TVBlog
by Adam Buckman, Featured Columnist
Few things are more fake than when TV tries to reproduce real life. Exhibit A arrives this week on NBC. Read the whole story
by Wayne Friedman
International Olympic Committee board member Dick Pound says the games are likely to be moved to 2021 in Tokyo due to COVID-19 concerns, according … Read the whole story
by Wayne Friedman
A 4As survey found 40% of respondents want to know what brands are doing in response to the pandemic. Read the whole story
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by Wayne Friedman
Movie theaters are not in danger of losing their legacy, 90-day exclusive window they get from movie studios for new theatrical movies, says National … Read the whole story
by Wayne Friedman
The new XFL football league stops after five weeks of games, after launching Feb. 8. Total national TV advertising spending for the league through … Read the whole story
by Karlene Lukovitz
Fubo will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of FaceBank -- which creates "hyper-realistic digital humans" for use in media assets--but the new entity will be … Read the whole story
by Wayne Friedman
Vizio's Inscape, the smart TV data business, says linear TV and streaming OTT viewing are up 10% for March 14-15 vs. March 7-8 due … Read the whole story
by Karlene Lukovitz
Most will go to the hardest-hit workers on Netflix productions around the world, with $15 million to go to industry nonprofits for the same … Read the whole story
by Karlene Lukovitz
Larry Edgeworth, 61, was a veteran NBC News audio technician who was working in equipment at NBC's Rockefeller Plaza HQ. Cohen has put "What's … Read the whole story
COMMENTARY
by Wayne Friedman, Staff Writer
Prepare for the $20 billion upfront TV advertising market to be delayed. Then prepare for more short-term decisions to be made in media buying … Read the whole story
COMMENTARY
by Karlene Lukovitz
Netflix and YouTube have agreed to reduce their huge data use by making standard definition rather than HD their defaults in the EU-- but … Read the whole story
COMMENTARY
by Sean Hargrave, Staff Writer
And when Britons look for COVID-19 news, it's on the ad-free BBC. Read the whole story