- 'No Truth' To Havas Rumors, States Publicis Groupe CEO Sadoun
MAD, Larissa Faw - Thursday, April 15, 2021
In an interview with MediaPost, the Publicis Groupe chief strongly denied rumors and reports of a pending merger with Vivendi's Havas Group. ...
- iHeart Shares Jump On Analyst's Bullish Advertising Outlook
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Wednesday, April 14, 2021
BofA Securities media analyst Jessica Reif Ehrlich raised her rating on iHeart to "buy" from "underperform," forecasting that radio and other advertising will "come roaring back" over the next f ...
- FOX CFO: Tubi Will Surpass Broadcast Entertainment Network Revenue
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Wednesday, March 10, 2021
"Over time, you'll see the curves cross," Steve Tomsic said during an investor conference Tuesday. ...
- NBCU's Peacock Posts $914 Million Net Loss, $118 Million Revenues For 2020
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, March 9, 2021
In revamping new financial reporting segments for NBCU, Comcast's recast 2020 results show Peacock had a net loss of $914 million in 2020, according to a new SEC filing. ...
- E. W. Scripps' Q4 Revenue Grows 40%, Boosted By Political Ad Gains
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, February 26, 2021
Overall company-wide revenue grew 40% to $591 million, with local TV station revenues up 43% to $473 million. ...
- AMC Networks: Streamers' Combined 6M Subs Three Years Ahead Of Plan
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, February 26, 2021
A 157% gain in streaming subs in 2020 helped the company realize a Q4 profit despite Q4 declines in cable networks' advertising and distribution revenues. ...
- Nielsen Reports $35M Q4 Profit, Narrows Full-Year Loss
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Thursday, February 25, 2021
Q4 revenues declined 1%, but net income came in at $35 million, vs. a $109 million loss in the year-ago quarter. Full-year 2020 losses narrowed to $6 million from la ...
- Discovery Records Flat Q4 Revenues, Discovery+ Hits 11M Global Subs
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, February 22, 2021
The TV network group's Q4 earning results were $1.05 billion, but with a 5% decline for 2020 as a whole to $4 billion. ...
- Discovery Exceeds 11M Streaming Users, U.S. Ad Revenue Stabilizes
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Monday, February 22, 2021
The "vast majority" of the 11 million are Discovery+ users, and more than half of the roughly 7 million added since early December are paid, reports the company, which ...
- Roku Q4 Ad Revenue Soars, But Company Says Buyers' Linear Habit Remains Obstacle
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, February 19, 2021
Roku's platform revenue, driven by Roku Channel advertising, leapt 81% in Q4 and 71% in full-year 2020. ...
- Trade Desk Surges 48% In Q4, Cites Walmart, CTV, Unified ID For Future Growth
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Friday, February 19, 2021
The Trade Desk said its revenues grew 48% in Q4 and 29% for full-year 2020, despite a slowdown in ad demand attributed to the pandemic. ...
- Disney+ Hits 95M Subs In 14 Months, Though ARPU Down 28%
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, February 12, 2021
Combined with sibling streamers Hulu and ESPN+, Disney now has 146.4 million global OTT subscribers. ...
- Data Goldmine: Why Microsoft Pursued Pinterest
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, February 11, 2021
In the past year, Pinterest has invested in the ability to deliver returns on accountable performance advertising -- including conversion optimization, ads and shopping -- and to scale campaigns a ...
- Google Search, YouTube Advertising Push Alphabet Q4 Revenue To $57B
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, February 2, 2021
Google's parent company Alphabet reported earnings Tuesday. Revenue in Q4 2020 jumped 23.5% to $56.9 billion. ...
- Warner Music Group Q1 Revenues Up 6.2%, Digital Revenue 17% Higher
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, February 2, 2021
Steve Cooper, Warner Music Group CEO, stated that "despite the impact of Covid[-19], we generated the highest quarterly revenue in our 17-year history." ...
