Broadcasting & Cable News

Primetime Ratings: ABC Wins With NFL Draft

April 28, 2019

ABC got top score in Thursday ratings, its coverage of the NFL draft leading the network to a 1.2 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 6 share. That snuck by the 1.1/5 put up by CBS. ABC had the draft coverage on throughout prime. Fox had it last year, the event doing a 1.1. On CBS, ...

Adam Sandler, Jennifer Aniston in Netlflix Film ‘Murder Mystery’

April 28, 2019

Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston star in the comedy film Murder Mystery, which premieres on Netflix June 14. Sandler plays a New York City police officer who takes his wife, played by Aniston, on a trip to Europe. A chance meeting on the flight sees the pair invited to a family gathering on the ...

Measure TV Outcomes, But Don’t Guarantee Them

April 28, 2019

At recent industry events I’ve heard a similar theme - advertisers are asking for guaranteed business outcomes for their TV ad spend. On its surface, this might not seem unfair. Smart media sellers are accountable to their clients, and they work hard to help them achieve their marketing goals. If ...

VIACOM, ELLEN DIGITAL NETWORK, CORUS JOIN GLOBAL VIDEO MEASUREMENT ALLIANCE

April 28, 2019

SAN FRANCISCO, Friday, April 26, 2019 - Tubular Labs, the world leader in digital video measurement and sponsored video intelligence, today announced Viacom, Ellen Digital Network and Corus Entertainment have joined the Global Video Measurement Alliance (GVMA) to establish new digital video ...

Trump Adviser Slater Joins Fox Corp. D.C. Office

April 28, 2019

Fox Corp. has tapped a Trump Administration official to head up federal public policy. Abigail Slater, who will be senior VP policy and strategy, had been special assistant to the President for technology, telecommunications and cybersecurity, advising National Economic Counsel President ...

TiVo Goes Back to ITC Playbook in Latest Comcast Patent Attack

April 28, 2019

TiVo is once again ratcheting up the legal pressure on Comcast in its three-year court battle to get the cable company to once again pay technology royalties. Through its Rovi division, the tech vendor Friday filed another complaint in the venue in which it has had its greatest success against ...

CBS Sweetens Ianniello’s Pay Under Extension

April 28, 2019

CBS said it is giving acting CEO Joe Ianniello a raise as part of the contract extension announced earlier this week, and will also give him a lump sum payment for staying and another if he leaves. Ianniello was named acting CEO last year after Les Moonves was forced out amid a battle with the ...

A+E Networks Prepares For Blackout With AT&T

April 28, 2019

A+E Networks is beginning to warn viewers that it might get blacked out Tueday in a carriage dispute with AT&T, which owns DirecTV. The network has begun running ads on TV urging viewers to call DirecTV to ask them to keep A+E’s networks--including A&E, History and Lifetime--available. In a ...

NBC Names Late Night Diversity Class of 2019

April 21, 2019

NBC has announced the Late Night Writers Workshop class of 2019. NBC created the workshop seven years ago to promote diverse voices in late night and sketch comedy. The winners are (depicted below, clockwise from upper left) Jill Cepela, Dylan Eshbaugh, Shenovia Large, Alexandria McCale, Mona Mira ...