- Sinclair Favors Consolidation, Downplays Value Of Local TV Newscasts
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, August 3, 2017
Chris Ripley, president/CEO of Sinclair, doesn't think four, five or six loc ...
- Thoroughly Modern Kylie Jenner Takes Center Stage On E!
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Thursday, August 3, 2017
"Life of Kylie" is designed to appeal to a generation of p ...
- Lawsuit Alleges Trump Pushed For Fake Fox News Story
Publishing Insider, Erik Sass - Wednesday, August 2, 2017
The lawsuit was filed against Fox News by Rod Wheeler, a form ...
- Paid-Search ROI Continues To Fall
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, August 1, 2017
A report released Tuesday implies that during the past six years, t ...
- E.W. Scripps To Buy Katz Broadcasting's Digital Nets For Under $302 Million
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, August 1, 2017
Scripps, which owns 33 TV stations, will get various networks in t ...
- With $22 Million On Hand, GOP Super-PAC Attacks Its Own
Television News Daily, Philip Rosenstein - Tuesday, August 1, 2017
Congressional Republicans are waging war against members of their own party ...
- Time-Shifting Boosts CBS Prime-Time Viewing By 53%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, August 1, 2017
Gleaning data from Nielsen's evolving Total Content Ratings, CBS touts strong time-shift ...
- CBS Entertainment Team Adopts New Types Of TV Shows, Diversity
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, August 1, 2017
CBS, with a new entertainment team, intends to send a message ...
- Number Of TV Sets Decline, Not Screens
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, August 2, 2017
Nielsen says in 2016 there were 56.88 total hours of viewing ti ...
- The Discovery-Scripps Merger: What's Wrong With This Picture?
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Wednesday, August 2, 2017
When you look at the programming content of the Discovery-owned networks a ...
- Hackers Hit HBO
Around The Net In Television, Gavin O'Malley - Monday, July 31, 2017
HBO is the latest victim of a cyber attack, which apparently l ...
- Roku Winning Connected-TV War
Around The Net In Television, Gavin O'Malley - Monday, July 31, 2017
Among all connected TV devices, Roku is currently outperforming Chromecast, Fire ...
- Fox Launches First :06 Units: Duracell, Mars First Brands To Use Short-Form Commercials
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Tuesday, August 1, 2017
The six-second commercial, which has become a standard for many digital vid ...
- Discovery Finalizes $14.6B Deal For Scripps Interactive Networks
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, July 31, 2017
The companies tout that their combined networks will have a 20% sha ...
- So Much Comedy, So Few Laughs
Television News Daily, Gary Holmes - Monday, July 31, 2017
Feeling a little down about the state of the world? Wouldn't ...
- Discovery Communications: Revenues Up 2%; Net Income Drops 8%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, July 31, 2017
On the same day it announced its $14.6 billion merger with Scrip ...
- Daugherty To Lead ABC's New Marketing Team
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, July 31, 2017
Daugherty has been promoted to EVP marketing for ABC Entertainment, responsible f ...
- Politics Is TV's New Entertainment Programming
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, August 1, 2017
Judging from the Politicon conference, politics is fueling the same passions audienc ...
- Violence Debate Is Thing Of The Past As TV's Bloodlust Grows
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Tuesday, August 1, 2017
The TV industry often describes shows as "edgy" to indicate they ha ...
- Comedian Kevin Hart Launches 'Laugh Out Loud' Streaming Video Service
Video Insider, Tobi Elkin - Tuesday, August 1, 2017
The streaming service, in partnership with Lionsgate, will feature original scripted a ...
- Discovery's Digital Vision Comes Into Focus
Media Insider, Steven Rosenbaum - Monday, July 31, 2017
When you look beyond the headlines, you may think Discovery CEO Dav ...
- Media M&A Deals Remain Steady In Q2
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, July 28, 2017
PricewaterhouseCoopers says there were 232 media deals in the second quarter, wi ...
- Netflix Chooses Organic, Product Placement Over Paid Search
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, July 31, 2017
AdGooroo estimates Netflix's organic clicks in January to have an equivalent paid-sear ...
- Altice USA Cable Video Loses More Subscribers
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, July 28, 2017
Altice USA -- which bought up Cablevision Systems and a majority intere ...
- Latest From Swamp DC TV: Trump Fires Senior Staffer
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, July 31, 2017
"I am disappointed in the attorney general," said President Trump last wee ...
- 'Ray Donovan': TV's Last Antihero?
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Monday, July 31, 2017
The title character of "Ray Donovan" feels like he belongs to t ...
- NBCU's Ad Revs Mixed, Achieves Overall Gain In Q2
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, July 27, 2017
Ad revenue dropped 1.2% due to continued audience decline, although NBC charg ...
- Mandala Named President Of Ad Sales, Univision
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, July 27, 2017
Mandala, who had been EVP of advertising sales, will oversee ad sal ...
- Discovery Reports Preliminary $12B Deal For Scripps Networks
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, July 27, 2017
Discovery Communications is nearing a deal for at least $90 a sha ...
- TV Cos. May Be Aping Big Digital Players
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, July 28, 2017
Cable network industry consolidation is coming. But will it make for bett ...