Comcast executives touted upcoming split to Wall Street as cable networks prepare to separate from the rest of NBCUniversal.
Wall Street will be paying attention to Comcast's broadband, streaming and theme park businesses, as well as progress of the spinout of its cable TV networks.
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 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.
Comcast leaders talked up a 'broadcast-plus-streaming' strategy for NBCUniversal after the cable spinoff, as outlined on Thursday's Q4 earnings call.
Comcast, led by chairman and CEO Brian Roberts, reported fourth-quarter and full-year results for its entertainment unit and other operations.
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.
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to Comcast fourth-quarter and full-year 2024 earnings conference call. (Operator Instructions) Please note that this conference call is being recorded. I will now turn the call over to Executive Vice President, Investor Relations, Ms. Marci Ryvicker. Please go ahead, Ms. Ryvicker.
Comcast closed 2024 with a strong quarter, handily beating Wall Street estimates, as 'Wicked' boosted NBCUniversal studio results.
Comcast reported a steep decline in broadband subscribers for the fourth quarter on Thursday on competition from telecom firms that have been bundling 5G mobile services with internet plans, sending its shares about 11% lower.
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,