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☆ Harrison Butker speech: The biggest mistake he made in his controversial commencement comments
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-16 | by ( Aj Willingham | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —The NFL is distancing itself from controversial comments by Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker during a recent commencement address. However, plenty of women (and Taylor Swift fans) have made their feelings plainly known. Harrison Butker of the Kansas City Chiefs speaks to the media ahead of Super Bowl LVIII on February 5, 2024, in Las Vegas. Conservative voices have praised Butker’s speech for being “100% correct” and for reflecting his self-professed deep Catholic faith. Feminists and Taylor Swift fans have fired backButker, 28, has been with the Chiefs for seven seasons.

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Here's what will likely be topics of discussion during Upfronts week, whether it's on stage, in the audience or in private. That dependsMedia companies just finished reporting quarterly earnings, which showed traditional TV is still lagging behind streaming and digital when it comes to ad revenue. Streaming advertising was up 22% across media companies, and now makes up 18% of total advertising. Tech companies including Snap , Roku , Google and Microsoft each saw digital advertising revenue make a comeback this past quarter. Streaming advertising revenue jumped 70%, but the overall number is much lower — just $175 million.

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☆ Presenting the star of this year's TV upfronts: Retailers
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-01 | by ( Lara O'Reilly | Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Usually, at the US TV upfronts — the annual event where the networks showcase their best upcoming programming in the hopes of securing big advertising commitments — the celebrities are the stars of the show. With more money being spent, advertisers are paying closer attention to what data they can use to inform their TV ad buys and prove that TV is powering their sales. It found that taking advantage of a media company's unique upfront data offerings, including retail data, was a top reason for advertisers to buy linear TV or connected TV in the upfronts, cited by 37%. US retail media CTV ad spend will increase by 86.6% this year to reach $4.19 billion, according to Emarketer. And Walmart's recent deal to acquire the TV manufacturer Vizio reflects the growing trend of retail media's convergence with TV advertising.

Persons: Eric Haggstrom, Dave Morgan, Andrea Montano, there's, NBCU, Mark Marshall, Marshall Organizations: Hollywood, Business, Amazon, TV, CTV, Kroger, Walmart, Netflix Locations: New York

☆ How much Amazon pays employees for Prime Video jobs
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Amazon is spending big on content and new hires as it takes on Netflix, Disney+, and others in streaming. It recently listed 255 job openings at Prime Video, 100 of them in the US. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. AdvertisementWhile most of Hollywood has trimmed its entertainment budget, Amazon shelled out $18.9 billion on music and video in 2023, a 14% increase, according to its annual report. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.

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☆ Amazon Prime Video viewers have been ditching shows because of its error-plagued catalog system, leaked docs show
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-16 | by ( Eugene Kim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Amazon has invested billions of dollars in Prime Video to secure original content and live-streaming rights. CEO confidenceIn Amazon's recent annual shareholder letter, CEO Andy Jassy showed his continued support for Prime Video. "We have increasing conviction that Prime Video can be a large and profitable business on its own," he wrote. Among the top "catalog quality issues" were incomplete or inconsistent titles, as well as a "Season Integrity" problem. Multiple posts about wrong movie titles on Prime Video can also be found on Amazon's forum and Reddit.

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☆ Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says he's committed to cost cutting while investing in AI in shareholder letter
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-11 | by ( Annie Palmer | In Annierpalmer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +41 min

This work diminished short-term revenue, but was best for customers, much appreciated, and should bode well for customers and AWS longer-term. We're also making progress on many of our newer business investments that have the potential to be important to customers and Amazon long-term. Being intentional about building primitives requires patience. Customers building their own FM must tackle several challenges in getting a model into production. Customers' AI models contain some of their most sensitive data.

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☆ Opinion: What we may never understand about O.J. Simpson
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-11 | by ( Gene | Opinion Gene Seymour | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

Walter Iooss Jr./Sports Illustrated via Getty Images Simpson competes during a track event at the University of Southern California in 1967. Focus On Sport via Getty Images Simpson gets ice applied to his bandaged right foot from his wife Marguerite in 1967. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images Simpson poses with the Heisman Memorial Trophy after receiving the award in 1968. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images Simpson is brought down by another football player during the Hula Bowl in 1969. ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images Simpson acts in a scene from the 1978 film "Capricorn One."

