- Co-Owned HBO, HGTV Team Up For 'White Lotus' Thai-In
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Thursday, February 13, 2025
The vastness of the Warner Bros. Discovery empire enabled the company ...
- Gould, Voltaggio To Presidents Of WBD Ad Sales
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, February 4, 2025
Ryan Gould and Bobby Voltaggio will replace the vacated position held ...
- CNN Lays Off 200 Staffers Amid Programming Changes, New Digital Push
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Thursday, January 23, 2025
Parent Warner Bros. Discovery is investing $70 million In CNN's digital strat ...
- Venu Sports Fallout: Winners And Losers
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, January 14, 2025
MoffettNathanson media analyst Robert Fishman wonders whether Disney could streamline/simplify its compl ...
- Soft Q1, Q2 2025 Sports Ad Market To Hit WBD: Analyst
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, January 13, 2025
WBD ad revenues are expected to decline 7.6% in Q1 to $1. ...
- Disney Buys 70% Of Fubo, Merges With Hulu + Live TV
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, January 6, 2025
Walt Disney is buying a 70% stake in sports-focused virtual pay ...
- 'Friends' Game Show Spinoff Is First Of Its Kind
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Thursday, December 19, 2024
A new Max game show tests the knowledge of "Friends" superfans abo ...
- Splitsville! WBD Separates Basic Cable And Pay Streaming
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Monday, December 16, 2024
A new restructuring plan announced last Thursday by Warner Bros. Discovery basical ...
- WBD To Restructure, Splitting Linear TV And Streaming, Studios
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, December 12, 2024
WBD's "Global Linear Networks" division will house its cable TV networks, a ...
- WBD-Comcast TV Deal: What About TV Network Un-Carriage?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Comcast will distribute WBD's Max and Discovery+ platforms. One analyst says T ...
- New Legacy Media Fitness Workout: Going To The Core
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, December 6, 2024
AT&T has now fully divested from its media business deals - somethi ...
- Cable TV Consolidation Will Come - But Not Next Year: Analyst
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, December 3, 2024
MoffettNathanson Research estimates revenue from Warner Bros. Discovery's live, linear cable ...
- Premium Streamers Slow Fall National TV Ad Spend By 30%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, November 26, 2024
National TV marketing for streamers is down 29% to $149.2 million ...
- WBD Settles With NBA: But Is It Enough For Advertisers?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, November 19, 2024
WBD will get international games, expanded video clips rights, and other N ...
- WBD More Than Doubles D2C Profitability In Q3, Stock Soars
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, November 7, 2024
WBD's D2C revenue was up 8% to $2.6 billion and the busine ...
- Who Now Buys A Cable TV Network Group - For The Future?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, November 5, 2024
Comcast Corp. says it is considering a spinoff of its NBCU cab ...
- The Sports TV Search For Networks: What's The End Game?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, October 18, 2024
Unrivaled will start up in January - airing before the WNBA seas ...
- Former WBD Exec Cukaj Hired By Fox TV To Lead Entertainment Ads
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, October 8, 2024
Cukaj will oversee Fox's linear TV and digital businesses as well ...
- Streamers' TV Ad Spend, Value Up 10% In Q3, Airings And Impressions Decline
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, October 4, 2024
Warner Bros. Discovery's Max was largely responsible for the decline in airin ...
- WBD's Steinlauf To Exit, Ad Revenue Trends Worsening
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, October 4, 2024
Warner Bros. Discovery Chief U.S. Advertising Sales Officer Jon Steinlauf is departin ...
- Streaming's Juggling Act: License Or Co-Partner For TV, Films?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, October 1, 2024
European pay TV service Sky has sued Warner Bros., claiming the U.S.-bas ...
- Legacy Media Consolidation Not The Answer - Or 'Hegemony': Barry Diller
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, September 24, 2024
"if you have a route to distribution, meaning you can get yo ...
- It's Not HBO, It's Just TV: HBO Now Just Another Network?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, September 17, 2024
The new Charter-Warner Bros. carriage deal now has long-time premium, ad-free ...
- Google 'Afterlifestyle' Influencer Plays On Warner Bros.' 'Beetlejuice'
MediaDailyNews, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, September 6, 2024
Google launched a series of ads introducing Bob, a popular "afterlifestyle" influence ...
- Nonstop Cord-Cutting Leads To Huge Subscriber Declines, Q2 Down 7%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, September 5, 2024
The first and second quarter of 2024 had 6.9% declines, with ...
- Without NBA, TNT Stakes Future On Scripted Dramas
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Tuesday, August 27, 2024
TNT's last push into scripted dramas kicked off at the Turner Networ ...
- Linear-To-Streaming Ad Struggles: Long Road Ahead Or Drag Race Sprint?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, August 26, 2024
Four of the five legacy media companies were down in advertising resul ...
- TV-Network Groups' 'Strict Bundling' Demands Must Change: DirecTV
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, August 21, 2024
"Programmers have continued to impose and enforce strict bundling requirements through exorbita ...
- Federal Court Blocks Venu Sports Start, Grants Fubo Suit Request
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Saturday, August 17, 2024
The new streaming business of live, linear TV sports-focused networks was plann ...
- Can Warner Bros. Discovery, Like Paramount, Find A Suitor?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, August 16, 2024
Bernstein Research says equity has continued to decline at the company, wi ...