State of the Screens

Time spent with media by year according to eMarketer:1) 2016–12h 03m2) 2017–12h 07m (↑ 1%)3) 2018–12h 08m (↑ 0%)4) 2019P — 12h 09m (↑ 0%)5) 2020P — 12h 13m (↑ 1%)6) 2021P — 12h 13m (↑…

Wow: Top celebrity gamers can earn $50K per hour for playing a new game over a live stream! Video game live-streamed hours on Twitch by year according to Newzoo (YoY…

Key numbers from Roku’s Q1 earnings:1) 2M active accounts added in Q12) 29M total active accounts3) 79% YoY increase in advertising revenueRoku active accounts by quarter (YoY growth):1) 2017-Q1–14.2M2) 2018-Q1–20.8M…

CTV/OTT viewing households by year according to comScore (YoY growth):1) 2016–44.0M2) 2017–50.8M (↑ 15%)3) 2018–59.3M (↑ 17%)4) 2019–63.8M (↑ 7%)

The big news #1: Hulu added 3M subscribers during the first part of 2019, bringing their total to 28M.Hulu subscribers by year (YoY growth):1) 2017–17M2) 2018–25M (↑ 48%)3) 2019–28M+ (↑…

WarnerMedia released more details around its upcoming streaming service during their upfront presentation. Key dates for WarnerMedia streaming service: 1) Beta launch — 2019-Q4 2) Full launch — 2020-Q1 Xandr was front and center…

Curtain call: The Big Bang Theory drew 18.5M viewers for the final episode of a 12-year run that became CBS’s longest-running sitcom ever. The Big Bang Theory viewers per season…

The upfront presentations have wrapped, and negotiations have begun on $20B+ in TV ad spend. The final presentation was The CW on May 16th.What are the upfronts? The upfronts are…

Big news: Spotify passed 100M global paying subscribers and 217M monthly users.Spotify global paying subscribers by quarter (YoY growth):1) 2015-Q1–18M2) 2016-Q1–30M (↑ 67%)3) 2017-Q1–52M (↑ 73%)4) 2018-Q1–75M (↑ 44%)5) 2019-Q1–100M…