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☆ Insiders break down Amazon's sports strategy and the low-key but powerful exec behind it, as the tech giant eyes NBA rights
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-29 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

One of them is Jay Marine, who oversees Amazon's sports business as VP of Prime Video and global head of sports. Chris Graythen/Getty ImagesMarine's next move could be for the NBA, which Amazon craves for its young, global fan base. Advertisement"For us, everything starts with Prime," Marine told CNBC in a rare interview last fall. AdvertisementApart from its big bet on "TNF," Amazon's sports moves have been largely incremental. The deal lets Diamond continue airing local NBA broadcasts, which makes it more likely Amazon will bid for national NBA rights, analyst Ben Thompson of Stratechery wrote.

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☆ ESPN’s model is eroding. Past and present execs are split on how it can protect its dominance
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-21 | by ( Alex Sherman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

For more than 40 years, the world's largest all-sports network has grown annual revenue by increasing cable subscription fees. In 2023, ESPN's monthly carriage fee was $9.42 per subscriber, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. Since 2013, tens of millions of Americans have canceled their cable TV subscriptions, raising questions about ESPN's future in an increasingly fragmented media landscape. Second, in fall 2025 ESPN will launch its flagship streaming service that will include everything ESPN has to offer, both live and on demand. The product will go well beyond ESPN+, which exists as a $10.99 streaming service that doesn't include ESPN's most expensive programming, such as all of "Monday Night Football."

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Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailHow ESPN is trying to stay relevant as cable declinesESPN has been the most dominant sports channel for more than 40 years. It holds live sports rights including the NFL's Monday Night Football, the NBA and the WNBA. But as millions of Americans cancel their cable TV subscriptions and big tech companies like Amazon and YouTube bid on live sports, ESPN has had to adjust — or decline along with the pay-TV business. CNBC sat down with former and current executives to talk about the future of the sports juggernaut.

Organizations: ESPN, Football, NBA, Amazon, YouTube, CNBC

☆ Amazon Prime Video’s ad tier has potential to deliver a one-two punch: better shows and more profits
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-23 | by ( Paulina Likos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

Just weeks after Amazon cut hundreds of jobs across its Prime Video and MGM Studios divisions, the advertisements officially arrived on Prime Video on Jan. 29. This gives Amazon first-hand customer data from Prime members it can leverage for advertisers who want to show ads during Prime Video shows. "While still early days, streaming TV advertising continues to grow quickly," Jassy said on the fourth-quarter earnings call. Additionally, the potential audience for Prime Video is huge – the company has said it has more than 200 million Prime subscribers. Prime Video keeps putting out new movies and shows like the popular "Lord of the Rings", "Reacher", "Mr. & Mrs. Smith", and "Citadel".

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☆ Apple launches its first sports app
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-21 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

The company on Wednesday launched Apple Sports, a free app for the iPhone that delivers real-time scores, key statistics, and live betting odds. At launch, users will have access to live data from the NBA, NHL, and MLS, among other leagues. On Wednesday, Apple will launch a new app. Apple has in recent years struck deals with various sports leagues, such as the MLB and MLS, to stream games on its Apple TV+ streaming service. While Apple Sports can alert users to where a game is being broadcast, it will not stream games directly inside the app, instead pointing users to the correct app to watch the action.

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☆ Is Taylor Swift Actually Increasing N.F.L. Ratings?
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-10 | by ( Ben Blatt | Francesca Paris | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Ever since Taylor Swift started dating the Kansas City Chiefs’ Travis Kelce, she has elevated him into a new tier of celebrity. The league said that regular-season viewership was up 7 percent from last season, according to Nielsen data. Two of the four highest-rated “Sunday Night Football” games this season were attended by Swift. Just because we could, we did a little digging (OK, maybe too much digging) into just how real the “Swift effect” is. We found that the answer, like dating as a celebrity, is complicated.

