- NBA TV/Streaming Deals Valued At $76B, TNT Taking A Shot?
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, July 11, 2024
The NBA is reportedly finalizing deals worth an estimated $76 billion ov ...
- Targeting Streaming 'Re-Subscribers': Key Bundling Combos
Advanced TV Insider, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, July 10, 2024
A huge chunk of streaming subscribers are "re-subscribers," at 42% -- young ...
- WBD's truTV Makes Bigger Move Toward Sports
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, July 10, 2024
truTV will see a "significant" sports programming expansion in 2025, with prime-ti ...
- Paramount Seeks More Aggressive Streaming Merger Deal: CNBC
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, July 2, 2024
Paramount Global is looking to merge its streaming business with an existi ...
- Shark Week Adds New Sponsors, 'Collections' Content On Max, discovery+
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, July 2, 2024
Sponsorship deals include custom video, tagged tune-in, billboards, in-program messaging and streami ...
- Zaslav's Refresher Course: Bring Back 'Direct' Into Direct-To-Consumer
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, June 3, 2024
WBD is participating in assorted bundling partnerships and entertainment bundling. With a ...
- Max, Apple TV+ Have Most To Gain From Bundling, Survey Finds
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, May 29, 2024
Warner Bros. Discovery's Max is the most likely candidate to see upsi ...
- New Streaming Bundling Push: Won't Get Fooled Again?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, May 28, 2024
Comcast recently disclosed a streaming bundle that includes its own Peacock, ...
- Never Saw 'Em Coming: CNN, ABC Debate Deals Were A Surprise
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Tuesday, May 21, 2024
CNN and ABC both announced on the same day last week th ...
- How Big A Market Does Venu Sports Need?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, May 20, 2024
Venu Sports -- backed by Walt Disney-Fox Corp.-Warner Bros. Discovery -- cou ...
- Legacy TV-Backed Sports Streamer Now Has A Name: Venu Sports
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, May 17, 2024
Venu Sports, slated to launch in fall 2024, will be made availab ...
- Does Nielsen's 'Distributor Gauge' Tell A Good Story For Legacy Media?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, May 17, 2024
Nielsen's effort to show a complete picture with its new "Media Distribut ...
- WBD Upfront: New Advanced Ad Products For Max, Film Sponsorship Push
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, May 15, 2024
WBD announced advanced ad products for its Max streamer at its upfro ...
- Network TV, Linear Cable Get Some TLC At Upfronts
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Thursday, May 16, 2024
Streaming took center stage at the Upfronts this week, but broadcast a ...
- Nielsen Releases The 'Big 14' Share Of Television
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Tuesday, May 14, 2024
Disney is the aggregate champ with an 11.5% share, followed by YouTube ...
- Warner Bros. Discovery Q1 Network Ad Revenues Sink 11%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, May 9, 2024
As pressure to cut costs at WBD continues, the company witnessed furth ...
- Will Sports Programming Be A Factor Boosting TV's Upfront Ad Market?
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, May 10, 2024
An expected soft TV upfront ad market might look better with strong ...
- Disney-WBD Launch Streaming Bundle Including Disney+, Hulu, Max
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, May 8, 2024
The bundle packages the Disney+ and Hulu platforms with WBD's Max streame ...
- ESPN's Many Streaming Variations: Any Way You Like It?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, May 8, 2024
We will soon have the existing ESPN+ service, which will have mode ...
- New NBA Deals: Will Disney, WBD Take An Advertising Hit?: Analyst
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, May 2, 2024
Adding NBCU into the NBA live, linear TV networks lineup could me ...
- FuboTV Drops WBD's Networks Due To 'Above Market Rates'
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, May 1, 2024
FuboTV says this is "another example of its abuse of massive mark ...
- Comcast's Long-Time Diversification Strategy Up To The Test?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, April 29, 2024
Growing out of its core cable TV system business of TV network ...
- Upfront Scorecard: Three Down, 11 To Go
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Tuesday, April 23, 2024
For those who like scorecards, here is how the Upfront season ...
- Former Canoe Ventures CEO David Porter To Lead WBD Ad Sales Research
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Former Canoe Ventures CEO David Porter has been hired as head ...
- Streamers' National TV Marketing Dips 20% In Q1
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, April 2, 2024
Streaming marketing on national paid and promotional TV networks continues to s ...
- Advance's Miron, Newhouse Resign From WB Discovery Board
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Monday, April 1, 2024
The announcement came after the Department of Justice notified them it w ...
- Sports League Equity Partner Deals For ESPN? Chapek Says It Doesn't Need Them
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, March 27, 2024
While Chapek believes extra cash from a minority deal would be ...
- Is The NFL Throwing Shade On 'Spulu'? Now, The Game Gets Complicated
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, March 25, 2024
The NFL, which it says was "a bit surprised," now offers ...
- Former Apple Exec Named CEO Of Mega Sports Streaming Venture
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, March 15, 2024
Peter Distad had a ten-year stint at Apple, where he was responsib ...
- TV 'Arms Dealers': Choose Your Programming Weapons Accordingly
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, March 13, 2024
LightShed Partners media analyst Rich Greenfield and others believe Paramount Global shou ...