Samsung TV Plus announced a docuseries with Keanu Reeves, live motorcycle racing broadcasts and a groundbreaking Amazon ad partnership during its NewFronts presentation Tuesday in New York. Hooligans: The ARCH Racing Project features Reeves and […]
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The E.W. Scripps Co. has unveiled plans for a new unscripted original produced by Kevin Hart, an interview series hosted by former CNN and Fox News personality Alisyn Camerota and a 24-7 sports FAST channel. […]
Walmart and Vizio are lifting the curtain on their strategy as a newly unified sales platform. At a NewFronts presentation Monday in New York, the first fully integrated one since Walmart closed its $2.3 billion […]
Nielsen is delaying its monthly Gauge report to April from its planned release next week after methodology changes raised objections from several of its clients. The report, along with the monthly Media Distributor Gauge Report, […]
Wall Street is upbeat about the impact of Nexstar‘s $6.2 billion acquisition of local TV rival Tegna, mainly because it could trigger another wave of consolidation. That’s also the prevailing view across the industry, even […]
Howie Rose, the longtime New York Mets broadcaster who is also a key part of New York Rangers Stanley Cup lore, will retire after the 2026 baseball season. While not a truly national media figure, […]
In the latest bridge between the creator economy and traditional media, Fox-owned streaming service Tubi has teamed with TikTok to help the latter’s talent pool develop long-form series. The companies have launched an incubator to […]
After sports streamer DAZN announced a multi-year rights deal with boxing promoter Top Rank, execs from the outlet financed by billionaire Len Blavatnik offered an update of their strategy in the U.S. DAZN’s Pete Oliver, […]
Josh D’Amaro, who took over Wednesday as CEO of Disney, addressed the hot-button topic of theme park pricing during the company’s annual shareholder meeting. Asked by an unidentified shareholder how Disney‘s Experiences division (which D’Amaro […]
On his last day as Disney CEO, Bob Iger reflected on his 52-year run at the company and said he’ll be “cheering on” successor Josh D’Amaro, President Dana Walden and other colleagues. “When I returned […]
As Paramount’s pending takeover of Warner Bros Discovery preoccupies the industry, another seismic development in the media business has finally arrived: Disney‘s CEO transition. Bob Iger, who returned to the top job in 2022, will […]
Brands are seeing a 20% better return on ads they buy on women’s sports compared with general advertising they place across non-sports broadcast and cable TV programming. That’s the core finding of a study by […]
While David Zaslav has stolen most of the headlines for his personal financial gains from the Warner Bros. Discovery-Paramount merger, several other rich payouts are in the offing. The same SEC filing that laid out […]
Music industry revenue climbed 3% in 2025 to hit a new record of $11.54 billion, according to the Recording Industry Association of America. Mega-selling albums like Taylor Swift‘s The Life of a Showgirl and the […]
Amazon is increasing the price of its ad-free video streaming of, along with rebranding it as Prime Video Ultra. The move comes a little more than two years after the tech giant began a major […]
Peacock, which has had sporadic success but continues to lag behind top-tier streaming services, is adding a number of new features aimed at making it more of a daily destination. Matt Strauss, Chairman of NBCUniversal […]
NBCUniversal is taking a bigger step into AI with the rollout of a virtual Andy Cohen guiding viewers through their own personalized “Bravoverse.” The move follows a similar effort to mobilize a simulation of sportscaster […]
In an upbeat sign for the Oscars, Disney has sold out advertising inventory for Sunday’s telecast, with rates rising by double digits over 2025 levels. An average 30-second spot on the show is going for […]
While the rise of sports programming in recent years has been well-documented, new figures from Nielsen illustrate the extent of its dominance. The measurement firm said sports accounted for 29.2% of all advertising-supported TV viewing […]
AI firm Asteria has introduced what the company describes as a new-model operating system for film and television production. Dubbed Continuum Suite, the offering is from Asteria’s recently formed research and technology division. Asteria, co-founded […]
Paramount CEO David Ellison ventured onto the Warner Bros lot on Tuesday for a meeting with top execs at Warner Bros. Discovery, addressing the troops at a delicate time. About 200 top execs from across […]