- A WBD-Paramount Combo: Linear TV, Theatrical Dominance - Is That Enough?
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, December 22, 2023
A WBD-Paramount Global merger would initially result in dominance in two lega ...
- Warner Bros. Discovery In Talks With Paramount Global About Possible Merger
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, December 20, 2023
Initial conversations focused on how Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount Global cou ...
- Streaming TV/Movie Library Shows: The Mothership Of The Business
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, November 30, 2023
For the most recent reporting week of October 23-29, Nielsen says "Suit ...
- Warner Bros. Discovery: Survival For A Media Company Sans NFL?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, November 14, 2023
Given the pressure on legacy TV-based media networks, the potential for anoth ...
- Warner Bros. Discovery Ad Revenue Down 12%, Global Streaming Subs Slip
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, November 8, 2023
Warner Bros. Discovery posted higher-than-expected declines in network ad revenue for Q ...
- Streaming 'Everything' Bundle Coming? Linear TV's Demise Closing In
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, October 30, 2023
Consumers might really want to have an easier time figuring out t ...
- Silver TV Lining: Goodbye To Smaller Cable Channels? When Less Is More
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, October 10, 2023
TV network groups with 15 to 20 channels might have good reas ...
- More Legacy TV Carriage Troubles For More Small To Mid-sized Cable Networks?
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, October 5, 2023
S&P Global Market Intelligence says more niche, small to mid-sized cable ...
- WBD Ad Revenue Down 7% In Q4, 8.5% Lower Vs. Last Half Of 2023: Analyst
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, October 4, 2023
Guggenheim Securities estimates a 6.8% drop in revenue for Q4 after ...
- DirecTV Reportedly 'Warns' WBD About CNN Max: Breaking Contract?
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, October 3, 2023
DirecTV reportedly warned Warner Bros. Discovery that a highly anticipated streaming versi ...
- WBD Max Leads TV Promo Ad Spend, But Stuck in Streaming Share
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, September 21, 2023
Linear TV advertising, largely on WBD's linear TV networks, witnessed 30,240 airin ...
- Former WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar Joins Roblox Board
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Friday, September 15, 2023
Jason Kilar has joined the board of directors at Roblox in ...
- A Week-End 'TV Watch' Roundup
TV Watch, Joe Mandese - Friday, September 15, 2023
Here is a little roundup of relevant news and analysis, starting wi ...
- Will Max Be The Next Netflix - Or Maybe Just 'John From Cincinnati'?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, August 30, 2023
Even HBO has had programming clunkers. "John From Cincinnati" started up rig ...
- Disney, WBD, Paramount Maintain Top Spots For Original TV, Movie Content Demand
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, August 16, 2023
In consumer demand for programming on all networks/platforms, the bulk of conte ...
- Forget Streaming 'Churn' - Worry About Subscriber Burn
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, August 9, 2023
Some established streamers are seeing quarterly or monthly declines. AMC recently sa ...
- 'Barbie' Rockets To A Record $1.03B In Global Box Office In 17 Days
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Sunday, August 6, 2023
In online search engagement following a national TV message,"Oppenheimer" has driven ...
- Warner Bros. Discovery Q2: Ad Revenue Declines, D2C Tracking Profitability
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, August 3, 2023
Warner Bros. Discovery's global ad revenues for Q2 are down 13% ...
- WBD: Higher Upfront Volume, Zero Price Gains
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, August 3, 2023
"Our volume is up and our price levels are consistent with t ...
- 'Barbenheimer' Revenue For Week 2 Still Solidly In the Black - And Pink
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Sunday, July 30, 2023
"Barbie" had one of the strongest second weekends for any theatrical mov ...
- Is 'Barbie' The New 'Star Wars'?
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Tuesday, July 25, 2023
Does "Barbie" have the right stuff to catapult into the "Star War ...
- More Signs Of Streaming Cutbacks - Time To 'Super Bundle'?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, July 21, 2023
Consumers keep pushing to make streaming cutbacks. But streaming platform owners m ...
- TikTok Expands Licensing Agreement With Warner Music
Digital News Daily, Colin Kirkland - Tuesday, July 18, 2023
The partnership will provide the app's users, fans and creators with acce ...
- Shark Week Is Back - New Advertisers Include Budweiser, Domino's, Chili's, Mountain Dew
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, July 18, 2023
"Shark Week" will air from July 23-29 on Discovery Channel, and ...
- The Strange Case Of TCM
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Friday, July 7, 2023
Everybody went nuts when Warner Bros. Discovery attempted to make changes ...
- Warner Bros. Discovery's 'Barbie' Movie Gets Boost From HGTV 'Barbie Dreamhouse'
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Thursday, July 6, 2023
Warner Bros. Discovery is bringing in the home renovators of HGTV ...
- All Live TV News On Streaming? I Feel The Earth Move Under My Feet
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, July 5, 2023
If Warner Bros. Discovery puts all live CNN on streamer Max a ...
- RSNs: Going Local -- Under A National TV/Video Roof?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, July 3, 2023
In sports TV, as well as all media business, there are hav ...
- New 'Max' Hikes Price With Expanded Roster Of Films/TV Shows
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, May 22, 2023
Beginning May 23, the WBD streaming service rebranded as "Max" will boo ...
- Conan Goes Away, Comes Back With New HBO Max Show
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Tuesday, May 23, 2023
Warner Bros. Discovery has ordered Conan O'Brien to go away, but ...