Amazon Plans Commercial Breaks For Prime Video
Amazon Prime Video, one of the last mainstream streaming services to eschew the injection of regular commercial breaks into its movies and shows, plans to start letting them run early next year. Amazon follows a host of other streaming hubs — including Disney+, Netflix, and Warner Bros. Discoverys Max — that also offer ad-supported tiers, a move that suggests the world of streaming may just eventually mirror the world of traditional television in the not-too-distant future.
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TV News Check at Friday, September 22, 2023 5:33:31 AM
WGA & Studio CEOs To Meet Again Friday
The Writers Guildl of mericaA is heading back to the bargaining table with the CEOs of Netflix, Disney, Universal and Warner Bros Discovery on Friday. “The WGA and AMPTP met for bargaining today and will meet again tomorrow,” said the guild in a message to members after a long session Thursday night. Executives Ted Sarandos, Bob Iger, Donna Langley and David Zaslav are all anticipated to be in attendance Friday, along with AMPTP President Carol Lombardini and a praetorian guard of lawyers. On th...
TV News Check at Friday, September 22, 2023 4:59:40 AM
In another warning sign for nonprofit local news, The City cuts costs
When The City launched in 2019, it was a nonprofit beacon of hope for local news in NYC at a time when for-profit outlets were shrinking and shutting down. In its 2019 annual report, The City acknowledged that it had “received extraordinary launch support from lead founding donors the Charles H. Reason Foundation, the Leon...
Nieman Labs at Thursday, September 21, 2023 1:53:59 PM
Rupert Murdoch To Retire From Fox And News Corp. Boards
Even now, in his emeritus status, he will continue to offer counsel to his successor, son Lachlan Murdoch. And the elder Mr. Murdoch indicated in a statement to employees that he intended to be active in providing that counsel. But the announcement was nonetheless potentially epochal, marking at least the formal end to an active career during which the senior Murdoch built the most important and politically influential media empire on the planet. His companies, infused with a brand of right-wing...
TV News Check at Thursday, September 21, 2023 1:49:39 PM
Google To Let Advertisers Converse With AI-Based Ad Platform
Google has been working on a conversational experience with a small group of advertisers during the past few months that could once again change the way advertisers build ads. Through the small pilot, the company has heard feedback on how the ability to converse with the platform has helped to save time and inspire new ideas when creating campaigns. Based on this feedback, Google has made improvements to the conversational experience and in the coming months plans to move the project into a beta...
TV News Check at Wednesday, September 20, 2023 1:54:25 PM
Sherri Shepherd Pauses Talk Show After Positive COVID Test
The rocky daytime TV landscape has hit another bump.
Sherri Shepherd tested positive for COVID, causing a temporary halt to taping of her daytime talk show. The show announced Shepherds positive test in an Instagram post Wednesday. “I am absolutely heartbroken that I cannot return to host my show this week,” Shepherd said in a statement. “As soon as I get the all-clear from my doctor, I look forward to coming back strong to deliver the fun, laughter and a real good time.”
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TV News Check at Wednesday, September 20, 2023 1:32:56 PM
Football Leagues XFL And USFL In Merger Talks
Pro football leagues XFL and USFL are in advanced talks to merge, three sources familiar with the situation tell Axios. Combining the two may be the smartest path forward for the leagues given the challenges and the history of failure for NFL alternatives. The merger would be structured as a merger of equals and would require regulatory approval, one of the sources said. The leagues hope to combine before the 2024 seasons.
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TV News Check at Wednesday, September 20, 2023 6:50:48 AM
Google Quietly Raised Ad Prices To Meet Targets
A Google executive on Tuesday admitted to changing the price of advertisements during the auction process to meet revenue targets. The company frequently changes the auction price for search ads and reserve pricing by as much as 5% on average. Jerry Dischler — Google VP-GM who oversees the companys ad business — during Google's antitrust trial told the U.S. Justice Department that for some queries, the company may have increased prices as much as 10%.
