• Sunday • January 26, 2025

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    Paramount Brings Live Shoppable Ads to the NFL Playoffs

    Fans can shop for snacks and entertainment during the AFC Championship game in the CBS Sports digital storefront.

    Paramount is setting itself up for a big win in the AFC Championship game. Today, the company announced that, for the first time, it’s bringing live, shoppable ads to Sunday’s NFL playoff matchup between the Buffalo Bills and the Kansas City Chiefs. To do so, the company is promoting its CBS Sports HQ digital storefront, a second-screen shoppable experience.

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  • Wednesday • January 15, 2025

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    Netflix Projected To Top $3.2B In Ad Revenue This Year

    Monthly Active Users in The U.S. and Canada to Rise to 41.9 Million (2025) to 71.2 Million (2030).

    Live sports and other events will help to double advertising revenue at Netflix to $3.2 billion in 2025, according to estimates from New Street Research. It estimates 56% of 2025 results will come from the U.S. and Canada — $1.8 billion (up from $913 million). “We think the two most important variables to achieving this — or not — are U.S/Canada MAUs [monthly active users] and CPMs [cost per thousand viewers],” says Dan Salmon, media analyst of New Street.

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  • Monday • January 13, 2025

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    Disney launches new Ad tech tools at Global Tech & Data Showcase

    “In This Transformative Era of Advertising, Brands Need More Than Just Compelling Storytelling.”

    Disney Advertising unveiled a suite of ground-breaking ad technology tools during its fifth annual Global Tech & Data Showcase in Las Vegas. Held at the Chelsea Theater, the event brought together top brands, agencies, and clients to showcase Disney’s latest advancements in ad tech and innovation strategy. Rita Ferro, President of Global Advertising at The Walt Disney Company, announced that Disney’s ad-supported platforms, including Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+, have reached a combined monthly active user base of 157 million globally.

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  • Wednesday • January 8, 2025

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    Disney says about 157 million global users are streaming content with ads

    Advertising Has Become a Key Driver of Profitability for Streaming Services

    Disney said Wednesday it has an estimated 157 million global monthly active users watching ad-supported content across its streaming platforms — Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+. That number includes 112 million users domestically and is an average per month over the last six months. While traditional TV outlets have a standard way of measuring ratings and viewership, there is still no industry standard methodology for measuring global streaming advertising audience size.

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  • Tuesday • January 7, 2025

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    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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  • Thursday • December 26, 2024

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    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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