by Wayne Friedman on Nov 15, 8:00 AM
Perhaps the key for modern streaming consumers isn't necessarily getting "award" status -- just overall fresher movie and TV content that consumers are looking for.
by Wayne Friedman on Nov 14, 12:45 PM
New political TV/media messaging should go something like this: "No, we did not mean "stop the steal" -- we meant "stop the deal."
by Wayne Friedman on Nov 11, 9:00 AM
Long term, what's the plan for ads on local TV? Borrell Associates is estimating nearly flat results for U.S. local advertising -- up just 0.6% to $121.5 billion in 2023.
by Wayne Friedman on Nov 10, 11:53 AM
Walt Disney just revealed the possibility of a more difficult near-term future where unsteady, steep losses from its D2C businesses could affect the whole company.
by Wayne Friedman on Nov 9, 10:12 AM
Higher premium streaming costs for platforms could come from a different direction -- as premium streamers could pay into the FCC's Universal Service Fund that helps support broadband carriage.
by Wayne Friedman on Nov 8, 9:00 AM
Could social media troubles with advertisers be a benefit for traditional, legacy TV networks such as Fox News Channel, MSNBC and CNN?
by Wayne Friedman on Nov 7, 9:00 AM
A study from Aluma showed research that said if all NFL games were moved to streaming from pay TV, 11% of respondents would follow -- abandoning pay TV.
by Wayne Friedman on Nov 4, 9:43 AM
Would a DirecTV-Dish merger offer any substantial business leverage to raise revenues from consumers looking for new choices -- especially live, linear TV? Price consideration may be the ultimate factor.
by Wayne Friedman on Nov 3, 12:13 PM
Have we forgotten about Russia looking to manipulate the U.S. media - possibly around the elections? Politico says Russian state media money continues to find its way into the U.S. via Russian state media group Rossiya Segodnya, which funneled $3,284,169 to Ghebi, a company that produces articles, newswires and a number of radio shows.
by Wayne Friedman on Nov 2, 10:48 AM
What if all those TV networks that have Shonda Rhimes shows like ABC and Netflix stop using Twitter for TV program promotion?