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Peacock Lost $651 Million From April To June

Peacock finished the June quarter with 24 million subscribers, up from 22 million at the end of March — but the streamer lost $651 million over the same three months.

Sadly, those losses have pretty much become par for the course. The NBCUniversal streaming platform lost $704 million in the prior quarter (and $467 million in Q2 2022). The company expects to post "peak" losses from streaming — to the tune of $3 billion — in 2023. Good thing Comcast is soon to come into about $9 billion in streaming bucks through the sale of its Hulu stake to Disney.

Peacock revenue rose 85 percent year to year, mostly thanks to advertising, as the vast majority of subs are on the service's "Premium" tier. Until recently (and since its June 2020 launch), the ad-supported option cost $4.99 per month; following a July price hike it's now $5.99. Commercial-free "Premium Plus" increased from $9.99/month to $11.99/month.

NBCU parent company Comcast did top Wall Street's earnings and revenue expectations for the second quarter of 2023. Media analysts collectively forecast Comcast's Q2 earnings at 97 cents per share on revenue of $30.13 billion. The company reported $1.13 of adjusted earnings per share (or $1.02 without adjustments) on $30.51 billion in revenue. Net income was $4.72 billion.

In a prepared statement, Comcast's Chairman and CEO Brian L. Roberts called the financial results "excellent." He shouted out Theme Parks for their "best quarterly adjusted EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization) ever."

He'll have much more to say at 8:30 a.M. Today, when Comcast's senior executive team hosts a conference call to discuss the quarterly results in greater detail. We expect some strikes talk, and about a half-million mentions of "The Super Mario Bros. Movie." Hey, Universal Pictures has earned it.

"Mario," an April 5 release, made more than a half-billion dollars domestically and more than $1.3 billion at the worldwide box office. It almost single-handedly sent the quarter's theatrical revenue soaring 66 percent vs. The same three-month period in 2022.

Universal's "Fast X" also came out in the quarter, though that one disappointed. Results for "Oppenheimer," which is currently part (2) of the "Barbenheimer" craze, will be reflected in the third quarter.

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Fire Drill - The Office US

Stars: Steve Carell, John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer, Rainn Wilson, Angela Kinsey, Mindy Kaling, B.J. Novak, Brian Baumgartner, Ed Helms, Ellie Kemper

Number of seasons: 9

One of NBC's most iconic sitcoms, The Office is a breezy binge-watch. The mockumentary, inspired by the British series of the same name, follows the employees of a fictional paper company in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The workplace comedy features excellent performances, running gags, and the World's Best Boss, Michael Scott. The Office is great whether it's your first or fifth time watching it. And if you're so inclined, you can rewatch it along with Fischer and Kinsey's podcast, Office BFFs.

Chris Redd To Play Comedy Works Larimer Square Next Weekend

Chris Redd's first one-hour comedy special Why Am I Like This? premiered on HBO Max last year.  Redd was on Saturday Night Live for 5 seasons, and is the co-creator, writer, and star of Peacock's scripted comedy series, Bust Down. He received the Emmy Award in 2018 for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics for the SNL song Come Back, Barack. In 2019 Redd released his debut stand-up album, But Here We Are.

Redd starred in the independent horror film, Scare Me, and can be seen in the comedy films, Vampires vs. The Bronx, Deep Murder, The House and A Futile and Stupid Gesture. He appeared in the 2016 film Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping and opposite Kathy Bates in the Netflix original comedy series, Disjointed, and was featured in the series Wet Hot American Summer, NBC's Will & Grace, Netflix's Love, TV' Land's Teachers and Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents. He portrayed the character of 'Gary Williams' on the NBC comedy Kenan for two seasons.  Additionally, he was featured as a 2016 Standup New Face at Just for Laughs in Montreal.

Chris Redd will perform at Comedy Works Larimer Square: Thursday August 3 / 7:30 PM / $27.00 Friday August 4 / 7:30 & 9:45 PM / $32.00 Saturday August 5 / 7:30 PM & 9:45 PM / $32.00 Advance tickets are available. Visit Click Here

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