How Television Advertising Lost Its Relevance
Brands turn to retailers, Google, Meta and TikTok for additional reach.
Apple Will Revamp Siri To Catch Up To Its Chatbot Competitors
Apple plans to announce that it will bring generative AI to iPhones after the company’s most significant reorganization in a decade.
In Demand To Shut Down At End Of 2025
In Demand CEO Dale Hopkins in a Friday memo to staffers said the company, owned by Comcast, Charter Communications and Cox Communications, …
Comcast Rolls Out ‘Now’ Prepaid Internet, Mobile Brand Nationwide
Comcast said its Now Internet and Now Mobile prepaid services are now available nationwide across the cable operator’s footprint. The Now …
ChatGPT Maker OpenAI To Unveil Google Search Competitor On Monday
OpenAI plans to announce its artificial intelligence-powered search product on Monday, according to two sources familiar with the matter, …
Caitlin Clark Hype Will Test The WNBA’s Television Limits
The docuseries Full Court Press closely tracked college stars like Clark and Kamilla Cardoso. Fans who want to follow elite WNBA rookies …
TikTok To Label AI-Generated Content
TikTok will start labeling artificial intelligence-generated content uploaded from other platforms as part of a push to tackle …
Vice Media Partners With Savage Ventures To Relaunch Digital Brands
Vice Media said Thursday it will create a joint venture with Nashville-based Savage Ventures to relaunch its digital properties, …
COMMENTARY
Why Doesn’t YouTube TV Carry C-SPAN?
Tom Wheeler: "Over the past four decades, we have come to take C-SPAN for granted. But this important public service is now threatened by a …
Streaming Ratings: ‘Fallout’ Has Amazon’s Biggest Opening Ever
Fallout recorded 2.9 billion minutes of viewing time in the U.S. over its first five days, according to Nielsen’s streaming ratings for …
Ted Danson, Woody Harrelson, Jon Stewart To Premiere New Podcasts In Early June
NEW YORK (AP) — Some stars known for their work onscreen — Ted Danson, Woody Harrelson and Jon Stewart — are entering into the world of …
‘Law & Order: Organized Crime’ Renewed For Season 5, Will Move To Peacock From NBC
The news comes after weeks of speculation that the show would make the jump to the streaming service from the broadcast network. The Season …
Livepeer Studio Cuts Cost Of Live Streaming And Transcoding
Livepeer Studio has introduced a video streaming platform offering what it calls “an unprecedented combination of quality and …
Disney, Hulu And Max Streaming Bundle Will Soon Become Available
The offering from Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery shows how rival companies are willing to work together to navigate an uncertain …
Walmart Launches The Onn. 4K Streaming Device
Following leaks earlier this month of Walmart’s plans to launch a new 4K streaming box, Walmart has officially unveiled the Onn. 4K Pro, a …
Meta To Provide Advertisers With Automated Image, Text Variations For Ads
As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly integrated into advertising, Meta is introducing new ways marketers can use generative AI …
‘The Office’ Follow-Up Gets Peacock Series Order
The new comedy series, set in the same universe as the beloved Steve Carell show, will be set at a dying Midwestern newspaper.
Christina Capatides To Lead CBS News And Stations’ Social Media Efforts
Christina Capatides will be taking on the role of overseeing CBS Stations’ social media efforts, becoming the vice president of social media …
NBCU And Pluto TV Launching NBC And Telemundo Local Streaming News Channels
NBCUniversal and Pluto announced NBCUniversal Local’s 15 NBC and Telemundo local and regional streaming news channels begin launching on …
MwareTV Boosts Americas Presence With Daniel Conde Coto
MwareTV, a cloud-based multi-tenant platform provider, has hired Daniel Conde Coto as director, sales operations to help boost its presence …
Global Optimized Ad-Fraud Rates Decline, But AI Presents Challenges
Worldwide fraud rates for optimized ad campaign meant to protect brands fell to all-time lows in the second half of 2023, but those …
Caitlin’s Clark’s WNBA Debut To Stream On Disney+
The game, which will see Clark's Indiana Fever face off against the Connecticut Sun, is set for May 14, and will be the first (non-animated) …
Proposal Made To Ban Covered Entity Labs From FCC Certification Program
The FCC is set to vote May 23 on a proposal to ban labs owned by companies deemed to be national security risks from its equipment …
TikTok Sues U.S. Government Over Law Forcing Sale Or Ban
The social media company and its Chinese parent, ByteDance, sued to challenge the new law, saying it violated users’ First Amendment rights.
