#Charter Loses 144,000 Pay TV Subs in Fourth Quarter, Adds 105,000 Broadband Users

#Charter Loses 144,000 Pay TV Subs in Fourth Quarter, Adds 105,000 Broadband Users

Charter Loses 144,000 Pay TV Subs in Fourth Quarter, Adds 105,000 Broadband Users Cable giant Charter Communications, in which John Malone’s Liberty Broadband owns a big stake, reported its fourth-quarter results on Friday, including slowed broadband subscriber growth and a bigger pay-TV user loss than in the year-ago period. The company, led by its new president and CEO…

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#NBCUniversal CEO: “We Are Always Looking for Bolt-On Acquisitions”

#NBCUniversal CEO: “We Are Always Looking for Bolt-On Acquisitions”

NBCUniversal CEO: “We Are Always Looking for Bolt-On Acquisitions” Will they or won’t they buy anything? And if so, what? With M&A speculation regularly swirling around the entertainment industry, including NBCUniversal owner Comcast, the cable giant’s executive team was quizzed on its appetite for acquisitions during the company’s earnings conference call on Thursday. Comcast and…

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#NBCUniversal’s Peacock Tops 20M Paid Subs, Streamer’s Loss Widens to 8M in Fourth Quarter

#NBCUniversal’s Peacock Tops 20M Paid Subs, Streamer’s Loss Widens to $978M in Fourth Quarter

NBCUniversal’s Peacock Tops 20M Paid Subs, Streamer’s Loss Widens to $978M in Fourth Quarter Peacock, the streaming service of Comcast’s entertainment unit NBCUniversal, grew its revenue and subscribers in the fourth quarter, but its loss widened again compared with the year-ago period. Comcast’s earnings report for the final period of 2022 detailed quarterly financials for NBCUniversal, including higher…

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#Netflix, In First Quarter With Ad Tier, Adds 7M-Plus Subscribers, Outperforming Expectations

#Netflix, In First Quarter With Ad Tier, Adds 7M-Plus Subscribers, Outperforming Expectations

Netflix, In First Quarter With Ad Tier, Adds 7M-Plus Subscribers, Outperforming Expectations Netflix, reporting subscriber numbers for the first time since launching an ad-supported subscription tier, brought in 7.66 million subscribers during the fourth quarter of 2022, outperforming its forecasts for the holiday season. The streaming giant had previously warned Wall Street it would add…

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#ITV Posts 14 Percent Quarterly Ad Revenue Drop, Forecasts Slight 2022 Decline

#ITV Posts 14 Percent Quarterly Ad Revenue Drop, Forecasts Slight 2022 Decline

ITV Posts 14 Percent Quarterly Ad Revenue Drop, Forecasts Slight 2022 Decline U.K. TV giant ITV reported a 14 drop in third-quarter advertising revenue amid difficult year-ago comparisons and continued “uncertainty.” That left its ad revenue down 2 percent for the nine months through September, it said on Wednesday. The company predicted a strong final quarter of…

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