- Trolls Guide Way To New Normal
Media Insider, Kaila Colbin - Friday, May 8, 2020
Remember when "straight to DVD" was the biggest insult you could gi ...
- ViacomCBS Expands With YouTube TV, Q1 Advertising Down 19%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, May 7, 2020
Despite an expected sharp decline in ad revenues, ViacomCBS surprisingly added YouTu ...
- Linear TV Kids Viewing Still Down During COVID-19 Stay-At-Home
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, May 13, 2020
Linear TV viewing for kids 2-11 dropped 8% for national kids ...
- 'Consumer Reports' Advises: Drop Netflix, Pick Up Disney
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Thursday, May 7, 2020
"Break Up With Netflix," reads one of the headlines in the Ju ...
- AMC Networks' Q1 Ad Revenue Sinks 11%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, May 5, 2020
In somewhat better news, distribution revenues from pay TV providers were do ...
- ViacomCBS To Hold Two-Day Virtual Upfront
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, May 5, 2020
ViacomCBS will showcase combined assets of its Viacom cable TV-based platforms a ...
- Roku Boosts DSP Operations, Launches OneView Platform
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, May 5, 2020
Roku says its OneView platform will leverage TV identity data to mana ...
- In Netflix Special, Bomb-Proof Seinfeld Soaks Up The Love
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Wednesday, May 6, 2020
Ever since the 1990s and his great success with "Seinfeld," he h ...
- YouTube Re-Signs PewDiePie In Exclusion Partnership
Around the Net In Digital, Gavin O'Malley - Tuesday, May 5, 2020
Controversial video-game vlogger PewDiePie just signed an exclusive livestreaming deal with YouTub ...
- Awesomeness Greenlights 2 Remote YouTube Series
Digital News Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Monday, May 4, 2020
Both "The Click" and "Date Drop" deal with teen life during ...
- Verizon, Pluto TV Ink Deal Across Pay TV, CTV, Mobile; Verizon Media Adds Native To DSP
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, May 5, 2020
The Verizon-Pluto TV distribution deal is said to be the first comprehensi ...
- NBCU Restructures Senior Management, Streaming And News Operations Affected
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, May 4, 2020
NBCU CEO Jeff Shell is making major structural shifts with key senior-lev ...
- Missed Ad Opportunities Jumped To 46% In Q1, Even As Streaming, VOD Soared
Video Insider, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, May 5, 2020
As shelter-at-home orders rolled out in mid-March, advertiser pullback resulted in ...
- HBO Max Bows Discount Offer, Signs Hulu As Distribution Partner
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Monday, May 4, 2020
Some pre-launch orders made directly through WarnerMedia are eligible for $2 o ...
- Should Studios, Movie Theaters Consider New TV Deals?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, May 4, 2020
Maybe there is a different kind of revenue-sharing agreement model to he ...
- Once Upon A Time In A Pandemic: A TV Blog Memory
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Monday, May 4, 2020
Time plays tricks during a pandemic, and also wreaks havoc on o ...
- What If They Never Open The Cineplex Again?
MediaDailyNews, George Simpson - Thursday, April 30, 2020
While I have a soft spot in my heart for theaters, t ...
- Tastemade Extends Reach, Now Available On Sling TV, VIZIO Smart Cast TVs
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Thursday, April 30, 2020
Tastemade creates food, travel and home & design programming, through short- a ...
- NBCU's Shell: Movie Theaters 'Central' To Biz, Video-On-Demand 'Complementary'
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, April 30, 2020
NBCU CEO Jeff Shell said theatrical would remain central, adding that video-on-dema ...
- Has YouTube Stolen Ad Revenues From Legacy TV? Not Yet
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, May 1, 2020
YouTube scored big results in its Q1 period -- up 33% ...
- AMC Theatres Won't Play Universal Pictures Movies, Blames 'Trolls World Tour' Dispute
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, April 29, 2020
This decision came after remarks from Jeff Shell, CEO, NBCUniversal, while talki ...
- Video Streamers' National TV Spend Skyrocketing, HBO Max, Peacock Ramp Up Launches
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, April 29, 2020
For national TV marketing of video streaming platforms, April spending is ...
- Linear TV Grows Without Sports, Netflix Also Higher
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, April 30, 2020
Nielsen says the streaming share of TV viewing is now at 2 ...
- Amazon Sued For Duping Streaming Video Purchasers
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, April 28, 2020
A California resident has sued Amazon for allegedly deceiving consumers by claimi ...
- Cable News, Lifestyle, Entertainment Networks See Gains Due To Higher At-Home Viewing
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, April 28, 2020
Cable TV news nets continue to generally lead all networks, with C ...
- On The Heels Of 'Parasite,' A Hard-Boiled TV Series From Korea
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Wednesday, April 29, 2020
Other than "Parasite," how many of us have ever really paid attenti ...
- Cheddar Consolidates News Channels
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Monday, April 27, 2020
Cheddar has closed its LA studio. It has two live-stream channels, o ...
- Amazon Strikes Free-Year Deal With Discovery's Food Network Kitchen App
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, April 27, 2020
Amazon Fire TV has struck a deal to give away the cab ...
- Where Does AT&T Go From Here?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, April 28, 2020
History is littered with troubled deals of horizontal expansion from one's existi ...
- News Helps Drive Sports Fans' Total Viewing Time Up 10%, Despite 87% Drop In Sports Event Viewing
Video Insider, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, April 28, 2020
Live viewership, streaming, time with CTV, VOD and binge-watching were all ...