YouTube is now a rival to TV networks. Yet many networks still post their content to the platform via friendly licensing agreements. In the current war for viewer attention, this is a potentially crippling move.
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Primed For Peacock Comcast is zeroing in on NBCUniversal’s Peacock to buoy revenues while cable declines. Broadband subscriptions are still evaporating – Comcast lost 19,000 US customers last quarter – but revenue is up thanks to Peacock subscriptions and ad revenue to offset […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. To The Max On Tuesday, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) officially launched Max, its new streaming service that combines HBO Max and Discovery+ content. But the launch had some technical difficulties. Subscribers complained on social media about the app crashing, streams freezing and difficulties […]
Fox said on Thursday that it’s struck a deal with Comcast-owned FreeWheel to enable programmatic sales of its set-top box inventory. That inventory can now be purchased through, guess who: The Trade Desk. However, Comcast VP and GM of addressable Larry Allen said the company does have the other “big five” DSPs on the roadmap […]
Six months after its nationwide launch, Comcast NBCUniveral’s premium ad supported streaming service Peacock has 33 million subscribers in the United States – up from 22 million in Q3 2020 – exceeding the company’s targets following a reorganization of its TV and streaming businesses last year during the COVID-19 pandemic. During Comcast’s Q4 earnings on […]
“On TV & Video” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. After this exclusive first look for subscribers, the story by AdExchanger’s Allison Schiff will be published in full on AdExchanger.com. Jukin Media trawls the social universe for the most shareable video content from everyday people that it can […]
