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@tvgrimreaper

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102 posts
2026-03-02
Whoever 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣'𝙩 get WBD was always going to be the “winner”.
2026-03-02 View on X
Bloomberg

Q&A with Ted Sarandos on the scenario planning Netflix did before Paramount's final WBD bid, how Paramount's deal closing could lead to cuts of $16B+, and more

When Netflix Inc. dropped out of the bidding for Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. on Feb. 26, the news came as a surprise to many in Hollywood.

Whoever 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣'𝙩 get WBD was always going to be the “winner”.
2026-03-02 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Netflix actually won by walking away from the WBD bid, collecting a $2.8B termination fee and driving up the price and debt load of the Paramount-WBD merger

A smart call and win for shareholders.Daniel Strauss /@danielstrauss:“Substantial layoffs seem certain, but cost cutting alone won't make the operation into the sort of entertainme...

2026-03-01
Whoever 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣'𝙩 get WBD was always going to be the “winner”.
2026-03-01 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Netflix actually won by walking away from the WBD bid, collecting a $2.8B termination fee and driving up the price and debt load of the Paramount-WBD merger

King of streaming preserves its business model, while Paramount will have to deal with a massive debt load

2026-02-13
I'd hoped that since Roku bought Frndly they'd do a quarterly announcement of actual subscriber numbers. Sadly, they didn't. I'll update the chart below with Q4 numbers once a couple more come in. [image]
2026-02-13 View on X
The Wrap

Roku reports Q4 revenue up 16% YoY to $1.39B, vs. $1.35B est., and an $80.5M net income, vs. a $35.5M net loss in Q4 2024

The streaming hardware maker forecasts 16% revenue growth in 2026  —  Shares of Roku climbed as much as 13% in after-hours trading on Thursday …

2026-02-12
I'd hoped that since Roku bought Frndly they'd do a quarterly announcement of actual subscriber numbers. Sadly, they didn't. I'll update the chart below with Q4 numbers once a couple more come in. [image]
2026-02-12 View on X
The Wrap

Roku reports Q4 revenue up 16% YoY to $1.39B, vs. $1.35B est., and an $80.5M net income, vs. a $35.5M loss in Q4 2024; ROKU jumps 9%+ after hours

The streaming hardware maker forecasts 16% revenue growth in 2026  —  Shares of Roku climbed as much as 13% in after-hours trading on Thursday …

2026-02-09
It'll all come down to pricing. Attractively priced “skinny bundle” packages will accelerate the the revenue declines for the legacy linear media businesses.
2026-02-09 View on X
Bloomberg

Q&A with YouTube VP of Subscription Products Christian Oestlien on YouTube TV's future, the NFL and Oscars deals, its friendly rivalry with Netflix, and more

YouTube is going to start selling cheaper TV bundles for sports fans, news junkies  —  Happy Super Bowl Sunday …

2026-01-16
Netflix continuing its PR charm campaign. Another sign they're worried about losing the deal.
2026-01-16 View on X
New York Times

Q&A with Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos about the $83B WBD bid, Trump's involvement in the deal, maintaining a 45-day theatrical window for WBD releases, and more

The company's co-chief executive sat down for an extensive interview for the first time since announcing plans to buy Warner Bros. Discovery's film and TV business.See also Mediaga...

2026-01-13
Apple TV was up to a gigantic 0.40% of US TV viewing in November, 2025. Eddie Cue just likes hanging out in Hollywood. [image]
2026-01-13 View on X
The Hollywood Reporter

Eddy Cue says 2025 was a “record-breaking year” for Apple services: December was a monthly TV engagement record, the App Store has 850M+ weekly users, and more

The Apple services executive released a note saying that Apple TV set new monthly engagement records, while Apple Music has hit subscriber records.

2026-01-12
Apple TV was up to a gigantic 0.40% of US TV viewing in November, 2025. Eddie Cue just likes hanging out in Hollywood. [image]
2026-01-12 View on X
The Hollywood Reporter

Eddy Cue says 2025 was a “record-breaking year” for Apple services: December was a monthly TV engagement record, the App Store has 850M+ weekly users, and more

The Apple services executive released a note saying that Apple TV set new monthly engagement records, while Apple Music has hit subscriber records.

2025-11-14
Publicly, from both sides, everything was great with this deal, and then suddenly it wasn't. Does anybody involved have any credibility left?
2025-11-14 View on X
The Athletic

Apple and Major League Soccer agree to make all MLS games available on Apple TV for no extra charge from 2026, ending the MLS Season Pass subscription

Season Pass Is Gone X: @nineradvocate : @JoePompliano Translation: you now have to pay for a full Apple+ subscription to get MLS Season pass. Many of us were getting it for free; b...

