October 16th, 2008 at 11:59 am
DVR Viewing Past Airdate Meaningless to TV Revenue
We got a peak at the C+3 commercial ratings for the first week (September 22-28) of the season via articles today in
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October 6th, 2008 at 9:45 am
Price of a 30-Second TV Spot Slumps 4.1%
Advertising Age is reporting: Continued audience erosion, combined with the effects of the writers strike, helped drive the average cost for a
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September 23rd, 2008 at 4:24 pm
Emmy Awards Ratings & Ad Cost 1986-2008
2006-8 viewers are Live+SD. Update: The final 2008 Nielsen numbers are in, and at 12.339 million viewers, Sunday's Emmy broadcast TV audience
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August 11th, 2008 at 4:20 pm
TV Real Estate: The Bottom Third of Your Screen
Broadcasting and Cable has an interesting cover story on the new Madison Avenue land grab, the quest for the bottom third of
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June 10th, 2008 at 2:25 pm
Upfront Hype: Fine Print, Anyone?
Michael Learmonth at the Silicon Alley Insider just may be my brother from another mother (and in this case, Bill's too). Learmonth
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June 9th, 2008 at 9:45 am
Upfront TV Ad Economics 101, Broadcast Revenues Likely To Fall
I wondered earlier (somewhat tongue in cheek) about how ads would be sold in the current TV upfront advertising season. Now that
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May 29th, 2008 at 9:21 am
Selling TV Ads After the 2007-8 TV Season
After the steep year/year prime-time audience declines for most of the broadcast networks during the 2007-8 season, how are they going to
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March 17th, 2008 at 9:04 am
Moonves: Stop Talking Upscale 18-34 Year Olds!
In a post by TVWatch's Wayne Friedman today, CBS's Les Moonves wants TV marketers to stop pestering him about upscale young adults
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