{"id":"SEC-12-GM-026","kind":"meeting","level":"organizer","jurisdiction":"New York (Radio City Music Hall, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center and other Manhattan venues), NY","state":"NY","metro":"","industry":"12","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"NBCUniversal, ViacomCBS, Disney (ABC), Fox, WarnerMedia","authority":"","instrument":"MediaPost, \u0022This Would Have Been Upfront Week, If Not For COVID\u0022 (May 11, 2020) (text of the page rendered to PDF)","title":"Upfront Week 2020 (the broadcast networks\u0027 advertising-sales presentations to agencies and advertisers)","dateIssued":"2020-05-11","effective":"","end":"","startDate":"2020-05-11","endDate":"","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":[],"addressees":[],"clause":"\u0022For better or worse... this week would have been that annual rite of spring in New York known as Upfront Week. But now, for reasons everyone is aware of, Upfront Week has been canceled. Thanks to a contagious disease, there will be no pressing of the flesh or saving of seats this year.\u0022 (MediaPost, May 11, 2020)","enforcement":"","functions":["BD","CB","EV"],"notes":"2020: \u0022Upfront Week has been canceled\u0022; NBCUniversal streamed a \u0022One Industry Update\u0022 (May 11), ViacomCBS held a two-day virtual event, Disney Advertising Sales presented a \u0022Virtual Roadshow\u0022 of \u0022smaller presentations for media agencies and clients\u0022. 2021: 2021 upfronts presented virtually (not verified; Fox\u0027s 2022 event reported as its first in-person upfront since 2019). Usual dates: Week of the second Monday in May (2020: week of May 11, 2020). Scale: industry-wide (the annual sales market of the television-advertising business). Venue orders 2020: NY-016, NY-005, MET-NYC-006. Venue orders 2021: NY-043, NY-053.","sourceUrl":"https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/351143/this-would-have-been-upfront-week-if-not-for-covi.html","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":125332,"grade":"secondary","character":"","description":"MediaPost, \u0022This Would Have Been Upfront Week, If Not For COVID\u0022 (May 11, 2020) (text of the page rendered to PDF)","collection":"SEC-12","url":"/library/SEC-12-GM-026","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-12-GM-026","citation":"NBCUniversal, ViacomCBS, Disney (ABC), Fox, WarnerMedia, MediaPost, \u0022This Would Have Been Upfront Week, If Not For COVID\u0022 (May 11, 2020) (text of the page rendered to PDF) (Ex. SEC-12-GM-026)","stateName":"New York","related":["NY-016","NY-005","MET-NYC-006","NY-043","NY-053","SEC-12-GM-027"]}