Wall Street slipped Thursday after another report on inflation that was worse than expected.
NCAA’s “March Madness,” the three-week men's college basketball tournament on CBS and Turner cable networks and platforms, has seen TV advertising price increases of mid- to high-single digit percentage gains with overall ad-revenue volume of similar percentage hikes.
Buyers can access inventory directly from sellers including A+E Networks, AMC Networks, DirecTV Advertising, Dish Media, Disney Advertising, Fix Digital, LG Ad Solutions, Vizio and Warner Bros. Discovery.
The network’s State of The Union address coverage helps propel viewership.
Cable and satellite-TV providers will need to make sure bills and ads clearly display a total price for video subscribers, including extra fees that can amount to hundreds of dollars a year, under a rule adopted Thursday by the FCC. “No one likes surprises on their bill,” Democratic FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said. “The advertised price for a service should be the price you pay when your bill arrives. It shouldn’t include a bunch of unexpected junk fees.”
Dozens of popular figures on the app have traveled to Washington to urge lawmakers to oppose a bill that could result in the platform being blocked in the United States.
‘Survivor’ And ‘Abbott’ Rise, ‘Amazing Race’ Returns Bigger
CBS’s Survivor was Wednesday’s most-watched and highest-rated show, with NBC’s #OneChicago still in rerun mode.
Charter’s Spectrum cable and streaming platforms will continue carriage of The Weather Channel, TheGrio, JusticeCentral.TV, Pets.TV, Recipe.TV and Cars.TV in addition to retrans renewal for Allen Media’s TV stations. Also, The Weather Channel TV app is now included for authenticated Spectrum Video customers.
ABC is piloting a new Alzheimer’s comedy starring and exec produced by Ty Burrell. The project, which comes from Punky Brewster duo Eugene Garcia-Cross and Robin Shorr, is now moving forward.
The NFL-owned cable channel and its streaming service NFL+ will stream the slate of live games starting next month.
Former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says he wants to pull together a group of investors to buy TikTok. Mnuchin, who also has connections to Hollywood, announced his plans on CNBC Thursday morning.
Closed ecosystems benefit; smaller publishers face daunting and costly challenges.
With shows like Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building showing up on Disney’s ABC, legacy media companies are finding that exposure on TV networks can help expand the audience for their streaming series — and avoid leaving money on the table.
Even though legislation is moving forward, the video social media app isn’t disappearing from smartphones any time soon.
Walt Disney Co.'s board is focusing on four divisional heads as part of a formal search for an eventual successor to Chief Executive Officer Bob Iger, people with knowledge of the matter said. The four are TV chief Dana Walden, ESPN’s Jimmy Pitaro, theme-parks boss Josh D’Amaro and Alan Bergman, who heads the film business, according to the people, who asked not to be identified discussing private conversations.
A "resident genius" at HBO, he guided the acquisitions of Warner Communications and Turner Broadcasting System before the ill-fated 2000 alliance.
Even after the toll of the dual work stoppages last year, totals for a host of broadcast shows are on par with or better than their 2022-23 averages.
The fiscal 2024 budget request asks for $448,075,000 in budget authority from regulatory fee offsetting collections.
Top news and content executives from CBS News and Stations, Cox Media Group, NBCUniversal Local and CBC News share creative alternatives to the newscast for presenting topical content in a panel at TVNewsCheck’s Programming Everywhere conference at the NAB Show on April 14. Register here.
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