3-Month Period Ending Dec. 5
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, December 6, 2024
NBC, CBS and Fox are posting the strongest results at $1.41 billio ...
- WBD Settles With NBA: But Is It Enough For Advertisers?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, November 19, 2024
WBD will get international games, expanded video clips rights, and other N ...
- Streaming Video Users Fight Meta Over Privacy
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, November 12, 2024
Meta Platforms has known for more than two years that it collec ...
- Morgan Stanley's Gorman Named Disney Chair, Tasked To Find Next CEO
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, October 21, 2024
ESPN Chairman Jimmy Pitaro, Disney Experiences Chairman Josh D'Amaro and Dana Wald ...
- Broadcast TV Networks' Reach For Viewers 18+ Now Under 50%: Analyst
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, September 25, 2024
Key reach metrics for ABC, CBS, and NBC for persons 18 a ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- ESPN Partners With Jelly Roll For Anthem
Marketing Daily, Tanya Gazdik - Thursday, August 8, 2024
The song will serve as the soundtrack for ESPN's college football covera ...
- TV Sports-Only Streamer Venu Looks To Score With Pricey Monthly Package
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, August 5, 2024
Walt Disney, Fox Corp. and WBC, under a joint venture, hope ...
- TNT Secures College Football Playoff Games, NBA Deal Concerns Remain
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, May 23, 2024
Warner Bros. Discovery has struck a multiyear "sub-licensing" agreement with ESPN ...
- Warner Bros. Discovery With No NBA? And Much Less Sports Content
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, May 24, 2024
WBD has never owned an over-the-air-broadcast network or TV station but ...
- NBA Playoffs: Ad Revenue Rises 3%, Viewing Down 12%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, May 22, 2024
The NBA playoffs' first two rounds have pulled $274.6 million in nation ...
- Charter, Paramount Ink TV Carriage Deal - Including Paramount+
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, May 24, 2024
Following the groundbreaking TV network/streaming carriage deal with Walt Disney, Charter Communicatio ...