Netflix missed slightly on subscriber estimates for its first quarter earnings report as the streaming giant saw shares initially dip but then rise more than 1 percent in after-hours trading on Monday. Netflix added another 3.53 million subscribers internationally last quarter, along with 1.42 million in the U.S. Analysts expected 3.71 million net additions internationally and an additional 1.56 million customers in the U.S. Netflix now has 98.75 million subscribers, up from 81.5 million last year. The company also posted $2.64 billion in revenue — which met estimates and is up 34 percent from last year — and diluted earnings per share of $0.40, which beat estimates and… Read More
The idea of Amazon streaming live NFL games probably isn’t something that the Seattle-based tech giant considered when it launched more than two decades ago, or even in the past few years, for that matter. But this is Amazon in 2017: A $425 billion company that is extending its reach far beyond e-commerce and placing a big bet on video content. The NFL issued a press release on Wednesday that confirmed earlier reports from a day earlier about its new deal with Amazon to livestream 10 Thursday Night Football games next season. Amazon beat out other bidders including Google, Facebook, and Twitter, which inked the… Read More
Amazon has reached a deal with the NFL to stream 10 Thursday Night Football games during the upcoming season for a reported $50 million, outbidding Google, Twitter and Facebook, according to reports by the Wall Street Journal and Recode. The company confirmed in an email to GeekWire that it has won the streaming rights to Thursday Night Football games, but official details are still forthcoming. Update: Amazon and the NFL issued a press release on Wednesday confirming the earlier reports. According to the reports, the Seattle-based e-commerce giant will stream the games exclusively to Amazon Prime members, who pay a $99/year fee to belong to… Read More
Amazon’s popular behind-the-scenes NFL series is getting another season. The tech giant announced today that it has greenlit season two of All or Nothing, an Amazon original show that debuted last year with eight one-hour long episodes featuring the Arizona Cardinals during its run to the NFC Championship game in 2015. The new season will spotlight the Los Angeles Rams and its relocation from St. Louis last season when the team went 4-12 and missed the playoffs. “All or Nothing brings Amazon Prime members a deep dive into the lives of professional athletes,” Conrad Riggs, Head of Unscripted, Amazon Originals,… Read More
Tim Leiweke knows that Seattle is one of the nation’s most tech-savvy cities and his ideas for renovating Key Arena certainly reflect that. GeekWire on Thursday sat down with Leiweke, a sports business veteran who is CEO of Oak View Group (OVG), one of two companies that are submitting proposals to the City of Seattle for a potential Key Arena renovation. Leiweke is the former CEO of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, which owns the NHL’s Toronto Maple Leafs, the NBA’s Toronto Raptors, and MLS’ Toronto FC, as well as Toronto-based arenas. Before that, he ran AEG, which owns the Los… Read More
