Fox Sports App Ends 2026—Switch Platforms Now
Fox Sports App Shutting Down May 2026: What to Do On Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV https://t.co/9pqX8e2YGJ via @TVAnswerMan
UFC Benefits From Masters Lead-Out, Ratings Awaited
There’s two hours of UFC on CBS to benefit from the Masters lead out today. With news in between but still should add a good number of viewers. Interested to see what their TV ratings are tonight.
Amazon Seeks to Shift Super Bowl to Streaming
Amazon wants the NFL to sell them the right to take the Super Bowl off of free broadcast TV and put it on Amazon’s streaming service. What do you think ? https://t.co/LZ6A9JmyIV
Disney to Cut 1,000 Jobs Across Marketing, Media
Friday afternoon scoop with @adamchitwood: Disney Layoffs of 1,000 to Begin Next Week Across Marketing, Awards and Publicity - including brands like Hulu, FX, ESPN, ABC News and Marvel. https://t.co/zT6twu2kWU
Three Must‑See New Releases on Prime and Netflix
Amazon Prime & Netflix Adding 12 New Releases This Weekend: The 3 to Watch https://t.co/Sf4SCVjTp4 via @TVAnswerMan
Top Director Cuts Ties With Agent Who Launched Her
Why would one of the hottest directors in Hollywood bail on the agent who helped get her there? This is why ⬇️⬇️ https://t.co/dxU95e8QOI
Welcome to Wrexham Renewed Through 2029, Season 5 Drops May 14
The #WelcomeToWrexham docuseries has been renewed for 3 seasons, taking the show through Season 8 in 2029. Season 5 premieres on Thursday, May 14, with two episodes; individual episodes drop each following week on #FXX and #Hulu. #streaming $DIS
ESPN Launches Star‑studded “Inside the NBA” Promo
On Sunday, ESPN is unveiling new creative from Arts & Letters to highlight "Inside the NBA" ahead of the playoffs, with @SHAQ, @TheJetOnTNT, Charles Barkley and Ernie Johnson all featured in the spots https://t.co/aiAj7lZ8L8
Disney Hires Notorious Lawyer to Suppress Critical CEO Biography
News: Disney and Bob Iger are engaged in a quiet war on an upcoming book that promises to reveal a VERY non-Disney version of its former CEO, and they’ve enlisted an infamous lawyer to bully the author. Details ⬇️⬇️ https://t.co/mi9nJu2EgN
YouTube Premium and Music Prices Set to Rise
YouTube Premium and YouTube Music Subscription Prices Are Going Up in the U.S. https://t.co/uOQv05VFDo via @variety
Media & Tech Policy Roundup Highlights Key Industry Moves
Policyband Headlines ■ Circle City’s McCoy Had ‘Cordial and Constructive’ Meeting with @AGomezFCC about @wrtv News ■ @Amazon Leo’s ‘Performance Will Be Stronger’ Than Starlink’s, CEO Jassy Says ■ @JusticeATR Looking at Consumer Impact of @NFL Streaming Deals ■ Anchorage Bans Data Centers in...
DOJ NFL TV Deal Probe Likely Just a Bluff
Why the DOJ Investigation of NFL TV Deals May Just Be Bravado https://t.co/Xg4GQNDyc1 via @sportico @McCannSportsLaw
YouTube Premium Prices Jump to $15.99, Family $26.99
Oh no! In my April news video, I said I hoped YouTube Premium wouldn't be next for a price hike. Now it's happened. $15.99/month for Premium; $8.99/month for Premium Lite and $26.99/month for the Family plan. https://t.co/IMbFeWK0pf
Government Inaction Threatens America’s Free Local TV Heritage
Caving to the blandishments of pay-TV providers destroyed by cord cutting isn't leadership. If government won’t allow the private sector to rationalize local TV stations squeezed by the Big Four broadcast networks and Big Tech, it is guaranteed that a...
Disney Appoints April Carretta as EVP of Communications
Disney Promotes April Carretta to EVP of Communications, Exec to Lead PR for Dana Walden https://t.co/wy9hbwI6GF
CBS Chooses Vampire Comedy “Eternally Yours” Over Tillbrooks
#CBS has picked up comedy pilot #EternallyYours and is passing on #TheTillbrooks. Eternally Yours is single-cam & from CBS Studios; The Tillbrooks is multicam & from WB. Eternally Yours is a vampire comedy, which is believed to couple well with...
