D&D Movie/TV D&D Movie Hit or Flop?

[bedir than]

Paramount Pictures is apparently in rickety shape financially. I wouldn't bet against Paramount+ folding this year or even them selling off franchises to try and save the company.

Their streaming ad revenue is up, they have more subscribers than Disney, and their losses are lower than what the digital only streamers had in their decade to profitability.

Paramount has the Super Bowl next year. They'll be fine.

 

[payn]

Their streaming ad revenue is up, they have more subscribers than Disney, and their losses are lower than what the digital only streamers had in their decade to profitability.

Paramount has the Super Bowl next year. They'll be fine.

I cant find numbers anywhere online to support this.

 

[bedir than]

I cant find numbers anywhere online to support this.

From the quarterly report

Streaming revenue from Paramount+ and Pluto TV, the company’s free advertising-supported service, rose 39% to $1.5 billion.

Paramount Global shares fall over 28% after weak earnings report, dividend cut

Paramount Global shares plummet as company cuts dividend and earnings miss estimates.

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Streaming ad revenue up

Subscription revenue grew 50% year-over-year to $1.1 billion, principally reflecting subscriber growth on Paramount+, including the benefit from previous launches in international markets. Advertising revenue rose 15% year-over-year to $398 million, driven by strong engagement on Paramount+.

“Paramount continues to demonstrate the strength of its content engine, driving momentum across streaming, television and theatrical. This resulted in Paramount+ and Pluto TV reaching significant milestones with 60 million subscribers and 80 million MAUs, respectively, while CBS is poised to claim the #1 spot in broadcast for the 15th straight season,” said CEO Bob Bakish.

Paramount Global Swings To Loss On Streaming, Soft Ad Market In Rough First Quarter; Stock Drops

Paramount Global fell way shy of Wall Street forecasts with ongoing losses in streaming exacerbated by soft advertising at its TV/Media group last quarter and a dip in filmed entertainment as well.…

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Combined P+, Showtime and Pluto are around 100 million (dropping overlaps). Adding in Showtime makes sense because it will be combined shortly. Falls just a bit short of Disney, so I guess P+ is only the 5th largest streamer in the world and hasn't been out but a couple of years.

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CBS and P+ have the next Super Bowl

 

[payn]

Combined P+, Showtime and Pluto are around 100 million (dropping overlaps). Adding in Showtime makes sense because it will be combined shortly. Falls just a bit short of Disney, so I guess P+ is only the 5th largest streamer in the world and hasn't been out but a couple of years.

This is what I was referring to. Even with combining all the services its only about 2/3 the subs of Disney, which is also about to combine with Hulu.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Their streaming ad revenue is up, they have more subscribers than Disney, and their losses are lower than what the digital only streamers had in their decade to profitability.

Paramount has the Super Bowl next year. They'll be fine.

They're laying staff off, cut their dividend to shareholders without warning and their stock is way down.

I don't know that I would be buying any second (or third) houses if I was a Paramount exec at the moment.

They're probably fine, but they don't have the deep pockets or the diversified model that Disney or Amazon has. They've got entertainment and infamously unreliable online advertising revenue.

Paramount Slashes Dividend To Conserve Cash, Preps Simon & Schuster Sale, Cites “Disciplined Approach” To Headcount As Stock Plunges 25%

In a dividend shocker this morning, Paramout Global said it’s slashing quarterly payouts to 5 cents, so 20 cents, annually — a major drop from about 24 cents a quarter or nearly a buck …

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Warren Buffett on Paramount’s Tough Quarter: “Not Good News” When a Company Slashes Its Dividend

Paramount’s difficult quarter appears to have given one of the company’s largest outside shareholders some pause. On Saturday, Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway held its annual meeting in Omaha, Nebraska. And, as is tradition, Buffett and his Berkshire vice chairman Charlie Munger answered...

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[humble minion]

I don't know that I would be buying any second (or third) houses if I was a Paramount exec at the moment.

If any Paramount execs are not on seven-figure salaries or higher - regardless of the performance of the company - I’d be very surprised. They’re not going to have to start doing a bit of Uber driving on the side to make ends meet anytime soon.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

If any Paramount execs are not on seven-figure salaries or higher - regardless of the performance of the company - I’d be very surprised. They’re not going to have to start doing a bit of Uber driving on the side to make ends meet anytime soon.

Are you under the impression that people buying a third house typically drive for Uber?

 

[Mistwell]

Paramount Pictures is apparently in rickety shape financially. I wouldn't bet against Paramount+ folding this year or even them selling off franchises to try and save the company.

What this means for the D&D movie franchise, if there is to be one, remains to be seen. Depending on the existing deals, it may complicate things.

(Also, you should probably buy a copy of the movie, rather than just stream it, if you want to be able to reliably watch it a year from now.)

They're doing pretty good in general. Have the top rated cable shows on their side with Yellowstone and the spinoffs and all the other shows Taylor is doing for them. Generally they're thought of as successful right now in the long term. I don't think anyone thinks they're going away soon.

 

[bedir than]

They're doing pretty good in general. Have the top rated cable shows on their side with Yellowstone and the spinoffs and all the other shows Taylor is doing for them. Generally they're thought of as successful right now in the long term. I don't think anyone thinks they're going away soon.

More people watch Paramount shows than watch Netflix for example.

CBS Expected To Finish 2022-23 TV Season As Most-Watched Broadcast Network

CBS is expected to finish the 2022-23 broadcast season on a high note. The network is currently averaging nearly 6M primetime viewers per weeknight, setting it up to be the most-watched of the broa…

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Their transition to streaming has been faster than ABC and NBC. Fox? well they didn't bother to try to move to streaming

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Fox? well they didn't bother to try to move to streaming

Does Fox have anything good that's not actually on FXX and thus on Hulu? (I haven't had cable in years, so I'm sincerely asking.)