State of the Screens

YouTube advertising revenue (YoY growth):1) 2019-Q1 - $3.0B

Facebook advertising revenue (YoY growth):1) 2015-Q1 - $3.3B

Big news: Millennials surpassed Baby Boomers as the largest living adult generation last year.

Big question #1: Which audiences are streaming the most?

Local ad spend by year (YoY growth) according to BIA Advisory Services:1) 2018 - $145.5B

Netflix subscriber growth in 2020-Q1: 1) Projected - 7.2M 2) Actual - 15.8M Netflix subscribers (% of total): 1) International - 112.9M (62%) 2) U.S./Canada - 70.0M (38%) 3) Total - 182.9M Netflix subscriber growth in 2020-Q1 (% of total): 1) International - 13.5M (85%)…

Quick math on college football revenue for Power Five schools:1) Schools - 65

Big question: Will Major League Baseball be able to salvage its season even if it means playing in empty stadiums? Quote from Dr. Anthony Fauci - Director @ the National Institute of Allergy and…

This Thursday: Millions of people will watch a recruiting video for Ohio State the NFL Draft. Key details for NFL Draft production: 1) Roger Goodell will announce the picks from his "man cave" 2) ≈…

The plan: Disney treated the release of The Last Dance like a feature film and began building hype 18 months before the original release (June 2020). The result #1: The Last Dance was ESPN's highest-rated original ever and their…