- Disney's Remakes: Live-Action Comes To Life... And Cash
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, March 18, 2025
In a new survey, nearly 60% say Disney is doing remakes ...
- Netflix To See Even Faster Ad Growth, To $6B In 2027: Analyst
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, March 17, 2025
In the U.S./Canada market - Netflix's biggest - it estimates 2025 ...
- Programming To Trump America? What About Viewers, Brand Needs?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, March 13, 2025
Successful TV viewership and high ratings of TV shows are not depende ...
- Netflix Maintains Content Spend Lead Over Competitors
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, March 10, 2025
Netflix came in at $15.3 billion in content/production spend - almost twi ...
- Spotify Probing Why Premium Users Still Hearing Ads
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Thursday, March 6, 2025
Users paying for Spotify's ad-free Premium tier have reported hearing ads f ...
- Streamers' TV Promo Spend Sinks 38%, Airings And Impressions Down
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, March 7, 2025
Legacy-owned, TV network-based media companies are heavily using their own networks ...
- Why CTV Will Be The Next Big Game Platform: A Conversation With Phynd's Andre Swanston
Media 3.0, Colin Kirkland - Thursday, March 6, 2025
Phynd Founder Swanston explains why gamers are the most sought-after audience ...
- Core Local Ad Spend Projected To Grow 6.1% This Year
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, March 6, 2025
Total local digital media will land at $89.6 billion, with traditional med ...
- Streaming Vs. Theaters: More Competition For Movie Screen Time?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, March 6, 2025
"We haven't seen a steeper decay of a film's trajectory through i ...
- Best Picture Nominees 2020-24 Contributed $1.2B In Streaming Revenue
Advanced TV Insider, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, March 5, 2025
Netflix has four of the top five and six of the t ...
- Roku CPM Cuts To Yield Major Ad Gains, Analyst Says
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, March 5, 2025
Roku is projected to hit $3.02 billion in ad revenue in 202 ...
- Fox Thinks Streaming - But Not Big Streaming
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, March 5, 2025
Clearing up initial news reports, Fox Corp. CEO Lachlan Murdoch says t ...
- Paramount Q4 Global Revenue +5%, D2C +9%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, February 27, 2025
Paramount+ added 5.6 million subscribers in the quarter and posted revenue 1 ...
- WBD Q4: Ad Declines Accelerate, Down 12%, Max Sees Subscriber Growth
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, February 27, 2025
Fourth-quarter linear TV network ad revenues accelerated to a 17% drop ( ...
- Premium SVOD Subscribers Up 10.4% In 2024, Average Churn Moderating
Advanced TV Insider, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, February 26, 2025
While gross additions in 2024 exceeded cancellations - 173.3 million vs. 147 ...
- WBD's Max: No Extra Sports, News Charge For Ad-Free Tiers
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, February 26, 2025
At the same time, WBD now says that beginning March 30, B ...
- FAST Channels Making TV Stations Happy - But Not So Fast
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, February 26, 2025
While FAST is growing, challenges remain - especially with cross-platform measurement, a ...
- 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 ...
- Waymark Expands Deal With Paramount To Include 27 CBS-Owned Stations
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, February 25, 2025
Waymark's AI-video creative platform will help TV stations work with local sma ...
- Political Winds Shift, And So Do Networks: Changes At MSNBC
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, February 25, 2025
In January prime time, Fox News Channel grew 40% in total viewe ...
- TelevisaUnivision US Ad Revenues Up 2% In Q4, $1.8B For 2024
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, February 20, 2025
For the full year, U.S. advertising was up 2% (to $1.8 billio ...
- YouTube Model For TV Station Future: Podcasts, As News?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, February 20, 2025
Among podcast listeners under 30, 65% prefer to watch podcasts as ...
- Fewer Streamers Launched In 2024, More Being Pulled
Advanced TV Insider, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, February 19, 2025
Streaming TV is slowing down, a BB Media study finds, with ...
- Let's Break Up: Sports On Streamers Will Cause Fragmentation
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, February 19, 2025
Growth of sports on streamers will only drive a bigger wedge in ...
- January Streaming Grew 21% YOY, 5% Since Last Month
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, February 18, 2025
NFL and NCAA sports content made the difference. Broadcast added one-tenth ...
- Selling Midsized Cable Network Groups: Are There Any Buyers?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, February 18, 2025
The only hope is for midsized cable network groups to merge wi ...
- 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 ...
- Roku Q4 Grows 25%, Including Advertising
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, February 14, 2025
Roku says small and medium-sized businesses contributed strongly to the bigger cor ...
- Netflix Looks - And Listens - To Podcast Possibilities
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, February 14, 2025
With its total addressable market in the TV/streaming video space near saturati ...
- YouTube Citations In Google AI Overviews Rise 25%
Performance Marketing Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, February 13, 2025
BrightEdge has kept pace with identifying trends on how Google AI Overvie ...