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Walt Disney Co Posts Record Quarterly Profit on Success of amp8220Star Warsamp8221Disney39s media networks unit posted operating income of 14 billion on revenue of 63 billion which was up 8 from a year earlier Within that unit the cable division which houses ESPN recorded operating income of 12 billion down 5 from a year ago amp160via LA Times Disney Says Skinny Bundles are Hurting ESPN and Will Save ESPN via Recode Disney Nielsen and the BroadbandOnly Homes amp8211 Pivotal Researchamp160Disappointing Show by HBO Turner Drags Down Time WarnerSubscription revenue for HBO home to shows such as quotGame of Thronesquot rose three percent and remained unchanged at Turner which includes the cable channel CNN via Reuters HBO Now More Like HBO Later OvertheTop Service Slower to Catch On Than Predictions via Ad Age Cable Channel Subscriber Losses Have Investors Bracing for Worst via Bloomberg Why TV Executives Are Bullish On the Ad Market via WSJamp160Verizon Said to Enlist AOL CEO Armstrong to Explore Yahoo DealLate last week and as far back as December Verizon has said amp8220yesamp8221 when asked whether it was interested in purchasing some or all of the struggling company via Bloomberg Yahoo Layoffs Have Begun as Mayer Tries to Turn Around Her Turnaround via Recode Yahoo Verizon ATampampT Want NFL Thursday Streaming Rights via Bloombergamp160Omnicom CEO Says Too Early to Tell If 2016 Will Bring More Major Media Reviewsamp8220Whether the pace of 2015 continues into 2016 it is too early to say but we will not be surprised if the patterns continueamp8221 via WSJ Media Dominates Conversation on Omnicom Earnings Call via Ad Ageamp160CBSamp8217 Leslie Moonves Predicts Big Upfront For C7 Dealsamp8220I think itamp8217s going to be substantially higher than it has been in the past yearamp8221 Moonves said of this yearamp8217s upfront amp160amp8220This year more than 50 of the deals will be based on C7amp8221 he said via Variety CBS Exceeds Revenue Expectations Amid CordCutting Concerns via Hollywood Reporter CBS boss suggests Apple39s TV streaming service is still stalled via CNNamp160NBCU Cable Shakes Up Programming Operations with New Roles for Chris McCumber Dave Howe Bill McGoldrickBonnie Hammer is blowing up the cable TV management playbook with a sweeping realignment of executive responsibilities across the largest channels she oversees at NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment via Variety Univision and NBCU Still Dominate Hispanic TV Marketamp160Nielsen Boss on Clientamp8217s Public Criticism amp8220Iamp8217d Prefer They Were Saying Good Thingsamp8221amp8220Itamp8217s always positive when our clients are talking to us in the marketplaceamp8221 CEO Mitch Barns says amp8212 it means company is amp8220highly relevantamp8221 via TheWrap Nielsen Adds More Business for Total Audience Measurement via MediaPost Hearst Inks Multiyear Renewal of Nielsenamp8217s Local TV Measurement Service via Broadcasting ampamp Cableamp160As TV Gets Its Data On Walled Garden Problem LoomsDoes TV need its version of Costco a memberamp8217s only super store supermarket of aggregated ad inventory and data via WSJ Rick Erwin of Acxiom on Targeting with Data Pivotal Researchamp8217s Brian Wieser on Ad Technology and 2016 Trendsamp160IAB Study Claims amp8220TV is No Longer the Dominant Screenamp8221British study finds 70 per cent of participants ordinarily used a connected device while watching TV and that in the 1634 demographic this rises to 87 per cent via The Drumamp160Vice Media Under Pressure New Backers Bring New Challengesamp8220This is really more about the ability to get that audience that doesnamp8217t watch an awful lot of television to watch some TV now Thatamp8217s the real challengeamp8221 via Varietyamp160Facebook Will Start Automatically Captioning Video AdsAccording to Facebook39s own research 80 of people react negatively when mobile video ads begin playing loudly in content feeds and blame the platform as well as the brand via Ad Age Mindshare Facebook39s Secret Chess Movesamp160Gannett Exploring Parcel Delivery Business as It Examines How to Make the Most of Its FleetGannett reached out to parcelindustry consultants as recently as December It also had meetings and preliminary discussions with Amazoncom via Dow Jones A Possible New Path for Newspaperamp160GroupM Launches Viewability Standards for Digital Ads in CanadaThe agency announced a similar standard in Australia two weeks ago and expects to roll out the standard globally The US offices are furthest ahead on the initiative to build viewability into their deals by about a year via Globe and Mailamp160People on the MoveHavas Promotes Chief Growth Officer Laura Maness to New York PresidentHavas has promoted North America Chief Growth Officer Laura Maness to the newly created role of Havas Worldwide New York president effective March 1 via Ad AgeiHeartMedia Promotes Five Senior Programmers to Division Executive Vice Presidents In Its National Programming GroupAndrew Jeffries Steve Geofferies Tony Coles Thea Mitchem and Meg Stevens were formerly iHeartMedia Senior Vice Presidents of Programming and will report to Brad Hardin via iHeartMediaFormer AOL President Bob Lord Joins Screenvision BoardThe company said Lord brings more than a decade of digital leadership experience with an emphasis on emerging media technology and data which it termed key areas of focus for Screenvision to expand impact for advertisers via Varietyamp160Video PicksViceamp8217s Shane Smith Talks quotFurther Plans of World Dominationquot and how Viceland his upcoming cable network will get quotahead of everybody elsequot via Hollywood ReporterGroup Mamp8217s North America programmatic buying president Joe Kowan on the rise of a more developed programmatic ecosystem he called amp8220programmatic 20amp8221 via BeetTVImage at top courtesy of Corbis The opinions and points of view expressed in this commentary are exclusively the views of the author and do not 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