Thai Randolph Launches NILE & Co., Acquires BuzzFeed
Thai Randolph Launches NILE & Co., Creator-Driven Media Company That Has Acquired BuzzFeed’s As/Is and Goodful Brands https://t.co/XyY5sffSyU via @variety
Zootopia 2 Smashes Viewership, Nearly Doubles Netflix Rival
ZOOTOPIA 2 debuted with a monster 1.7B minutes viewed in its first five days on Disney+, per Nielsen. That's nearly double the #2 movie that week, WAR MACHINE on Netflix.
Comcast Revamps Cable Bundle for Streaming Era
Comcast is continuing on its quest to kind-of, sort-of reconstitute the cable TV bundle for the streaming era. https://t.co/FiEBwSd62i via @variety
AI‑driven India to Add 1
Google projects 1.2B people will come online for the first time by end of 2026—many through AI platforms, not browsers. Bollywood is already making AI films for them. The nightmare for Hollywood: India does not need U.S. IP, U.S. union...
When Does Marshals: A Yellowstone Story Episode 7 Air?
Motorcycle gangs are causing havoc, and the girls are still missing. But when does Marshals: A Yellowstone Story episode 7 hit CBS and Paramount+? https://t.co/up28akKmHk
Devil Wears Prada 2 Opens $66M, Beats Original
DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2 came on tracking today at $66 million opening, per NRG. First DEVIL opened to $27.5 million in 2006, or $44 million in today's dollars. Good news for @Lucas_Shaw, though MICHAEL (on Team Belloni) is also surging,...
EchoStar's Sling Beats ESPN DTC Price by 33%
⚡️ EchoStar’s Sling Undercuts ESPN DTC Pricing by 33% ⚡️ $DIS $SATS Disney/ESPN are already in litigation - unclear if this will further inflame the relationship https://t.co/UQYCc1M5nb
Last Year’s WNBA Draft Ranks Second‑Highest Viewership
Below: TV viewership info on ESPN's coverage of the @WNBA Draft. Last year's Draft averaged 1.25 million viewers, the second most-watched WNBA Draft in history, only behind the 2.4 million viewers who watched Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese etc.. in 2024....
NFL+ $15/Month Covers Games; Sunday Ticket Adds Extras
This is not true. It’s just the cost of Sunday Ticket and NFL+. NFL+ has every standalone game and Redzone for $15 a month, Sunday Ticket has everything else.
Warner Revives TNT Boxing with Monthly DAZN Partnership
HBO got out of the TV-boxing arena in 2018, but Warner Bros. Discovery is putting TNT back into the ring with a monthly boxing showcase under a new partnership with DAZN https://t.co/TelewKL1dV via @variety
Amazon Prime Video Joins Elite Masters Broadcast Partners
We’re about an hour away from Amazon Prime Video’s debut as a live Masters broadcast partner. Amazon is just the fourth media partner ever in the Masters’ history. https://t.co/qUkOz2jivs
Griffin Debut Draws 260K, MLBN Out‑of‑market up 46%
MLB Network’s out-of-market telecast of Pirates SS Konnor Griffin debut Saturday averaged 260,000 viewers 🔲On par with Paul Skenes debut on MLBN (253,000 on 5/11/24) 🔲Through Sunday, @MLBNetwork out-of-market live games are +46%, led by Guardians-Dodgers (447,000) on April 1
O'Leary Warns Netflix Narnia Gamble Will Shutter Theaters
Cinema United Chief Michael O’Leary on Netflix’s ‘Narnia’ Gamble and Why Paramount’s Deal to Buy Warner Bros. Must Fail: ‘Theaters Will Close’ https://t.co/27oShjrvOd
Netflix to Debut 1940s‑style Sci‑fi Detective Series Ray Gunn
Billed as a 1940s-era sci-fi detective story, Ray Gunn will premiere on Netflix sometime later this year. https://t.co/6MGl1jfzxd
Jeff Shell Slated for $5M+ Paramount Severance
Jeff Shell to Receive at Least $5 Million in Severance From Paramount https://t.co/1K7sdWKY6F via @variety
Louis Carr Unveils Bold Vision for BET's Future
Going inside the business of @BET with new President Louis Carr. He joined me on The Enterprise Zone at @Nasdaq. We talk restoring the Soul Train Awards, his new vision for the legacy cable network, and he reflects on growing...
