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What's more interesting to me is that Google only has ~2M YouTube TV subscribers. Perhaps there's newer metrics now. https://twitter.com/RichLightShed/status/
by uptown 6y ago
What's more interesting to me is that Google only has ~2M YouTube TV subscribers. Perhaps there's newer metrics now.
https://twitter.com/RichLightShed/status/1224454820309811202 https://twitter.com/RichLightShed/status/1224454820309811202
That's nothing, and in my mind - doesn't bode well for the long-term prospects of the service.
I've been a subscriber for about a year, but with the price increases, and the interface on AppleTV that seemingly wants to always show me Tennis when I turn it on, and suggest I resume programs which were recorded 3-6 months ago, it's got a very long way to go before it's got the usability of TiVo.
At this price, they're pushing me back to cable TV with a locked promo rate.
- gkoberger 6y agoThat's $1.5Bn/year in revenue for a 3-year-old product that just rebroadcasts content. How is that "nothing"?
- ChicagoBoy11 6y agoI could've sworn I was doing something wrong with my math give your the parent comment to yours, so I'm glad I saw this -- my math was right, after all!
- texasbigdata 6y agoAlso it leverages existing infrastructure (perhaps in a much tighter use case).
- scarface74 6y agoRevenue means nothing. Is it profitable?
- uptown 6y agoDepends entirely on how much they pay for the content. Is it profitable?
- ssivark 6y ago2M paying subscribers is 1B+ USD annual revenue — nothing to sneeze at!
- scarface74 6y agoIt is if it’s not profitable.
- chrisjc 6y ago> doesn't bode well for the long-term prospects of the service. Although i understand the strings that viacomm is pulling, I wonder if this is google's way of trying to shed users in preparation for service retirement.