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TV News Check at Wednesday, September 20, 2023 5:49:22 AM
Picketers Hit The View In NYC: ‘Huge Slap In The Face Of Labor That They Are On The Air̵
In the wake of two prominent talk show hosts reversing course on a return to work, striking writers in New York City have stepped up their picketing against a high-profile holdout: ABCs The View. About 50 demonstrators showed up Tuesday outside the ABC television studio complex on Manhattans Upper West Side and urged arriving ABC employees not to cross the picket line.
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TV News Check at Wednesday, September 20, 2023 5:30:45 AM
Paramount+ To Launch In Japan Via Deal With Local Streamers J:COM, Wowow
Paramount+ has finally found a home in Japan. Paramount revealed Wednesday that the streaming service and its library will launch in the Japan market on Dec. 1 as a no-additional-cost addition to the on-demand services of local operators J:COM and Wowow. J:COM is one of Japans top cable television operators and broadband internet providers, while Wowow is the longstanding leading premium pay channel in the market.
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TV News Check at Wednesday, September 20, 2023 5:21:26 AM
Wheel Of Fortune Co-Host Vanna White Closes New Deal As Game Show Kicks Off Final Season With Pat
After lengthy negotiations, Wheel Of Fortune co-host Vanna White has extended her contract for additional two years to continue on the hit syndicated game show through the 2025-06 season. The news comes as the show just kicked off Season 41 last week, which will be the last for host Pat Sajak. White will provide continuity, working alongside Wheel s new host, Ryan Seacrest, who will take over for Sajak next fall.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, September 19, 2023 1:40:48 PM
Max Adding Live Sports Tier
Making good on years of promises by the corporate overseers of Turner Sports, Warner Bros. Discovery is adding a live sports tier to Max. The streaming add-on, which will carry the Bleacher Report brand now that the Turner name has faded away, will launch Oct. 5 at $10 a month. No charge will be assessed to existing Max subscribers until next Feb. 29. Unlike the long-defunct streaming service B/R Live, which was a stand-alone, the new offering will only be available as part of a Max subscription...
TV News Check at Tuesday, September 19, 2023 1:05:54 PM
Disney Pouring $60 Billion Into Theme Parks, Cruises Over The Next 10 Years
The company said in a regulatory filing on Tuesday that the planned investment is nearly double what it spent in the prior 10-year period. The Disney Parks, Experiences and Products segment continues to do well for the company, with revenue rising 13% in its fiscal third quarter. That's helped to offset the struggles in its Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution unit, which saw revenue dip 1% in the period.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, September 19, 2023 12:27:20 PM
What Casey Newton learned in year 3 of running his Substack
In 2020, journalist Casey Newton left The Verge to launch Platformer, a tech news–focused Substack. We previously ran Newtons wrap-ups of the first and second years of striking out on his own. He just published year 3. Platformer now has two full-time employees — Newton and managing editor Zoë Schiffer — and one part-timer, Lindsey Choo.) Back...
Nieman Labs at Tuesday, September 19, 2023 11:36:54 AM
Linear TV Viewership Sees Boost In August But Still Down Year-Over-Year
Linear TV viewership made somewhat of a comeback in August after dropping to an all-time low in July, Nielsen reported in its latest monthly state of TV report. Combined viewing for broadcast and cable managed to eke back to 50.6% of total TV usage, with broadcast recording its first gain since January. Broadcast accounted for 20.4% of TV usage, which is a 1.4% gain month-over-month. As for cable, it recorded the largest monthly category across all three categories, ballooning 1.7%. Meanwhile st...
TV News Check at Tuesday, September 19, 2023 7:10:29 AM
Legacy Rate Card Service SRDS Expands Into Media Planning/Buying Tech
SRDS (Standard Rate & Data Service), which for more than a century has been the primary reference tool for media planners and buyers researching media rate cards, is getting into the software business, launching a new campaign management system in partnership with Comcast's FreeWheel's Strata platform. The application, dubbed AdwOne, was originally developed by new SRDS owner, Paris-based Adwanted Group for agencies in France, but this week will begin beta testing a U.S. version with a mid-s...
TV News Check at Tuesday, September 19, 2023 5:42:21 AM
Medias Political Divide Plays Out In Maine
Local media in the state of Maine has emerged as an unlikely and asymmetric battlefield for big American political money. Two of the countrys key left-leaning political spenders, George Soross Open Society Foundation and the medical device billionaire philanthropist Hansjörg Wyss, played a central — and previously unreported — role in the nonprofit purchase of nearly two dozen respected local newspapers in Maine, including the Portland Press Herald, the Lewiston Sun Journal and the Kennebec Jo...
