In July, cable TV news networks continued to show soaring revenue gains. But for the first time this year, broadcast networks posted advertising revenue improvement....
CNN Will Say Goodbye to Anthony Bourdain with a Final Season This Fall
August 1, 2018
In the first half of 2018, commercials on first-run episodes of “Parts Unknown” went for an average of $8,601, the most of any CNN program, according to Standard Media Index....
Television ad spending dipped 1% in the second quarter—factoring out the World Cup. According to figures from SMI, the cost of an average paid commercial fell 3.4%....
Amazon Advertising is Working Directly with Brands Now, Cutting Out Ad Agencies
July 19, 2018
According to data from Standard Media Index, an advertising intelligence company, Amazon ad revenue is up from 36 percent from last year from national advertisers....
Why Telemundo’s World Cup Ad Revenue Will Surpass Fox Sports’, Despite Lower Ratings
July 13, 2018
Telemundo has beaten Univision’s 2014 World Cup ad revenue total—$177 million, according to Standard Media Index, compared to $111.6 million for ESPN and ABC....
ABC Is Considering a Roseanne Replacement—Without Roseanne Barr
June 4, 2018
Standard Media Index, which tracked close to 80 percent of national ad spending on the show, estimated that ABC’s 2017-18 ad revenue for Roseanne was closer to $16.5 million for...
After windfall revenues in 2016, the advertising market continued to increase by another 3.7% in 2017 to more than $53 billion. Digital was the largest driver of the growth, increa...