Comcast executives touted upcoming split to Wall Street as cable networks prepare to separate from the rest of NBCUniversal.
Olympics bump looks to have been short-lived as NBCUniversal's streaming platform closed out the year without having added to its Paris haul. Per Comcast's fourth-quarter and full-year earnings results,
Peacock had 36 million subscribers during the most recent quarter, up year over year but flat from the prior period.
Comcast stock fell double digits on Thursday after the company reported a bigger-than-expected drop in broadband customers and failed to add more subscribers to its Peacock streaming service.
Peacock lost $372 million over the final three months of 2024, when it added…zero subscribers. The good news is it didn’t lose members either: Peacock’s 36 million subscribers at the end of the year stayed stagnant with the prior quarter’s results. The platform’s Q4 revenue was $1.3 billion.
Comcast leaders talked up a 'broadcast-plus-streaming' strategy for NBCUniversal after the cable spinoff, as outlined on Thursday's Q4 earnings call.
NBCU's ad revenue posted a 0.4% hike to $2.65 billion. Madison & Wall media analyst Brian Wieser believes Peacock accounted for 25% of the company's national ad revenue.
Comcast shares dropped 12% Thursday morning after the company reported a loss of nearly 140,000 residential broadband customers in the fourth quarter and a stagnating subscriber base for its Peacock streaming service.
Comcast beat Wall Street expectations for its fourth quarter of 2024 as Peacock continued to narrow its losses and "Wicked" helped the studios business defy gravity with an 85% increase in profit to $569 million.
The streaming service’s subscriber count stayed at 36 million — the same as last quarter, according to Comcast’s earnings report released today. Peacock has only added around 5 million subscribers since January of last year,
Comcast reported 4Q revenue of $31.92B, beating estimates of $31.64B. Adjusted EPS of $0.96 also beat estimates of $0.86. Media segment revenue grew 3.5%, Peacock's paid subscribers increased 29%, and Comcast generated $3.