TV News Check at Monday, September 18, 2023 1:42:55 PM
Monday Night Football Books Full-Season Run On ABC
The broadcast network, which had several NFL matchups on its slate already for the fall, will simulcast the remaining portion of the MNF schedule (10 games worth) with ESPN. The move will likely increase Monday Night Football s overall audience over games that are only on ESPN — the Sept. 11 season opener on ABC, ESPN and ESPN2 drew the biggest audience since the franchises move to cable — and will also complete what had been a rather fluid ABC schedule for the fall, as it and other networks...
TV News Check at Monday, September 18, 2023 1:24:28 PM
WGA Confirms AMPTP Talks Will Restart On Wednesday
The WGA sent out a note Monday: “The WGA and AMPTP now have a confirmed schedule to bargain this week, starting on Wednesday. You might not hear from us in the coming days while we are negotiating, but know that our focus is getting a fair deal for writers as soon as possible. Well reach out again when there is something of significance to report. In the meantime, please continue to demonstrate your commitment and unity by coming out to the picket lines – for yourselves and fellow writers, SAG-...
TV News Check at Monday, September 18, 2023 12:42:43 PM
The story of InterNation, (maybe) the worlds first investigative journalism network
“You Americans, youre so obsessed with those mountains of facts,” was the response I recall during the early days of our efforts to establish an international investigative network, back in the days before the internet. The voice on the other end was Nils Gunnar Niilson, editor of Sydsvenska Dagbladet, a leading newspaper in southern Sweden....
Nieman Labs at Monday, September 18, 2023 8:38:41 AM
Hollywood Is Paying A Steep Price For Never Really Figuring Out The Streaming Model
Picket signs have lined the gates of Hollywoods studios for nearly five months, as the industrys writers and actors rally for AI protections, better wages and a cut of streaming profits. The problem is streaming isnt yet profitable for many studios. While many of Hollywoods biggest studios are publicly traded and must share quarterly financial reports, there are no rules about providing streaming-viewership data. This lack of transparency has made recent contract negotiations between studios...
TV News Check at Monday, September 18, 2023 6:41:35 AM
Disney Asset Sales Wont Break The Bank, But They Will Move Legacy Media Forward
Usually when a person or company sells something, the primary motivation is getting back as much money as possible. Disnes motivation to potentially sell ABC and its owned affiliates, linear cable networks and a minority stake in ESPN isnt predicated on what these assets will fetch in a sale. Its about signaling to investors the time has come to stop thinking about Disney as old media.
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TV News Check at Monday, September 18, 2023 5:48:24 AM
Missing The Emmy Awards? What’s Happening With The Strike-Delayed Celebration
In a normal year — if there is any such thing in Hollywood anymore — the 75th Emmy Awards ceremony would be Monday night, and the many nominees from shows like Succession and Ted Lasso would be claiming their trophies or happily clapping for the winners. Instead, the actors and writers strikes brought a postponement until January. Here's a look at what's happening, and what may happen, with the awards that have been thrown off course.
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TV News Check at Monday, September 18, 2023 5:00:10 AM
DirecTV And Nexstar Agree To Temporarily Restore Stations, Letting Millions View NFL As Companies Fi
Ending a two-and-a-half month impasse, DirecTV and Nexstar Media Group on Sunday agreed to restore the signals of dozens of stations as the companies work to finalize a carriage renewal. About 159 ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC and CW affiliates as well as cable network NewsNation went dark July 2 due to a fight over distribution terms. The rift was followed by a shorter but even more closely tracked one between Disney and Charter, which ended last week after a 10-day outage.
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TV News Check at Sunday, September 17, 2023 7:23:29 PM
The Wonder Years Canceled By ABC After 2 Seasons
ABC has opted not to proceed with a third season of The Wonder Years . The news comes a month after the reboot of the classic coming-of-age comedy wrapped its Season 2 run on the network. Originally slated for a midseason return, The Wonder Years second season was pushed to summer, hinting at the shows potential fate as summer has traditionally been used as a destination for broadcast scripted series that have either been canceled or are likely to be.