Persons: Taylor Swift, Kansas City Chiefs ’ Travis Kelce, Swift Organizations: Kansas City Chiefs, Nielsen, Football

☆ Amazon wins exclusive streaming rights for NFL playoff game
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-10 | by ( Eva Rothenberg | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New York CNN —Amazon has landed the rights to exclusively stream one National Football League playoff game next season on its Prime Video platform, a source familiar with the matter told CNN. The deal comes less than a month after NBCUniversal’s Peacock became the first-ever platform to exclusively livestream an NFL playoff game. The source said Peacock did not lose the rights to exclusively stream a playoff game. Earlier this month, Amazon reported a 24% year-over-year increase in total viewership of “Thursday Night Football” this season, citing Nielsen. The NFL declined to comment and Amazon has not responded to CNN’s request for comment.

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☆ Amazon's Prime Video lands exclusive NFL playoff game next season
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-09 | by ( Annie Palmer | In Annierpalmer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Amazon Prime Video logo displayed on a phone screen and Amazon Prime Video website displayed on a screen in the background are seen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on July 26, 2022. Amazon 's Prime Video has won the exclusive rights to stream a National Football League playoff game next season, a source familiar with the matter told CNBC. Last month, NBCUniversal's Peacock showed an NFL Wild Card game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Miami Dolphins, marking the first time a playoff game was broadcast exclusively on a streaming service. NBCUniversal had looked to keep the streaming-only playoff matchup next season, according to The Wall Street Journal, which first reported on Amazon's latest deal with the the NFL. Amazon has said there are 80 million active Prime Video households in the U.S.— CNBC's Stephen Desaulniers contributed reporting.

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Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailSports streaming is here. Will TV break? But now, you've got Thursday Night Football on Amazon Prime, Lionel Messi on Apple TV, WWE Smackdown on Netflix, and Google's YouTube TV as the fourth biggest TV provider in the country. Even traditional TV is giving in, with a new mega-sports app from Fox, Disney's ESPN, and Warner Brothers Discovery. This week on TechCheck, we update our "Great Rebundling" deep-dive and ask, does live sports break the dam?

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☆ Why America loves the NFL
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-08 | by ( Emily Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

One, sports fans will go to great lengths (including piracy) to find the content they're looking for. The NFL has done, I think, a really good job of continuing to evolve their product to make it as TV-friendly as it can be. Brian Fuhrer, senior vice president at NielsenThe NFL also benefits from the deference that networks show the league. Broadcast's core audience is typically older, so when NFL games come on in the fall it draws younger viewers back in. But even if things aren't as good for the NFL, they're still going to be pretty good — and a lot better, ratings-wise, than anything else.

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☆ ESPN will launch its flagship direct-to-consumer service in the fall of 2025
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-07 | by ( Alex Sherman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

ESPN will launch its flagship direct-to-consumer service in either August or the fall of 2025, Disney CEO Bob Iger announced during an interview Wednesday with CNBC's Julia Boorstin. The service will include all of ESPN's programming and feature new personalization and integration with ESPN's fantasy platforms and ESPN Bet. The direct-to-consumer service would have been the first time noncable subscribers could access ESPN outside of the traditional cable bundle. ESPN didn't announce a price for the flagship direct-to-consumer service. Disney already has a sports streaming service in ESPN+, which ended the quarter with 25.2 million subscribers, down from 26 million a quarter ago.

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☆ The cloud is back at Amazon, putting the stock on a path back to Covid-era record highs
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-01 | by ( Jeff Marks | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Would you look at the quarter Amazon just delivered. One of the main highlights came from its cloud unit, Amazon Web Services (AWS), where revenue growth finally accelerated. Better yet, management's comment about how it expects accelerating AWS revenue trends to continue through 2024 should keep the bulls happy. If the AWS revenue growth acceleration continues and the company continues its progress on expanding margins, the stock should get back there. Driving this accelerating revenue growth was an increase in larger new deals while the cost optimization headwind "continued to attenuate," the company said.