@kasey__moore Whoever came up with, let's buy studios/ games, and give away mobile games should be putting fries in the bag today.
2025-11-14 View on X
New York Times

Netflix shifts its video game strategy to focus on popular titles like Pictionary, Boggle, and Tetris, playable in its app on TVs using phones as controllers

I had the chance to get hands-on with several of the newly announced games coming to TVs soon … Bluesky: Theo Priestley / @tprstly.com : Netflix should just bring back DVD games li...

Big day for white flags. [image]
2025-11-14 View on X
New York Times

Netflix shifts its video game strategy to focus on popular titles like Pictionary, Boggle, and Tetris, playable in its app on TVs using phones as controllers

I had the chance to get hands-on with several of the newly announced games coming to TVs soon … Bluesky: Theo Priestley / @tprstly.com : Netflix should just bring back DVD games li...

So simple, it took 4 years of incinerating cash competing with a ton of other game developers angling for mobile users to get to it! Also from that NYT: [image]
2025-11-14 View on X
New York Times

Netflix shifts its video game strategy to focus on popular titles like Pictionary, Boggle, and Tetris, playable in its app on TVs using phones as controllers

I had the chance to get hands-on with several of the newly announced games coming to TVs soon … Bluesky: Theo Priestley / @tprstly.com : Netflix should just bring back DVD games li...

2025-10-30
YouTube's ad revenue alone is approximately equal to all Disney Entertainment revenue.
2025-10-30 View on X
Variety

Alphabet reports YouTube's Q3 ad revenue rose 15% YoY to $10.26B, vs. $10.01B est., and Google's ad revenue reached $74.18B, up from $65.85B in Q3 2024

Todd Spangler / Variety :

YouTube's ad revenue alone is approximately equal to all Disney Entertainment revenue.
2025-10-30 View on X
Alphabet

Alphabet reports Q3 revenue up 16% YoY to $102.35B, vs. $99.89B est., Cloud revenue up 34% to $15.16B, and net income up 33% to $34.98B; GOOG jumps 5%+

Alphabet Announces Third Quarter 2025 Results

2025-10-17
SVOD “bundles” are just discounts for overpriced services. w/ ads discount: 29% w/o ads discount: 33% The legacy bundle was a take it or leave it offer, not a discount bin.
2025-10-17 View on X
The Hollywood Reporter

Apple and NBCUniversal announce an Apple TV and Peacock Premium bundle for $14.99/month, representing a 30%+ discount to buying both subscriptions individually

here's what you get and how much you save El Kuiper / Screen Rant : Apple TV And Peacock Bundle: Streaming Services Team Up Hannah Miller / Bloomberg : Apple TV Joins With NBC's Pe...

2025-06-12
Amazon crushing everybody else's ad CPMs is just collateral damage. Prime Video is a rounding error level hobby for Amazon. For everyone else but Apple, those ad CPMs are being counted on for future profitability. Oops! [image]
2025-06-12 View on X
Adweek

Sources and docs: Amazon has increased Prime Video's ad load to 4-6 minutes per hour, up from 2-3.5 minutes per hour when it introduced ads in January 2024

streaming just got a lot worse David Satin / The Streamable : Prime Video has doubled the number of ads it makes viewers watch Ian Carlos Campbell / Engadget : Prime Video reported...

2025-05-15
I wish Nielsen's Gauge broke out %'s for individual linear networks. YouTube might be bigger than ABC, CBS, NBC & Fox combined. Netflix might be bigger than any 3 of them. [image]
2025-05-15 View on X
CNBC

Netflix says its ad-supported tier now has 94M MAUs, up from 70M in November 2024, and reaches more 18- to 34-year-olds than any US broadcast or cable network

It says it is testing the types of advertisements its subscribers are willing to endure.  If you want to opt out you have to pay more money.  —  The enshittening of Netflix is almo...

2025-04-18
Interesting data point from the Netflix earnings announcement. Netflix leads YouTube in Q1 TV time spent in the UK. In the US in March, YouTube (12.0%) lead Netflix (7.9%). https://s22.q4cdn.com/... [image]
2025-04-18 View on X
Variety

Netflix reports Q1 revenue up 12.5% YoY to $10.54B, vs. $10.51B est., net income of $2.89B, and stops reporting subscriber numbers on a quarterly basis

April 17, 2025 Fellow shareholders, ● We are off to a good start in 2025. Annika Masrani / TipRanks Financial : Netflix Stock (NFLX) Pops as Earnings Beat but Tariffs Threaten Grow...

Interesting data point from the Netflix earnings announcement. Netflix leads YouTube in Q1 TV time spent in the UK. In the US in March, YouTube (12.0%) lead Netflix (7.9%). https://s22.q4cdn.com/... [image]
2025-04-18 View on X
Deadline

Ted Sarandos says Netflix talent uses “AI tools to do set references, pre-vis, VFX sequence prep, shot planning” and AI can make movies “10% better”

Citing recent comments by James Cameron, Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos said he hopes AI can make films “10% better,” not just “50% cheaper.”