Women's Final Viewership Doubles Pre‑Clark, Still Below Spike
The women's March Madness final drew 9.9 million viewers That's well short of the Caitlin Clark spike two years ago, but more than double the numbers of the pre-Clark era https://t.co/kIohq3EMsj
Sling TV Launches $20 ESPN Package, Cheapest Streaming Option
The Cheapest Way to Stream ESPN? Dish’s Sling TV Debuts $20 Monthly Package With ESPN, ESPN2 and Handful of Other TV Channels https://t.co/UR2QksO1Fs
Hollywood's AI Debate Is Broken and Unproductive
Per the Soderbergh bruhaha, my column from yesterday on how Hollywood's whole AI conversation is broken and isn't helping anyone or accomplishing anything. https://t.co/2o8wZ3ZLys
Disney Announces Major Layoffs Under New CEO D’Amaro
Disney is preparing to make sizable layoffs in one of the first significant moves under new chief executive Josh D’Amaro w/@benfritz https://t.co/0L0fH4WC8x via @WSJ
WGA Secures AI Notification and Ongoing Negotiations Deal
Behold the WGA deal on AI! - "On artificial intelligence, the AMPTP agreed to continue to hold meetings with the WGA, and to notify the guild if it licenses writers’ work for AI training."
Sports Championship and Space Launch Pull Nearly Equal Viewership
Nearly the same viewership: NCAA Men’s Basketball National Championship Game on TBS, TNT and truTV: 18.3 million viewers. Launch of NASA's Artemis II mission on ABC, CBS, NBC, Telemundo, CNN, FOX News and MS NOW: 18.1 million viewers
1990 Nielsen TV Ratings:
Nielsen ratings for network TV for the week ending April 8, 1990 and for syndication for the week ending April 1, 1990 https://t.co/Ri7Uob6d7x https://t.co/Hqdxhm5LRL
Issa Rae's Hoorae Media Launches TikTok Microdrama ‘Screen Time’
Exclusive: Issa Rae’s Hoorae Media Sets First Microdrama Series ‘Screen Time’ in TikTok Content Deal | https://t.co/ul0vqgzsvi
Prime Video's Early Masters Viewership Faces 3.5M Benchmark
Will the audience for @PrimeVideo's new early-round @TheMasters coverage be on par with @espn's past coverage of Thursday & Friday? The cut line is ~3.5M viewers per half hour (peaking closer to 4M). #PunsIntended 🙏 @andrewelkadi for the #mediarights work. cc:...
Avatar Franchise Rakes $6.7B, Future Still Undecided
🧵New @thewrap: #AvatarFireAndAshTHx4ELEMENTS franchise at Disney should be looking at the next installment after 3 global hit films making $6.7 billion for the company. But James Cameron tells us “We haven’t even made a decision if we’re going forward right...
New Roku Channels Now Live on Sticks and TVs
New channels are rollin', rollin', rollin'… OUT NOW… to your Roku sticks and Roku TVs https://t.co/QT3hKcAQeR
Alt-Cast Draws 6% Viewership, Peaks at 1.5 M Viewers
The Fab Five alt-cast on truTV drew 810,000 viewers Saturday night -- or around 6% of the total audience for Michigan-Arizona. But the blowtout meant the audience peaked in the first half -- to the tune of 1.5 million viewers https://t.co/rDh9sEg8XT
YouTube Star to Star in Anime by One Piece Showrunner
Anime Series Featuring YouTube Streamer @ishowspeedsui, Written by ‘One Piece’ Showrunner Matt Owens, in the Works at Brian Robbins’ Big Shot Pictures (EXCLUSIVE) https://t.co/WVWgpUUrzL via @variety
Paramount President Jeff Shell Exits Amid Robinhood Lawsuit
Paramount President Jeff Shell is leaving the company, according to people familiar with the matter. Departure comes in midst of legal battle with @robinhood702 https://t.co/ae8hGtr8iZ via @WSJ
Scott Van Pelt Stays on Midnight SportsCenter, Skips 5 Pm Shift
Scott Van Pelt revealed on his Omaha/ESPN podcast that he will continue hosting midnight SportsCenter and will not move to 5pm.
NFL Media Rights Surge: Mini‑Packages, Streaming, Flag League Prospects
NEW PODCAST: The guest is Ben Fischer of @sportsbusinessjournal Topics: How pricey will the NFL get in the future for media companies? The latest on on the four-game mini-package and distributor for the NFL's Melbourne game; teams being able to...
Media Policy Turmoil: FCC, Courts, and Lawmakers Clash
Policyband Headlines ■ @NXSTMediaGroup Lawyer to U.S. Judge: ‘We Don’t Want Local Broadcasting to End Up Like the Local Newspaper Industry Did 30 or 40 Years Ago’ ■ Trump White House Insider Mike Davis @mrddmia Backs FCC @BrendanCarrFCC Deregulatory Path ■ @FCC...
Watch World Cup Live On Singapore Airlines Flights
Passengers flying with Singapore Airlines during the FIFA World Cup 2026 can watch matches live in-flight via Sport 24 on KrisWorld Live TV from June 11 to July 19. The service is available on all of SIA’s Boeing 787-10 and...