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☆ NASCAR president talks new steaming deal, says Amazon is 'here to stay' in sports
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Julie Coleman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

In a Monday interview with CNBC's Jim Cramer, NASCAR President Steve Phelps discussed his company's new deal with Amazon Prime streaming, saying Amazon is a sticking force in sports distribution. NASCAR announced last year it entered into a seven-year agreement with Prime Video, giving the platform exclusive rights to five of its Cup Series races in 2025. Phelps was "thrilled" about NASCAR's partnership with Amazon, saying the deal was his company's first "pure streamer" at its Cup Series level. Amazon averaged 13 million viewers during its first NFL game last season, with viewership on the platform growing 24% this season. Netflix is set to release a NASCAR documentary series, 'NASCAR: Full Speed,' on Tuesday.

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☆ Why Amazon Prime video suddenly has a different look
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Jordan Valinsky | David Goldman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —Amazon Prime members today may notice something looks a little different when they watch Prime Video: They’ll have to watch ads, unless they want to pay a little extra. Starting Monday, Prime Video will feature “limited” advertisements in its shows and movies. Prime Video is joining most other streaming services by inserting ads into its programming and raising prices on ad-free tiers. Netflix in October said its premium ad-free plan in the United States will increase by $3 per month, to $22.99. Prime Video, which is home to the new Nicole Kidman series “Expats” and “Citadel,” is included in the $139 yearly Prime subscription.

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☆ Amazon is poised to boost its revenue by billions with the flip of a switch
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-26 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewAmazon is about to shake up the TV ad marketplace as it prepares to show ads to Prime Video viewers starting Monday. The e-commerce giant's entrance into the streaming ad wars is its latest move to grow its $38 billion ads business. Discovery, as well as YouTube, with its big connected TV ad business. An Amazon spokesperson said the company has had a "strong response from agencies" wanting their clients to be first on Prime Video. AdvertisementAnd the launch comes as most TV ad dollars have already been spoken for.

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☆ Netflix just threw shade at Amazon's Prime Video: We didn't 'force' people to watch ads
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Co-CEO Greg Peters said unlike Amazon, where ads will be the default, Netflix didn't 'force' people to see ads. AdvertisementNetflix just took a swipe at Amazon as the ecommerce giant prepares to launch ads in Prime Video starting next week, taking on Netflix for advertising dollars. Now, Netflix is about to face a heavy-hitting new competitor for ad dollars in Amazon, which will launch ads on Prime Video starting January 29. The ecommerce giant will offer much more scale than Netflix from the get-go because it's making ads the default for 115 million monthly users. Peters didn't have to make an explicit comparison with Prime Video to make the point.

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☆ Buffalo Bills fans are haunted by these two words: ‘Wide right’
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +36 min

Ryan Kang/AP Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen and wide receiver Trent Sherfield celebrate after a touchdown against the Miami Dolphins on Sunday, January 7. Matt Krohn/USA Today Network/Reuters New York Jets linebacker Quincy Williams grabs the jersey of Washington Commanders wide receiver Curtis Samuel on December 24. Adam Hunger/AP Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Josh Downs can't make the catch as Atlanta Falcons cornerback Clark Phillips III defends on December 24. Todd Kirkland/Getty Images Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Olamide Zaccheaus catches a touchdown pass over Buffalo Bills safety Micah Hyde on November 26. Michael Dwyer/AP Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Davante Adams drops a pass in the end zone on October 22.

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☆ 3 big challenges facing Netflix as the streaming wars enter a brutal new phase
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Hollywood stakeholders and analysts alike have declared Netflix the winner of the streaming wars — but the celebration may be short-lived as streaming enters a new phase. Analysts can't say for sure how much more subscriber growth Netflix can add through its cheaper ad tier and password-sharing crackdown, though. Plus, Netflix is about to face big competition for ad dollars from Amazon, which will launch ads on Prime Video starting January 29. Also, Big Tech's ability to fund their streaming services indefinitely could keep subscription prices depressed for Netflix, along with everyone else, Bernstein noted. But now that the strikes are over, some analysts predict Netflix will face a bigger content bill going forward.

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