Univision Fights to Survive
Univision reported a 7.8% drop in ad revenue for the fourth quarter today, bringing the company’s net 4Q08 loss to $1.99 billion. The company has been mired in declining ad revenues, lawsuits, and longstanding debt obligations.
While automobile advertising at Univision fell 41%, revenues from retail advertisers were up 3%, with telecom and fast food [...]
Netflix is Taking Over
How much do you pay for cable? Exactly. Diane Mermigas, over at MediaPost, wrote on the factors that have created a perfect storm that is allowing Netflix to take an increasing share of business from subscription-based services and other traditional content distributors. Among the circumstances contributing to Netflix’ growth:
Slowing growth of pay t.v.–from 11% in [...]