- NBCU Q4 Broadcast, Cable Ad Revenues Down, Comcast Video Subscription Losses Grow
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, January 28, 2021
Delays in airing new fall NBC broadcast TV pushed ratings lower and ad revenues down 9.6% in the fourth quarter. ...
- AT&T Q4: HBO Max Activations Doubled, But Warner Bros. Revenue Fell 21%
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Wednesday, January 27, 2021
The simultaneous HBO Max/theatrical release of 'Wonder Woman 1980' helped pump up HBO Max, but theatrical and production revenues dropped. AT&T confirmed it will launch an AVOD version of Ma ...
- Zuckerberg Claims Facebook Will Reduce Political Content Volume, 'Turn Down The Temperature'
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Thursday, January 28, 2021
But he admitted the company is "still working out the best way to do this." The CEO also again accused Apple of implementing iOS privacy changes for competitive reasons, a ...
- AT&T's Turner Posts Stable Q4 Advertising, Distribution Revenue
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, January 28, 2021
Ad revenue for AT&T's Turner TV networks and digital platforms cut its losses in Q4, sinking just 1.3% to $1.1 billion. In an earnings phone call, AT&T Chief Financial Offic ...
- FuboTV: Winner Or Loser? Strong Q4 Projections May Not Get Analysts On The Same Page
Video Insider, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, January 5, 2021
Starkly divergent analyst outlooks for FuboTV have driven the stock up to $62, down to $24 and after today's Q4 preview, back up to nearly $30. ...
- Chapek: Disney Still Bullish On PVOD After 'Mulan'
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Monday, November 16, 2020
"We saw enough very positive results before [the "Mulan"] controversy started to know that we've got something here in terms of the premiere access strategy," Disney CEO Bob Chapek sa ...
- TV Station Company Tegna Posts Strong 34% Q3 Revenue Gains, Record Political Advertising
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, November 9, 2020
Total company revenue was $738 million in Q3 with political advertising at $116 million, a new record for the quarter for Tegna, vs. $8 million in Q3 2019. ...
- TikTok App Generates $115 Million From Users In October
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, November 6, 2020
TikTok was the top non-gaming app last month in generating in-app revenue from users at $115 million, but that fell short of the $130.5 million it generated in September. ...
- CTV Suppliers Report Strong Q3, Cite 'Reallocation' Of Linear TV Ad Budgets
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Friday, November 6, 2020
In a sign that the CTV ad market is benefitting from a shift of traditional TV ad budgets as advertisers follow viewers, two leading suppliers -- The Trade Desk a ...
- Tribune, NYT Company Report Uptick In Q3 Digital Revs
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Thursday, November 5, 2020
For Tribune, digital-only subscriber revenue increased 67.4%. For The New York Times Co., digital advertising revenue comprised 60.3% of its total ad revenues, ...
- Meredith Corp Digital Advertising, Licensing Grows Despite Revenue Dip
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Thursday, November 5, 2020
The company, the country's largest magazine publisher, reported earnings of $42 million. ...
- Discovery Upset About Its Networks On Extra Pay T-Mobile TVision Tier
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, November 5, 2020
Discovery Inc. has a major issue with T-Mobile's new TVision pay TV service, which has put Discovery networks on a separate extra $10-a-month pay tier. ...
- Sinclair Posts Massive $4.2B Q3 Loss, Points To RSN Issues, Changes In Consumer Behavior
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, November 4, 2020
Results were impacted by RSN issues including subscriber erosion, loss of two major distributors, and COVID-19 effects. Political advertising was strong for all of Sinclair's TV stations and RSNs, ...
- YouTube TV Subs Pass 3M; YouTube Q3 Ad Revenue Up 32%, Google Up 9%
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Monday, November 2, 2020
YouTube TV is now the second-largest vMVPD next to Hulu. Google and overall Alphabet ad revenue rebounded from a dip in Q2. ...
- YouTube Rockin' Content In Video Series CMO X Creator Conversations
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, October 30, 2020
YouTube on Friday launched CMO x Creator Conversations, which gives CMOs the opportunity to host one-on-one interviews with top YouTube creators. ...