AI & THE MEDIA
Inside eBay’s Next Generative AI Ad Marketplace
eBay Ads leads the company’s organization that runs the machine learning (ML) and the AI recommender systems, a data-filtering tool that …
Meta Seeks Do-Over In Battle With Advertisers Over Inflated Metrics
Meta Platforms is urging a federal appellate court to reconsider a recent 2-1 decision allowing Facebook and Instagram advertisers to …
Survey: Amazon’s Push Into Ad-Supported Streaming Is Working
85% of Amazon’s Prime Video subs are now in the ad-supported tier, more than any other streaming service, according to Hub’s quarterly TV …
NBCU Strikes First-Party Data Deal With Instacart
Looking to ramp up performance-based advertising efforts for better business outcomes, NBCUniversal has started a new retail media …
Google Users Battle Company Over Analytics Data
A group of Google users who are suing the company over alleged privacy violations are now battling with it over a key issue in the case -- …
The New York Times Downshifting On Documentary Production
The media company behind cultural conversation starter Framing Britney Spears is restructuring its nonfiction efforts amid a wider industry …
Video: How Station Groups Are Thinking About A Post-Network Future
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TVN’S MEDIA JOBS
New Jobs Posted To TVNewsCheck
New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include an opening for a director of student media and a national operations director. …
FuboTV Drops To 1.51M North American Subscribers In Q1
The sports streaming platform FuboTV — which is battling to stop a rival Disney, Warners and Fox sports streaming joint venture in the works …
The Revenge Of The Home Page
As social networks become less reliable distributors of the news, consumers of digital journalism are seeking out an older form of online …
Judge Grills U.S. And Google On Antitrust Claims
Judge Amit P. Mehta tried poking holes in the closing arguments of a landmark monopoly case as he weighs a ruling that could reshape tech.
MLB In Advanced Talks To Make Roku New Home For Sunday Morning Baseball
Major League Baseball and Roku are in advanced talks to make the service the new home for Sunday morning baseball this season, sources …
Streaming Ratings: ‘The Resident’ Climbs To No. 1
Medical dramas The Resident and Grey’s Anatomy were Nielsen's top two streaming titles for the week of April 1-7, finishing with 1.18 …
Study: Streaming Market Is Saturated But Subscriptions Continue To Grow
Kantar has released a new study showing the U.S. streaming market has hit a saturation point, with the household penetration rate stagnating …
Spotify Spotlights Its Digital Video Ad Offerings At Its First NewFronts Event
From a studio space in Chelsea, Spotify hosted its first-ever NewFronts event on Wednesday. Discussing a steep rise in consumers' video …
MeTV Toons To Debut This Summer
MeTV Toons, the latest digital broadcast network from Weigel Broadcasting, will debut June 25. The new network is a collaboration between …
Fubo Unveils New Suite Of CTV Ad Offerings During NewFronts
Sports streamer FuboTV has introduced a suite of four new CTV ad units, expanding the volume and variety of the company’s ad offerings. Now …
SAG-AFTRA Teams With Nielsen To Validate Streaming Data Provided By Studios
SAG-AFTRA has enlisted Nielsen to cross-check the streaming data the union will be receiving from the Hollywood studios as part of the …
Stephen A. Smith Would Like Even More Of Your Attention
Sports, politics, sex, SpongeBob: There’s nothing ESPN’s biggest star won’t argue about — as long as you keep listening.
Rosie O’Donnell Joins Max’s ‘And Just Like That’ For Season 3
Sarah Jessica Parker also revealed that table reads for the upcoming season of the hit Max show have officially begun. (Rosie O’Donnell …