Wednesday January 14, 2026 The 2026 Convergent TV Influence Awards Breaking: Meet the 2026 Leaders Defining Convergent TV The Convergent TV World Influence Awards honor the brand and agency leaders shaping the future of video advertising. Honorees from P&G, Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine, Bayer, Best Buy Ads, Horizon Media, dentsu, Omnicom Media Group, WPP, […]
Wednesday January 14, 2026 IN THE NEWS Trevor Noah will return for a sixth and, it appears, final time hosting the Grammy Awards. Noah will also serve as executive producer for the event, which is moving to ABC from CBS, its broadcast home since 1973, next year. “I am beyond thrilled to welcome Trevor […]
Tuesday January 13, 2026 IN THE NEWS Paramount Skydance is pressing ahead with its bid to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, filing a lawsuit to force WBD to disclose details of its $82.7 billion agreement with Netflix, which Paramount argues is inferior to its own $108.4 billion offer. “WBD’s stockholders have an immediate need for […]
Monday January 12, 2026 That’s a wrap on CES 2026. To no one’s surprise, ad tech conversations centered on AI — but this time, with a focus on agentic workflows. Ad tech companies Viant, PubMatic and Magnite all brandished new agents to simplify and improve media workflows, while streamers and creative companies also showcased new […]
Monday January 12, 2026 IN THE NEWS Netflix has renewed “Black Mirror” for an eighth season. The dystopian anthology series from Charlie Brooker launched on UK’s Channel 4 in 2011, moving to the streamer in 2016 starting with season three. Audience interest in seeing actors age 50-plus in leading roles is […]
Sunday January 11, 2026 CONVERGENT TV WORLD 2026 The Room Where Cross-Screen Strategy Takes Shape Convergent TV World brings together the leaders shaping how video is planned, bought, measured, and monetized—across streaming, linear, gaming, and emerging platforms. Expect unfiltered dialogue on AI, signal loss, evolving standards, and where budgets are really moving. Workshops, hosted buyer […]
Friday January 9, 2026 IN THE NEWS Paramount Skydance is doubling down, reaffirming its $30-a-share bid for Warner Bros. Discovery and insisting it tops the deal WBD struck with Netflix. The company says it has “diligently and constructively” addressed every concern raised by WBD, pointing to its December 22 revised proposal and follow-up filings […]
Thursday January 8, 2026 IN THE NEWS As expected, the board of Warner Bros. Discovery advised shareholders to reject the latest amended takeover offer from Paramount. “Your Board negotiated a merger with Netflix that maximizes value while mitigating downside risks, and we unanimously believe the Netflix merger is in your best interest,” […]
Wednesday January 7, 2026 CONVERGENT TV WORLD 2026 The Voices Guiding the Next Era of Convergent TV As the industry hits a turning point, Convergent TV World delivers the clarity leaders need. Laura Martin of Needham & Company opens the event with a keynote on AI acceleration, investment shifts, and the rebuild of measurement—followed by […]
Wednesday January 7, 2026 IN THE NEWS NBC reports it has sold all of its ad inventory for the upcoming Winter Olympic Games – and the sellout was the earliest the company has ever recorded. The Games, from Milan Cortina, Italy, will be part of what NBC dubs a “Legendary February” […]
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