- Lawmakers Parrot MPAA, Say Unlocked Set-Top Boxes Could Boost Piracy
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, May 3, 2016
"Creators are legitimately worried about the prospect that future set top boxe ...
- Hulu To Start 'Skinny' OTT Service
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, May 2, 2016
The new OTT service would offer live and on-demand programming and laun ...
- TV Ad Market Forecast To Wane Post-Olympics
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, May 2, 2016
Bernstein Research says TV advertising will weaken after big ad spending followi ...
- Is True Widespread TV Cord-Cutting Here?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, May 3, 2016
Many pay TV providers have been dinged from cutting back on tradition ...
- PBS Continues Its Quest To Ensure That No One Forgets The '60s
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Tuesday, May 3, 2016
Both Janis Joplin, who died of a drug overdose in 1970 ...
- Vimeo Is Buying VHX
Around the Net in Video, Gavin O'Malley - Monday, May 2, 2016
Vimeo is buying VHX. “Long a bastion of ad-free online video,” T ...
- Ding Dong, The Witch Is Looking Somewhat Less Wicked
Garfield at Large, Bob Garfield - Monday, May 2, 2016
At last tally, there were a trillion competing streaming music and vid ...
- Kampgrounds Of America Focuses On Time Of Day
Marketing Daily, Tanya Gazdik - Sunday, May 1, 2016
"Camping is extremely sensory based and these ads take the viewer direct ...
- NBC Partners With Snapchat To Promote Summer Olympics To Millennials
Mobile Marketing Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Friday, April 29, 2016
Snapchat has scored a partnership with NBC to show highlights from t ...
- Digital Video Ad Spending Soars, Budgets Coming Mainly From TV
Online Video Daily, Joe Mandese - Monday, May 2, 2016
Ad spending on original digital -- both desktop and mobile -- programmi ...
- IAB Finds Ad Spending On Original Digital Video Programming 114% Higher Since 2014
Real-Time Daily, Tobi Elkin - Monday, May 2, 2016
The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) on Monday said that investments in origin ...
- Get Ready: NewFront Season Is Upon Us
RTBlog, Felicia Greiff - Monday, May 2, 2016
During the first two weeks of May, old and new media compani ...
- Viacom Kicks Off First-Party Data Effort For Movie Studios
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, April 29, 2016
Viacom's Vantage -- its data-driven targeting platform -- says it can lo ...
- Rovi Buys TiVo For $1B, Consolidates Personal TV Marketplace
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, April 29, 2016
Rovi, the digital entertainment guide provider, said it would buy TiVo, t ...
- Starz Reports Lower Financials, But Higher Stock Price
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, April 29, 2016
Starz revenues sank 4% to $431.9 million versus $450.7 million in t ...
- ION's Upfront Strategy: Deliver On Ratings, Earn Advertisers' Trust
Television News Daily, Adam Buckman - Friday, April 29, 2016
ION's programming consists mainly of off-network hours including such stalwarts as "Bl ...
- TV Nets: Work Harder To Keep Viewers Engaged, Avoid More Ad Content
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, May 2, 2016
Steve Burke, CEO of NBCUniversal, said during the last week's Comcast Cor ...
- Houdini And Arthur Conan Doyle Make Magic On Fox
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Monday, May 2, 2016
I love this show. What's it doing on Fox? I wondered ...
- Movie Studio For Sale -At Discount. Welcome To 'Premium' World Of Movies, TV
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, April 28, 2016
At the same time Viacom has been looking to sell a pie ...
- Rovi Buys Tivo For $1.1B
Around the Net in Video, Gavin O'Malley - Friday, April 29, 2016
Rovi just bought Tivo for $1.1 billion. “Talks of such an acquisiti ...
- NEW! MC Hammer Hates Nails, Named Brand Ambassador For Command Brand
Out to Launch, Amy Corr - Thursday, April 28, 2016
Please Hammer, don't hurt 'em. MC Hammer is having quite the wee ...
- Amazon: FCC Should Unlock Set-Top Boxes, Privacy Protections Not Needed
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Friday, April 29, 2016
Amazon is joining Google in asking for new set-top-box rules that wou ...
- Why Booming Ad Tech M&A Is Bad News For IPOs
Real-Time Daily, Bill Wise - Friday, April 29, 2016
The ad tech market is seeing an uptick in big-name M&A transaction ...
- NBCU Buys DreamWorks For $3.8 Billion
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, April 28, 2016
The studio will become part of the Universal Filmed Entertainment Group, whi ...
- Viacom's U.S. Ad Revenues Sink 5%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, April 28, 2016
A declining supply of ratings and reduced advertising loads pushed Viacom's advertisi ...
- Outdoor Channel Seeks To Broaden Its Appeal This Upfront Season
Television News Daily, Adam Buckman - Thursday, April 28, 2016
The Outdoor Channel is hoping to broaden its appeal among both viewe ...
- The Reality of Reality TV: Diversity Of Shows Needed To Survive
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, April 29, 2016
Reality TV shows are great for business -- producers and TV network ...
- Dumb Idea Of The Week: 'Match Game' With Alec Baldwin
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Friday, April 29, 2016
Game shows are supposed to be fun. So who on Earth ca ...
- Awesome Month For AwesomenessTV
VidBlog, P.J. Bednarski - Friday, April 29, 2016
April began with Verizon buying a near-25% stake in AwesomenessTV. It end ...
- Finance Company Kabbage Kicks Off First TV Campaign
MAD, Larissa Faw - Wednesday, April 27, 2016
The campaign, from creative agency Union, provides a humorous look at wh ...