- Salesforce Achieves 23% Jump In Q2 Revenue YoY
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Thursday, August 26, 2021
CEO Marc Benioff credits the global trend toward digital transformation. ...
- Disney's Hulu Sees Unexpected Gains In Ad Revenue, Disney+ Outperforms
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, August 13, 2021
Disney's D2C business, which Hulu and Disney+ are a major part of, was up 57% to $4.3 billion in revenue, largely due to higher Hulu subscription revenue and a De ...
- Disney+ Still Has Vast Opportunity For Growth
Advanced TV Insider, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, August 13, 2021
Disney+, already in 61 countries, will push into South Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan in November. In the U.S., one of its opportunities lies in building social/video engagement with i ...
- Baidu Spent Nearly $2.5B To Ramp Up Products In Q2 2021
Around the Net in Search Marketing, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, August 12, 2021
Baidu's quarterly earnings results topped Wall Street estimates on Thursday, as the Chinese search giant benefited from a rebound in advertising and higher demand for its artificial intelligence and clo ...
- Trade Desk Doubles Q2 Revenues, Sees Strong CTV Growth
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, August 10, 2021
CTV revenues were a major part of the Q2 revenue gain, to $280 million. Total video -- including CTV -- now represents a 30% share of all Trade Desk busines ...
- Why Microsoft VP Of Search David Pann May Have Jumped To LiveRamp
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, August 5, 2021
LiveRamp reported Q2 earnings on Thursday one day after announcing that the VP of Microsoft Advertising would join the company as chief product officer (CPO). ...
- Fox Corp: No High-Cost Tubi Programs, Ad Revenue 40% Higher To $982 Million
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, August 5, 2021
"Our programming investment is measured in weeks, not years," said Fox Corp. executive chairman/CEO Lachlan Murdoch. "It's a space focused on advertisers. ... to reach a younger audience that ...
- ViacomCBS Q2 Ad Revenue Up 24%, Streaming Ad Revenue Up 103%, Paramount+, Sky Partner In Europe
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Thursday, August 5, 2021
Pluto TV's MAUs rose by 2.8 million versus Q1, to reach 52 million. Global streaming subs, driven by Paramount+, rose 6.5 million, to 42 million. ...
- Roku Q2: 1.5 Million More Monthly Users, But Streaming Hours Decline 6%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, August 4, 2021
Total Q2 streaming hours declined to 17.4 billion -- a 6% drop, from 1 billion hours in Q1 (18.4 billion). Roku monthly active users grew to 55.1 million. ...
- Discovery Q2: Ad Revenue Up 12%, D2C Subscribers Hit 18M
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, August 3, 2021
This year's upfront saw Discovery realize record-breaking revenue on price increases in the high teens, despite cable ratings declines. More available inventory due to the January 2021 U.S. launch ...
- NBCU Posts 33% Higher Q2 Ad Revenues, Olympics Still On Profitable Track
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, July 29, 2021
The games are estimated to have pulled at least $1.3 billion in ad revenue -- a record. ...
- Spotify: Q2 Podcast Ad Revenue Up 627%, Paid Subs Hit 165M
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Thursday, July 29, 2021
Total ad revenue was up 110%, and Spotify beat analyst expectations on the top and bottom line--but weakness in MAU growth caused its stock to dip following its earnings c ...
- How LinkedIn Marketing Solutions Biz Exceeded $1 Billion For The Quarter
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, July 28, 2021
The company's ad business surpassed $1 billion in revenue in Q2 2021 for the first time -- up 97% year-over-year, growing three times faster than the category. ...
- Alphabet, Microsoft Post Big Q2 Earnings
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, July 27, 2021
Google's Search and Other brought in $35.8 billion, up from $21.3 billion. The number reflects a comparison to 2020 at the height of the pandemic when companies pulled back ...
- Netflix Global Subscribers Up 1.5 Million, While North American Subs Dip
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, July 20, 2021
The company added 3.5 million in the third quarter of this year. Analysts have been anticipating 5.5 million. ...