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TV News Check at Sunday, September 17, 2023 7:17:05 PM
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TV News Check at Friday, September 15, 2023 4:12:49 PM
FTC Recommends Format Changes, New Icons For Children’s Advertising
Online influencers, game makers and others who post online ads aimed at children should deploy formatting techniques that clearly clearly separate the ads from surrounding content, the Federal Trade Commission advises in a new staff report. “The best way to prevent harms stemming from blurred advertising is to not blur advertising,” the agency writes in the report, “Protecting Kids from Stealth Advertising in Digital Media.”
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TV News Check at Friday, September 15, 2023 1:49:37 PM
ABC News Staffers Freaking Out Over Reports Disney Is In Sales Talks
The Disney-owned newsroom was jolted on Thursday after a report suggested that the outlet could soon be expelled from the Magic Kingdom. Bloombergs Christopher Palmeri and Thomas Buckley reported that Disney has “held exploratory talks” about selling ABC to Nexstar Media Group. The duo also reported that media mogul Byron Allen has also spoken with Disney about a possible deal.
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TV News Check at Friday, September 15, 2023 6:56:18 AM
Disney Says It Has Made ‘No Decision’ On Selling ABC But Is Open To ‘Strategic Opt
The Walt Disney Co. said in a statement Thursday that it is “open to considering a variety of strategic options for our linear businesses,” but shot down a report that it was in active discussions to sell its ABC broadcast network and stations. “At this time The Walt Disney Company has made no decision with respect to the divestiture of ABC or any other property and any report to that effect is unfounded,” the statement continued.
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TV News Check at Friday, September 15, 2023 5:32:40 AM
C-SPAN Rolls Out New Connected TV App
Public affairs broadcaster C-SPAN has launched a new app for connected TV users. C-SPAN Select will first be available to 12 million customers of Comcast Xfinitys X1 service. Plans are also in place for the app to be available via Xfinitys XFlex, and Xumo platforms this fall. The channels leaders say they hope to make the service available via other cable providers in addition to Xfinity in the coming months.
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TV News Check at Friday, September 15, 2023 5:14:12 AM
Lawmakers Express Frustration Over Blackouts, Fee Hikes During Hearing
Federal lawmakers this week expressed their frustration over rising cable and satellite television prices and numerous programming blackouts that have resulted in many of their constituents losing access to local news, network shows and live sports on pay TV systems several times over the last few years. Pictured: Three industry witnesses participating in the hearing, l-r: Curtis LeGeyt, CEO, NAB; Grant Spellmeyer, CEO, ACA Connects; David Gandler, CEO, Fubo. ( House Committee on Energy & Co...
TV News Check at Friday, September 15, 2023 5:09:38 AM
Disney Holds Initial Talks On Sale Of ABC To Nexstar
Walt Disney Co. has held exploratory talks about selling its ABC network and TV stations to local broadcaster Nexstar Media Group Inc., according to people familiar with the discussions. The talks are preliminary and havent involved a specific valuation, according to one of the people, who asked not to be identified because the discussions arent public. Nexstar would only be interested at the right price. A spokesperson for Nexstar declined to comment.
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TV News Check at Thursday, September 14, 2023 2:17:39 PM
Want to boost local news subscriptions? Giving your readers a say in story ideas can help
Asking your audience for story ideas, and following through, can help increase subscriptions and improve audience perceptions of local news outlets, according to research published this summer. In recent years, engaged journalism — a reporting approach that brings audiences into the journalism process and tries to respond directly to their concerns and questions — has...
Nieman Labs at Thursday, September 14, 2023 12:46:06 PM
White House Sends Letter To News Execs Urging Outlets To Ramp Up Scrutiny Of GOPs Biden Impeachme
The White House sent a letter to top U.S. news executives on Wednesday, urging them to intensify their scrutiny of House Republicans after Speaker Kevin McCarthy launched an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, despite having found no evidence of a crime. “Its time for the media to ramp up its scrutiny of House Republicans for opening an impeachment inquiry based on lies,” Ian Sams, a spokesperson for the White House Counsels Office, wrote in the letter.
