From AMC to Viacom: Tracking video earnings in Q2 2018

The second-quarter earnings season is underway, and FierceVideo is tracking the results from media companies, programmers, pay TV operators and broadcasters throughout the period. Check out our coverage of companies in this segment.

Make sure to check FierceWireless and FierceTelecom, as they also track earnings for companies in the wireless, pay TV and wireline industries.

And keep checking back here for updates.

July 16

Netflix
Netflix turned in better key numbers in its second quarter than it did in its first, but almost all of those numbers were lower than the company predicted.
- see our coverage
- visit Netflix's investor relations page

July 24

AT&T/Warner Media
AT&T ended its second quarter by adding another 342,000 subscribers to its DirecTV Now platform, bringing the total for the service to 1.8 million.
- see our coverage
- visit Warner Media's investor relations page

July 25

Facebook
Facebook’s stock is taking a beating after revenue misses and weak guidance scared off investors to the tune of almost $100 billion in market cap. But video could be a small bright spot.
- see our coverage
- visit Facebook's investor relations page

July 26

Comcast/NBCUniversal
Comcast loses 140K cable subscribers and swings to video revenue decline
- see our coverage
- visit Comcast's investor relations page

July 27

Twitter
- see our coverage
- visit Twitter's investor relations page

July 31

Akamai
Akamai’s second-quarter earnings were marked by overall revenues totaling $663 million, up 9% year over year.
- see our coverage
- visit Akamai's investor relations page

Charter
Charter Communications on Tuesday announced its second-quarter earnings, including 73,000 lost video subscribers, which is both a quarterly and annual improvement.
- see our coverage
- visit Charter's investor relations page

August 2

Altice USA
Altice USA turned in its second-quarter results and showed that its video subscriber losses have declined since last year.
- see our coverage
- visit Altice USA's investor relations page

AMC Networks
AMC Networks’ second-quarter net revenue rose 7.2% to $761 million thanks in large part to a significant jump in international revenues.
- see our coverage
- visit AMC's investor relations page

CBS Corporation
CBS originally set 2020 as a deadline for its streaming service All Access and Showtime to have 8 million combined subscribers. The company said it will now hit that goal next year.
- see our coverage
- visit CBS' investor relations page

August 3

Dish Network
Dish Network has been relying on its streaming service Sling TV to offset declines in its traditional satellite TV business. But the company said competition is catching up with Sling TV, too.
- see our coverage
- visit Dish's investor relations page

August 7

Discovery Inc.
Discovery Inc.’s second-quarter net income fell 42% to $216 million, down from $374 million one year ago, under the weight of expenses associated with the Scripps acquisition.
- see our coverage
- visit Discovery's investor relations page

The Walt Disney Company/ABC
The Walt Disney Company on Tuesday posted fiscal third-quarter earnings marked by increases in revenues and net income despite declines at BAMTech and Hulu.
- see our coverage
- visit Disney's investor relations page

Snap
- see our coverage
- visit Snap's investor relations page

August 8

21st Century Fox
21st Century Fox just turned in its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings and stamped the results with a big 18% rise in revenues, up from $6.75 billion one year ago to $7.94 billion.
- see our coverage
- visit Fox's investor relations page

Nexstar Media
- see our coverage
- visit Nexstar's investor relations page

Roku
During the most recent quarter, Roku’s platform business grew revenues 96% year over year to reach about $90 million. The company said that advertising was the biggest driver of that growth.
- see our coverage
- visit Roku's investor relations page

Sinclair Broadcast Group
- see our coverage
- visit Sinclair's investor relations page

August 9

Viacom
Viacom's fiscal third-quarter earnings were punctuated by a 4% drop in revenues and operating income that remained mostly flat, up just 1% year over year.
- see our coverage
- visit Viacom's investor relations page