- PE Firm Completes $1B Acquisition Of Kantar Media
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Monday, August 4, 2025
Private equity firm H.I.G. Capital this morning announced the completion of i ...
- Nielsen V. HyphaMetrics: Not Guilty Of Patent Infringement
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Monday, August 4, 2025
"We are thrilled that the jury recognized Nielsen's allegations were baseless a ...
- Skydance Media Announces Paramount Global Senior Executive Team
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, August 4, 2025
The company will be divided into three businesses: studios, D2C and ...
- Legacy Headache: Big Tech Not Buying Linear TV Networks Anytime Soon
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, August 4, 2025
Google, Meta Platforms, Microsoft, Apple and Amazon are not in the hu ...
- Lame Duck Colbert's Kamala Interview Was Great Sleep Aid
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Monday, August 4, 2025
Stephen Colbert's interview with Kamala Harris on Thursday was as dull ...
- Paramount Labels Upfront 'Consistent,' Says Streaming Represented 30%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, August 1, 2025
During its Q2 earnings phone call with analysts, the company said spor ...
- DirecTV Offers Customers ESPN 'Unlimited' At No Additional Cost
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, August 1, 2025
The ESPN unlimited plan includes the new ESPN D2C platform launching th ...
- 'Happy Gilmore 2': More Happiness For Streaming - And Netflix
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, August 1, 2025
What does Netflix's best viewing result ever for original movie "Happy Gilmo ...
- TikTok Expands Off-Platform Ad Program
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Wednesday, July 30, 2025
Building on its "Out of Phone" ad program, TikTok is introducing n ...
- NBCU Q2 Ad Revenue -7%, Peacock +20%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, July 31, 2025
Peacock posted a 20% increase in overall revenue to $1.2 billion, b ...
- New Head-Spinning Media Spinoff Math: Selling Network-Owned Stations?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, July 31, 2025
Selling potentially network-owned TV stations - perhaps CBS-owned-and-operated outlets? Sounds crazy. ...
- Sitcom With A Southern Twang Is Next Stop For Red-Hot Comic
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Thursday, July 31, 2025
Regional comedian Leanne Morgan was lucky enough to connect with Chuck Lor ...
- Acast And Magnite Form Programmatic Podcast Deal
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, July 29, 2025
The arrangement opens up 140,000 podcasts to programmatic buyers worldwide, the fir ...
- Streaming Ad Sales Grow 22% In Q2, Upfront Sees Spikes
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, July 30, 2025
Cable TV took the brunt of the rise in streaming - wi ...
- Still Beating Video - After The Expected Demise Of Cable?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, July 30, 2025
"We are beginning to see the early impact of Charter's bundled streami ...
- To Fund Or Not To Fund PBS, That Is The Question
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Wednesday, July 30, 2025
Arguments can be made for and against government support for public me ...
- MRC Releases Second Phase Of OOH Standards, Includes 'Comparability' With Other Media
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Monday, July 28, 2025
The Media Rating Council has released a draft of "Phase 2" ...
- Total Ad-Supported Viewing Up 2% In Q2: Nielsen
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, July 29, 2025
Ad-supported streaming grew 7% by 2.9 share points to 45.3% share, whi ...
- Disney Upfront: Big Gains In Streaming, Sports
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, July 29, 2025
Streaming accounted for 40% of total upfront volume for Disney. The compa ...
- NBCU Starting A Sports Network - After Axing One 4 Years Ago?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, July 29, 2025
Comcast/NBCU is considering starting up a sports network as a supplemental platfo ...
- 'King of The Hill' Is Back And Television Is Saved
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Tuesday, July 29, 2025
"King of the Hill" remains the best show produced in the la ...
- CTV Attribution For Automotive Links Ad Exposure To Performance
Data & Programmatic Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, July 28, 2025
Data-driven CTV ad firm Strategus created a platform to give advertisers pro ...
- 'Fantastic Four: First Steps' Takes Strides Into Summer With $118M Opening
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Sunday, July 27, 2025
Domestic theatrical revenue is up 12.4% year-to-date vs. a year ago ...
- Warner Bros. Discovery Names Post-Split Companies, Senior Execs
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, July 28, 2025
Warner Bros. will house its studios and streaming businesses including Warner Bro ...
- Should Station Ownership Limits Continue? Newsmax Thinks So
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, July 28, 2025
Newsmax wants to keep around a decades-old restriction that seems to f ...
- FCC Agreement Means Continued Corporate Scrutiny For CBS News
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Monday, July 28, 2025
In the wake of the FCC granting its approval last week ...
- Spotify, Netflix Partner On 'Happy Gilmore' Game Promo
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Thursday, July 24, 2025
The game, available exclusively in the Spotify app, invites players to conju ...
- Viant-LG Partnership Advances Performance CTV Strategies
MediaDailyNews, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, July 25, 2025
The introduction of Direct Access is intended to strengthen connections between advertise ...
- Another OS On The Way: Is There Room?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, July 25, 2025
Roku and Amazon Fire TV are major players - now with the ...
- Party 'Animals': Series Reveals Scourge Of Four-Legged Drug Use
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Friday, July 25, 2025
Animals getting wasted is a new front in the war on drug ...