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TV News Check at Thursday, September 14, 2023 6:49:32 AM
NABs LeGeyt Tells Congress That Broadcasters Need Action
Members of Congress have long said they see a unique role for local broadcasting, not only providing free entertainment to Americans but also ensuring they have access to local emergency alerts. National Association of Broadcasters President Curtis LeGeyt thinks it is time to put those positive words into actions that will help local radio and television stations survive as the industry finds itself on lopsided playing field with big tech.
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TV News Check at Thursday, September 14, 2023 6:00:17 AM
How Network TV Is Marketing Fall Lineups Without Many Scripted Favorites
Here we are, just days away from the start of the 2023-24 television season … and the major networks still arent 100% sure what theyre doing. Just last week, several broadcasters scrambled to make even more last-minute schedule changes — on top of other recently announced tweaks. The fall lineups that viewers tune into later this month will be remarkably different than the ones first announced in May.
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TV News Check at Thursday, September 14, 2023 5:36:39 AM
Kristen Welkers First Broadcast As Meet The Press Moderator To Feature Taped Interview With Donal
The interview will take place on Thursday in Bedminster, N.J., and it will be Trumps first broadcast network sitdown since leaving office. The network has stressed that the interview is not a town hall and there is no audience, and the same invitation has been extended to President Joe Biden. The sitdown also will be accompanied by a fact check on NBCNews.com.
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TV News Check at Wednesday, September 13, 2023 4:30:26 PM
2023 MTV VMAs Bring In 865,000 Viewers, Up 37% From 2022
With appearances from Taylor Swift and NSYNC and performanced from Shakira, Demi Lovato and Doja Cat, this years MTV Video Music Awards ceremony brought in 37% more viewers than the 2022 ceremony. Tuesdays show was watched by 865,000 people compared to 630,000 the year before. Based on fast national data from Nielsen, these stats account for both telecasts viewership on the MTV linear channel alone, with simulcast data from other platforms yet to come. ( Getty Images for MTV )
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TV News Check at Wednesday, September 13, 2023 1:33:34 PM
Weekly Cable Ratings: ESPN Dethrones Fox News In Primetime, Total Day
ESPN rode its college football coverage to a big ratings win last week in both primetime and total day. The sports network averaged 3.1 million viewers in primetime during the week of Sept. 4-10 to end Fox News win streak on the chart at 10 weeks, according to Nielsen figures supplied by Fox News. ESPN was led by its Sept. 9 Texas-Alabama college football telecast, which generated 7.9 million viewers.
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TV News Check at Wednesday, September 13, 2023 1:15:10 PM
For Several Episodes This Fall, ’60 Minutes’ Will Become 90 Minutes
The CBS newsmagazine is stretching on some Sundays when CBS airs an NFL doubleheader, starting Oct. 8. Often, the show doesn't air until 7:30 p.m. on the East Coast those nights (it usually starts at 7 p.m.). There will generally be two extra pieces on the 90-minute nights, and correspondents are already lobbying for more time to tell their stories. Extra producers have been brought in. Pictured (l-r): Sharyn Alfonsi, L. Jon Wertheim, Bill Whitaker, Lesley Stahl, Scott Pelley, Cecilia Vega, Ande...
TV News Check at Wednesday, September 13, 2023 1:10:24 PM
A new station in Mexico City is making radio for social media — and filling local news gaps
What happens when a capital city of 22 million people and 16 boroughs doesnt have enough local news sources to cover its massiveness? Welcome to Mexico City, Mexico, where this is a reality that a new radio station is trying to address. Radio Chilango, launched on August 28, is the newest wing of Chilango, a...
Nieman Labs at Wednesday, September 13, 2023 8:32:14 AM
Modern Family Finally Gets On TBS
Starting Sept. 25, the Emmy-winning family comedy will air weekdays from 12:30-3:30 PM. (Additionally, off-network juggernaut Big Ban g, which rules TBS primetime, is getting its daytime marathons extended.) After a decade of exclusivity on NBCUniversal, the company will now share Modern Family with TBS after series producer/distributor 20th Television/Disney sold it to the Warner Bros. Discovery cable network in a shared syndication window.
