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By Jeanine Poggi Advertising Age TV networks' apparently total victory over Aereo at the Supreme Court on Wednesday isn't necessarily a long-term win for the broadcasters, observers and analysts said as the implications of the ruling settled in. By solidifying…
By Jeanine Poggi Advertising Age Fox has completed its upfront negotiations for ad time in the upcoming TV season, with as much as a 15% drop in dollar volume and lackluster price hikes, according to a person familiar with negotiations….
By Jeanine Poggi Advertising Age NBC has wrapped its annual upfront negotiations for ad time in the upcoming TV season, the network said. The dollar value of those commitments was roughly $2.5 billion, a person close to the negotiations estimated….
Press release from Miramax, June 18, 2014: Global film and television studio Miramax today announced that Daniel Pipski has joined the company in the newly created position of Vice President, Television, effective immediately. Reporting to Miramax EVP, Production and Development,…
By Mark Bergen Advertising Age The rumors were true. Amazon, the nation's largest online retailer, will now be selling its own smartphone. At a highly publicized event in its Seattle headquarters, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced the Fire Phone, doubling…
Press release from Katz Broadcasting, June 17, 2014: Raycom Media, one of the nation’s largest broadcasters, will carry the country’s first-ever female-centric and male-centric over-the-air broadcast television networks — Escape (For Women) and Grit (For Men) — in multiple markets…
Press release from ESPN, June 16, 2014: ESPN’s 2014 World Cup coverage has generated significant audiences across its television and digital platforms through the first 11 games. Four of the seven games televised on ESPN or ESPN2 are the networks’…
By Tim Peterson Advertising Age GroupM is looking to reset digital advertising's balance. The giant ad-buying network, part of WPP Group, plans to pull its clients' budgets from open ad exchanges by the end of the year, as first reported…
By Jeanine Poggi Advertising Age CBS has largely completed its upfront sales, according to the network. "As we near the finish line, we are very confident that CBS has once again achieved the highest pricing and most total dollars in…