Investment firm Sanford C. Bernstein on Wednesday released a new pessimistic report on media company earnings. “The recent run-up in media stocks suggests investors are looking past the horrid near-term trends to a happier place off in the horizon,” said analyst Michael Nathanson in a report. “However...
Posted to
The Business of Television
by
News
on
Wed, Apr 8 2009
Filed under:
Filed under: Broadcast, Cable, Digital, Advertising, CBS, Viacom, Syndication, Research, Earnings, Time Warner, News Corp., Economy, Walt Disney Co.
The year 2009 has brought out the bear in all of us, even the normally bullish and upbeat crowd at the annual South by Southwest Interactive Festival in Austin, Texas. The once playful and partying attendees were mostly business at this year’s event, which expected to see about a 20% bump in attendance...
Posted to
The Business of Television
by
News
on
Sun, Mar 22 2009
Filed under:
Filed under: Digital, Print Edition, The Guild, Felicia Day, Diggnation, Economy, DadLabs, SXSW, Alex Albrecht, French Maid TV, Totally Rad Show
Consumers could cut back their spending on subscription television, broadband and mobile services by $5 billion in the next 12 months in response to the economic downturn, research company In-Stat reports. For TVWeek's comprehensive coverage of how the recession is affecting the TV industry, visit...
If 2008 was a boom year for Web video, then 2009 looks to be a bust. While advertising dollars directed to Internet television are projected to grow 45% this year, experts nonetheless expect the recession to considerably thin the ranks of digital studios, online video destinations and Web video technology...
Internet television executives and advertising buyers are predicting that Web video will outpace other ad mediums in this bleak economic year—but by how much or how little varies widely depending on whether you ask a portal, ad network or advertiser representative. There’s one thing most experts agree...
Buoyed by advertiser interest in reaching young men and a tripling in viewership in 2008, online video network Break Media is predicting a threefold increase in ad revenue in the first quarter of 2009, the company told TelevisionWeek. “We have already matched our first-quarter 2008 revenue for the first...