Thursday January 9, 2025 IN THE NEWS Nominees for the 31st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards were announced Wednesday. “Shogun” topped list with five nods, followed by four for “The Bear” and three for “The Diplomat.” The ceremony is set for Sunday, February 23 at 8p on Netflix. The nominee news was shared via […]
A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM DISNEY Wednesday January 8, 2025 Retail Media, News, and Next-Gen Advertising Take Center Stage By E.B. Moss CES may be about seeing the most cutting edge consumer tech, but Consumer Technology Association CEO, Gary Shapiro, wants attendees to see the personal connections, too. “Technology and humanity intersect,” he stressed […]
Wednesday January 8, 2025 FEATURED JOB SALES LEAD – AGENCY PARTNERSHIPS UPWAVE NEW YORK, NY Build and manage relationships with our agency partners – mostly targeting media buyers and planners – and help them see the value of adding Upwave measurement to The Trade Desk campaigns. You will both leverage your existing network and […]
Wednesday January 8, 2025 IN THE NEWS Paramount Global and Comcast announced the renewal of their distribution agreements, which deliver Paramount’s portfolio of broadcast brands – including CBS, BET, Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon, Paramount Network and more – across Xfinity platforms. Comcast subscribers will also retain access to streamers Paramount+, Pluto TV and BET+. […]
A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM DISNEY Tuesday January 7, 2025 CES 2025: Where Tech Meets Media, Marketing, and Entertainment By E.B. Moss By the time the neon lights of Las Vegas are visible against the night sky this Friday, another Consumer Electronics Show will be over, having enlightened some 130,000 attendees, thanks to more […]
Tuesday January 7, 2025 IN THE NEWS FuboTV and Disney have struck a deal for Disney to combine its Hulu + Live TV business with Fubo, thus ending Fubo’s antitrust litigation against the formation of Venu Sports by Disney, Fox Corp. and Warner Bros. Discovery. Fubo has agreed to a $220 million cash payment […]
Monday January 6, 2025 IN THE NEWS Paramount and Skydance Media fired back at critics of their pending merger, including LiveVideo.AI Corp., the Center for American Rights, and Fuse Media, maintaining in a regulatory filing that far from being harmed by the deal, their critics are making demands that threaten free speech. “These filings […]
Sunday January 5, 2025 FEATURED JOB SALES LEAD – AGENCY PARTNERSHIPS UPWAVE NEW YORK, NY Build and manage relationships with our agency partners – mostly targeting media buyers and planners – and help them see the value of adding Upwave measurement to The Trade Desk campaigns. You will both leverage your existing network and […]
Friday January 3, 2025 IN THE NEWS NBCUniversal is charging $14.99/month, or $99 annually, for CNBC+. The new streaming service, offering access to episodes of CNBC business day shows, aims to attract business-oriented viewers for longer periods of time, and a global feed will enable them to follow programming from Asia and Europe. In […]
Thursday January 2, 2025 IN THE NEWS The average American spent 23% less on streaming in 2024 (or $42.38/month) than in 2023 ($55.03/month), according to research organization Reviews. One reason for the dip: 27.8% of viewers reported being overwhelmed by the increasing number of streaming apps. Americans also may be spending less on streaming […]