- AMC Entertainment's Stock Spike Could Signal Movie Growth
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, June 3, 2021
AMC Entertainment is on a wild stock-price ride -- up nearly 100% on Wednesday, and almost 2,000% higher since the beginning of the year. ...
- DoubleVerify Comes Off Stellar Quarter, Reports Q1 Earnings, Hires SVP
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, June 2, 2021
After DoubleVerify CEO Mark Zagorski reported Q1 earnings of $67.6 million, up 32% year-over-year, the company announced the appointment of Mimi Wotring, SVP of publisher sales and client services. ...
- More Revenue Losses For Lionsgate: Starz Grows 70% With Subscribers
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, May 28, 2021
By 2025, Lionsgate projects Starz will hit 60 million global subscribers. ...
- Nielsen Research Chief: Field Force Not Impacted By COVID, Touts 'Proximity Visits'
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Monday, May 17, 2021
Nielsen, which recently reported $100 million in temporary cost savings related to the pandemic, says those cuts did not explicitly impact its field force, but "included voluntary pay cuts ...
- Vizio's SmartCast Platform Grows, Ad Biz Revenues Climb
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, May 12, 2021
Revenues at the Vizio Platform Plus unit -- the advertising selling and data business connected to its SmartCast platform -- grew 120% to $52.2 million. ...
- Pandemic Paradox: Nielsen Saved $100M From COVID-19 Workforce Reductions
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Thursday, May 13, 2021
The pandemic created a unique benefit to Nielsen's bottom line: $100 million in cost savings. The disclosure, made during a recent earnings call with investors and Wall Street analysts, h ...
- Sports-Centric vMVPD fuboTV More Than Doubles Q1 Revenues
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, May 11, 2021
The company projects total 2021 revenue of between $520 million and $530 million, with subscribers totaling between 830,000 and 850,000. ...
- Yelp Ad Business Adds Self-Serve, Copy, Tracking, Budget Options
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, May 11, 2021
Yelp on Tuesday announced several features, from ad copy guidance to budget recommendations, to help businesses take greater control over their Yelp page and ads. The features also enable advertise ...
- Tegna Sees 9% Rise In Q1 Ad Revenues; Subscriber Biz Gains 16%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, May 10, 2021
Tegna's OTT and streaming ad service Premion grew 40% to $145 million for the 2020 year. ...
- DSP Trade Desk Reports Big Gains, Warns Of Future Declines
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, May 10, 2021
The Trade Desk's Q1 revenue was $220 million for the period with net income at $22.6 million -- down 6% vs. a year ago. ...
- Comscore Posts Higher Loss In Q1, Small Revenue Gain
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, May 7, 2021
The loss includes a $15.3-million non-cash charge related to Comscore's January recapitalization to pay down its debt. ...
- Roku's Ad Business Up Sharply, 2.4M Active Accounts Added To Total 53.6M
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, May 7, 2021
"Ad spending by major agency holding companies with Roku more than doubled. ... a really strong quarter for the advertising business," said Scott Rosenberg, Roku SVP and general manager, platfo ...
- ViacomCBS Adds 6M Streaming Subs In Q1, Streaming Ad Revenue Up 62% YoY
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Thursday, May 6, 2021
In addition to paid subs, number of monthly active users for free, ad-supported Pluto TV rose 15% versus Q4 2020, to 49.5 million. ...
- Sinclair Plans D2C App For Its Bally Sports-Branded RSNs
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, May 5, 2021
The launch will come in the first half of 2022. Sinclair estimates total 2021 revenues -- advertising and distribution revenues -- between $3.1 billion to $3.3 billion ...
- Nexstar Q1: Core Ad Revenues Slip 1.4%, Distribution Revenue Up 13%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, May 4, 2021
Distribution revenues, including retransmission fees, hit $621.2 million. Total digital revenues grew 18% to $66.4 million. ...
