- NFL Regular Season At 16 Weeks: Up 10%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, December 29, 2023
The NFL's average regular 32-season game is up 10% to 17.9 milli ...
- New Year Streaming Headaches: Bundle, Unbundle Or Bumble?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, January 2, 2024
It's mostly about the streaming-only bundle, seemingly in growing demand for mode ...
- Streaming Price Hikes: A Nightmare Or Just Easy Daydreaming?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, December 21, 2023
Still looking for all that savings when it comes to moving ...
- 'NBA Cup' Game Scores Big With 4.6M Viewers, November Ads Up 26%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, December 12, 2023
The NBA's first "In-Season Tournament' final for its inaugural "NBA Cup" earn ...
- Cable TV News November Viewing Sinks 19%, National TV Ads Down 9%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, December 1, 2023
Cable TV news networks were down 19% overall to a collective 3 ...
- College Football Up 15% In Impressions, 19% In TV Ad Spend
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, November 28, 2023
Total national TV advertising on 9 TV networks is up 19% ...
- Disney Town Hall With Bob Iger: No Decision On Linear TV Deals
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, November 29, 2023
Iger said no decisions had been made about the future of t ...
- Eagles-Chiefs 'MNF' Rematch Earns 29M Viewers
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, November 22, 2023
Disney-ABC's "Monday Night Football" win was the best result for the N ...
- NFL Regular-Season Viewing Soars 10%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, November 14, 2023
Through 10 weeks of the NFL regular season, the average game amo ...
- Disney+/Hulu App To Beta Launch, ESPN To Remain On Cable After Standalone Streamer Debuts
MediaDailyNews, Karlene Lukovitz - Thursday, November 9, 2023
CEO Bob Iger revealed the timing plan for the merged app's laun ...
- Disney Q3: Higher Disney+ Subscribers, Trims D2C Losses
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, November 8, 2023
Walt Disney's D2C business had positive results, with strong subscriber additions a ...
- Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery: Going For Low-Percentage Shots?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, November 9, 2023
The NBA appears to be in the driver's seat for future ...
- Falling Media Stocks? Pressure To Sell Legacy TV Business On The Line
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, November 8, 2023
One analyst has given Paramount Global a bit of a red fl ...
- NBA Fee Hikes Coming: A Game Changer For Warner Bros. Discovery?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, November 3, 2023
Warner Bros. Discovery may need the NBA deal more than Disney, whi ...
- Disney Releases ESPN Financials For First Time, New Business Segment Results
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, October 19, 2023
Fiscal year 2022 results showed all of ESPN's revenues rising 8%, wi ...
- NFL TV Viewing 9% Higher, Amazon And ABC Up
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, October 6, 2023
Average viewership per game on TV networks and video platforms is ...
- Vizio TVs Now Offer Access To ESPN App, ESPN+, Disney Bundle
MediaDailyNews, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, September 19, 2023
Another deal that gives Disney access to millions of potential streaming subscribe ...
- ESPN, Disney Entertainment CFO Moves To Warner Music
MediaDailyNews, Karlene Lukovitz - Wednesday, September 20, 2023
Bryan Castellani, who was with Disney for 20 years, joins Warner Mus ...
- Is The 'A La Carte' Picking Of TV Networks, Streamers Now A Myth?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, September 18, 2023
Right now, the prevailing wisdom is that consumers want all the popul ...
- As Disney-Charter Stalemate Continues, What About ESPN+ Option?
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, September 8, 2023
"We have proposed creative ways to make Disney's direct-to-consumer services available ...
- Charter Spectrum Subscribers Sue Over Disney Blackout
MediaDailyNews, Karlene Lukovitz - Thursday, September 7, 2023
Florida Gators football fans were outraged by "Lucy pulling the football aw ...
- Consumers Will Pay For Disney, Spectrum Money Battle
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Wednesday, September 6, 2023
The cable company accuses Disney of demanding a fee increase in ord ...
- Disney, Charter Push Pay TV Alternatives During Heated Carriage Contract Dispute
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, September 5, 2023
Amid tense negotiations and the blackout of networks/stations, Charter and Disney a ...
- Movie Theaters To Show ESPN Telecasts Of ACC Games
MediaDailyNews, Karlene Lukovitz - Thursday, August 31, 2023
ESPN previously partnered with Cinemark in the new arena of paid-for O ...
- ESPN Changing TV Bundle In 2 Years - Too Late? What Remains
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, August 29, 2023
ESPN has been said among analysts to be the glue that hol ...
- ESPN Streamer: Amazon Joins Talks, Monthly Fee Could Hit $35
MediaDailyNews, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, August 25, 2023
Amazon's been open about its intention to pursue more live-sports deals, followi ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- ESPN Strikes $2B Branding Deal For 'ESPN Bet' Sportsbook
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, August 9, 2023
The branding deal, which starts up this fall in the 16 legaliz ...