☀️ROKU Revenue freezes as bah humbug is coming, but Users hit 65 Million
TV Bundle subs meltdown continues / More WWE McMahon write-downs expected as biz booms / Russo Bros enlist more A-List on NETFLIX pic
Mornin! This is Sean McNulty and here’s the Hollywood + Media news to know on THURSDAY November 3, 2022.
Where it’s $7 NETFLIX day! Can’t wait to see what beer Ads I’ve been missing in streaming due to AMAZON PRIME’s ban on alcohol advertising in TNF (both AbInBev & MOLSON COORS have signed on at NETFLIX… who hopefully also got a free keg or two of The Beast for the office. Well minus MICROSOFT’s cut of a couple pitchers).
Now - what to do with my extra $3 a month?
MEANWHILE: NETFLIX hired 5 more senior Ad biz execs, including AMAZON’s former head of Sports Strategy. Huh. (she’ll be VP of Ad Measurement strategy for the record). Other execs are from YT, TIKTOK, GROUPM and SNAP… not the traditional TV or even SVOD biz.
ALSO: 52% of you joined in me in a “makes me want to stomp a copier” reaction to the “Office Space” spot yesterday.
AND: The latest TWITTER report puts the big layoffs at 50+% or 3,700 folks, with the process starting tomorrow, per Bloomberg. And the ones that are left - yeah that remote work thing is dunzo.
IN TODAY’S EDITION:
ROKU paints dire Q4 Ad biz picture sending stock 👇 , but long term business prospects still are solid - a #MediaNerd🤓 dive inside the numbers
DISH, ALTICE continue the TV bundle Q3 bloodletting, as ALTICE stock takes another dive - a look at the latest numbers.
Russo Bros set more A-Listers for NETFLIX pic
WWE biz still humming along as they increase int’l Streaming biz, although more McMahon behavior write-downs are likely as internal committee finishes work
Wahlberg SONY pic coming back to theaters in Dec
CHARTER wastes no time raising SPECTRUM Broadband prices, while also laying out branding plans for their Streaming Device JV with COMCAST, which will hit stores in… another year (#CableGonnaCable), and much more.
AND: HBOMAX and LIONSGATE earnings are still to come with #MediaNerd🤓 breakdowns tomorrow for both, with DISNEY, ENDEAVOR and AMC THEATERS next week. So if inclined:
📽 THE SILVER SCREEN
