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Tuesday • January 7, 2025
Getty Images, Shutterstock gear up for AI challenge with $3.7 billion merger
The Deal Could Generate Up To $200 Million in Cost Savings Three Years After its Close
Getty Images (GETY.N), opens new tab said on Tuesday it would merge with rival Shutterstock (SSTK.N), opens new tab to create a $3.7 billion stock-image powerhouse geared for the artificial intelligence era, in a deal likely to draw antitrust scrutiny. The companies, two of the largest players in the licensed visual content industry, are betting that the combination will help them cut costs and grow their business by unlocking more revenue opportunities at a time when the growing use of generative AI tools such as Midjourney poses a threat to the industry.
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Tuesday • January 7, 2025
Roku Grows To 90M Households
Roku’s Stock Market Pricing Could Also See Another Bump
Streaming distribution service Roku is now in 90 million North American households — and is in nearly half of all U.S. broadband households.
Overall, Anthony Wood, founder and CEO, of Roku, in a release says the platform has “more engagement than any other TV OS [operating system] platform in the U.S.” The households consist of homes in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. The growth overdelivered on one analyst estimate, which expected the company to get to 88 to 89 million homes by the end of the fourth quarter.
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Friday • January 3, 2025
Spotify’s Video-First Creator Payout Program Launches In U.S., U.K., Australia, Canada
The Company’s Partner Program is Promising a Cut of Ad Sales
Spotify has announced the launch of its “Partner Program,” a video-first initiative designed to pay creators in the U.S., the U.K., Australia, and Canada a portion of the company’s advertising revenue depending on how much engagement their videos receive from paid subscribers.
The program aligns the audio-streaming platform more closely with YouTube, especially as Spotify doubles down on video podcasting – a popular medium over the past year – and competes for more than audio budgets in the digital advertising pool.
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Thursday • December 26, 2024
First Netflix Games Set NFL Record, Become Most-Streamed Ever
Netflix Averaged 24.2 Million US Viewers on Christmas Day
Netflix delivered strong NFL broadcast-like viewership for its exclusive and first-time NFL airings on Christmas Day — averaging 24.2 million U.S. viewers for two games, according to Nielsen — and averted any industry concerning buffering or latency issues.
In addition, Netflix football airings became the most-streamed NFL games in U.S. history — surpassing those on NBCUniversal’s Peacock streamer, which in January aired an NFL Wild Card playoff game between the Miami Dolphins-Kansas City Chiefs. Peacock earned an average 22.9 million Nielsen-measured viewers.
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Tuesday • December 17, 2024
Disney Leads Distributor Viewing, Fox, YouTube, Paramount And Netflix Up
Walt Disney Led All Media Distributors With a 11.1% Share in Nielsen’s November Index
Walt Disney led all media distributors with a 11.1% share in Nielsen’s November index, which aggregates viewing across all TV media platforms owned by one company. The company lost about a half-share point from October. Making gains month-to-month were YouTube at 10.8% (up from 10.6%), Paramount Global at 9.3% (vs. 8.7%), Fox at 8.6% (vs. 8.4%) and Netflix at 7.7% (vs. 7.5%).
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Tuesday • November 19, 2024
Apple is selling Apple News ads directly for the first time
The Shift Toward Direct Sales Represents a Significant Milestone in Apple’s Advertising Ambitions
Apple has started selling its own advertising inventory for Apple News, two sources familiar with the effort told Axios. It’s pitching new ad units that it hopes will maximize revenue for itself and its publishing partners. Apple has been selling its own ad inventory in search and within its App Store for a while. Until now, it’s relied on third-party vendors to sell Apple News ads, limiting the revenue potential for itself and the thousands of publishers that distribute content on the free version of Apple News.
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