BROADCAST TV CONTINUES TO CLOBBER CABLE
June 10, 2011 by admin · 2 Comments
Say what you will about television audiences deserting broadcast television and switching to cable instead, a new analysis of Nielsen data indicates that broadcasters have little to worry about — at least at the moment. As reported by MediaPost.com, of the 100 top-rated television shows among 18-49-year-old viewers over the last season that ended last [...]
ROYAL WEDDING ATTENDED BY 23 MILLION IN U.S.
Despite being broadcast at the ungodly hour of 3:00 a.m. on the West Coast and 6:00 a.m. on the East Coast, the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton was watched by nearly 23 million Americans, according to preliminary ratings released late today (Saturday) by Nielsen Research. The figure represents the combined average of [...]
ROSE BOWL COMES UP ROSES FOR ESPN
January 4, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
For the first time since 1947, when it was first televised, the Rose Bowl game was not carried on broadcast television this year, moving instead to cable sports network ESPN, where, according to preliminary Nielsen figures, it attracted 20.6 million viewers. While that number was down from the 24 million who watched the game on [...]
TV VIEWING CONTINUES TO RISE
January 3, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
Despite competition from the Internet, a myriad of videogame platforms, cheap DVD rentals via Netflix, RedBox, and video-on-demand, broadcast and cable viewing actually increased slightly in 2010, according to Nielsen Research. As reported in Sunday’s New York Times, the average American watched 34 hours of television programming a week, up about 1 percent from 2009. [...]
DISNEY EARNINGS SLUMP
November 12, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Demonstrating once again the judiciousness of Disney’s decision to acquire Pixar in 2006, revenue from Toy Story 3 offset double-digit declines in several of Disney’s other divisions in its fourth quarter. Thanks to the success of the animated movie, Disney’s movie studio swung to an operating profit of $104 million versus a $13-million loss during [...]
DANCING DANCES AWAY WITH HONORS AGAIN
October 19, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Dancing with the Stars continued to dominate Monday night’s ratings on broadcast TV, attracting 19.29 million viewers for the evening, peaking in the final half-hour with 20.55 million. The show faced strong competition, including ESPN’s Monday Night Football on cable, whose ratings will be released later today (Tuesday), but which has been averaging 15 million [...]