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TV News Check at Wednesday, September 13, 2023 5:38:34 AM
Drew Barrymore Dropped As National Book Awards Host After Her Talk Show Resumes During Strike
The National Book Awards is an evening dedicated to celebrating the power of literature, and the incomparable contributions of writers to our culture, the National Book Foundation, which presents the award, said in a statement Tuesday. In light of the announcement that The Drew Barrymore Show will resume production, the National Book Foundation has rescinded Ms. Barrymore's invitation to host the 74th National Book Awards Ceremony.
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TV News Check at Wednesday, September 13, 2023 5:10:46 AM
“This sick beat”: The Tennessean lists job opening for a Taylor Swift reporter
Its not every day a local news opening gets international attention. But, like pretty much everything else Taylor Swift touches, a job listing from The Tennessean and parent company Gannett for a “Taylor Swift Reporter” made sparks fly on Tuesday. A new era in your career is coming …Ready For It? ?? @USATODAY and @Tennessean...
Nieman Labs at Tuesday, September 12, 2023 5:57:52 PM
Women In Journalism Pass Another Milestone
Andrea Mitchell: On Sept. 17, another milestone will be passed for women journalists. Kristen Welker is set to become the 13th moderator of Meet the Press , the longest-running show on American television. For the first time, every Sunday public affairs program will be moderated or co-moderated by a woman as Welker joins Dana Bash, Shannon Bream, Margaret Brennan, Jen Psaki and Martha Raddatz at the helms for their respective networks. Not that long ago, 'woman journalist' was almost an oxymoro...
TV News Check at Tuesday, September 12, 2023 2:27:40 PM
The Colorado Sun, a pioneering for-profit/nonprofit hybrid, moves toward a fully nonprofit model
The Colorado Sun is going nonprofit. The five-year-old digital news organization, launched by journalists whod left The Denver Post after round after round of cuts by the papers hedge-fund owner, Alden Global Capital, had operated as a rare for-profit exception in the universe of local news startups. Now the Sun is joining its tax-exempt peers....
Nieman Labs at Tuesday, September 12, 2023 10:27:04 AM
The Charter-Disney Showdown Didnt Transform The TV Industry, After All, Despite The Hype
Alex Sherman: Charter and Disney finally reached a rights deal, and the media industry was duped. The details of Charters pact with Disney, announced in a press release Monday, dont really suggest any earthshaking changes were the result. Disney will receive a higher programming fee increase as part of the deal. Charter will be able to include ad-supported Disney+ and ESPN+ for no additional charge to certain consumers of its cable TV programming, as part of a wholesale agreement with Disney. ...
TV News Check at Tuesday, September 12, 2023 6:44:23 AM
Jesus Dips Against ‘Sunday Night Football,’ ‘Masked Singer’ Ties Premiere Lo
NBC Sunday Night Football' s Cowboys/Giants matchup of course dominated Sunday night with 16.4 million total viewers and a 4.9 demo rating — down 12% and 6% from the preliminary numbers for last years Bucs/Cowboys Sunday opener. The CWs The Chosen , with its Season 2 premiere, dipped to an audience of 406,000, while posting a typical 0.0 rating.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, September 12, 2023 5:35:14 AM
White House Rips Media For Fixating On Bidens Age
The White House is lashing out at the medias fixation on President Bidens age and his stamina for executing the job, seeking to go on offense on an issue that polls suggest is one of Bidens biggest vulnerabilities in his reelection campaign. Aides in a series of social media posts took direct aim at news stories and headlines — even those from left-leaning publications — relating to the 80-year-old presidents age, suggesting it was a lazy narrative that ignored Bidens marathon trip in Asia ...
TV News Check at Monday, September 11, 2023 2:25:57 PM
Disney And Spectrum Reach Carriage Agreement
The blackout fight between cable giant Charter Communications and Disney is over. Hours ahead of Monday Night Football , which airs on Disneys ESPN, the companies reached a deal that would allow millions of Charter cable customers to watch the game, CNBCs David Faber reported Monday, citing sources. Charter and Disneys stocks, as well as media peers including Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount Global traded higher on Monday morning. Representatives for Disney and Charter didnt immediately...
TV News Check at Monday, September 11, 2023 10:24:57 AM
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