Television News Daily
Friday, June 16, 2017
  • Olympic Channel Debuts, Promotes Upcoming Games

    The Olympic Channel launches next month and will air year-round Olympics sports and promote NBC's airing of its Winter and Summer Olympic events. Big … Read the whole story

  • Viacom Starts New Advanced Ad Unit

    Viacom's Advanced Advertising group will partner with clients to create multiplatform audience-targeting solutions and "platform-native advertising that captures attention, engages audiences and drives impact … Read the whole story

  • Local TV Station Retrans Revs Climb, But Slow Rise For Digital Ads

    This year, local TV stations will pull in gross retransmission revenue equating to roughly half of what they get from advertising sales. Read the whole story

  • McDonald's Douses Olympic Flame, Ends Deal With IOC

    There could be a bidding war for a chance to become a domestic restaurant partner with the USOC, if not globally with the IOC, … Read the whole story

  • Vocativ Lays Off Edit Staff To Focus On Video

    The shift in digital publishing in favor of distribution on social media and other platforms impacted the edit decision. The move is also an … Read the whole story

  • Netflix Is Rivaling Cable, But Will Consumers Buy Multiple Services?

    Many U.S. cable subscribers also have Netflix, or other subscription video on demand platforms, such as Hulu or Amazon. Does that mean TV consumers … Read the whole story

  • Who Wins: JPMorgan Or Alex Jones?

    What are we to think of JPMorgan Chase pulling its ads on Megyn Kelly's upcoming interview with Infowars' Alex Jones, who claims that everything … Read the whole story

  • It's Time To Dump the Dumb-Dad Device

    The hope is that we can now evolve our portrayal of dad to return the dignity and worth of this essential role in our … Read the whole story