The News Review:
- Yahoo! Inc. Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
- RevenueWire Showcases SafeCart Single-Screen nline Shopping Cart …
- Cablevision Systems Corporation. Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
- CBS TV Revenue Down 10%
- Cover Story: Cable: Act Global Think Local
- Disney profit beats Wall St shares slide
Yahoo! Inc. Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
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The affiliate search business was somewhat stronger than & during 2Q but we believe this was a temporary deceleration in the longer term trend of this business. Traffic acquisition cost was 28% of total GAAP revenue. TAC rates continued to rise slightly year-over-year as a result of higher TAC on new deals and a mix of affiliate revenue during the quarter. Rounding out the revenue line listings revenue was down 21% to $106 million on a reported basis but down 6% excluding the impact of the sale of Kelkoo. Fees revenue was down 8% to $105 million primarily due to the transitional revenue items we have outlined on previous calls. Turning to profitability second quarter CF was $385 million. Excluding the cash portion of restructuring charges incurred in Q2 however CF was $451 million.
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RevenueWire Showcases SafeCart Single-Screen nline Shopping Cart …
PR Newswire (press release)
SafeCart is the industry’s highest-converting shopping cart raising average conversion rates by 300 to 500%. “At RevenueWire we appreciate that affiliate marketers invest in promoting the products and driving traffic to their websites and we are committed to helping our affiliates achieve the highest possible return on that investment” said Havind Sehmi President and CE of RevenueWire. “The SafeCart shopping cart increases affiliate revenue by optimizing conversion rates making it fast appealing and easy for customers to buy while dramatically reducing cart abandonment. “SafeCart effectively increases conversion rates from the industry average of 1-2% to as high as 3% to 5% consistently” added Sehmi. “In today’s challenging economy and with so much competition online that kind of improvement can mean the difference between success and failure. At Affiliate Summit East we’ll be giving affiliates the opportunity to see for themselves how SafeCart gives them a competitive edge and maximizes revenue generation to sustain and grow a thriving healthy business. Affiliate Summit East is an affiliate marketing conference taking place August 9-11 2009 in New York City.
Cablevision Systems Corporation. Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
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Josh SapanThank you Tom. For the second quarter revenue at our national programming networks AMC IFC and WE tv increased 7% to $199 million and ACF for the quarter was $96 million an increase of 5% as compared to the prior year period. The quarterly increase in revenue included 10% increase in affiliate revenue and a 2% increase in ad revenue compared to the prior year period. This moderate advertising revenue increase was accomplished in what is widely considered to be a challenging market due to the economy. The ACF increase was driven largely by this higher revenue partly offset by higher programming expenses in the quarter. For the second year in a row AMC received more primetime Emmy nominations than any other basic cable channel. ur series Mad Men Breaking Bad and Storytellers combined for a total of 23 nominations.
CBS TV Revenue Down 10%
Broadcasting & Cable
Ad sales were down 13% mostly on weakness at the local station level. Though affiliate revenue rose 10% because of rate increases and subscriptions growth at Showtime Networks. The company also wrote down the value of its programming including a $14 million charge for the period. The company also took a $4 million restructuring charge. The company recorded ad sales of $1. 1 billion in the three months to June 30 down from $1.
Cover Story: Cable: Act Global Think Local
Multichannel News
Already international markets are starting to have an effect on overall results. For example in its fiscal third quarter ended in May News Corp. said Fox International Channels which houses about 140 services reaching more than 350 million households increased its earnings contribution to the company by 25% compared to the prior year driven by advertising and affiliate revenue growth in Latin America and Europe. In 2008 Viacom saw international revenue (including filmed entertainment) rise 13.
Disney profit beats Wall St shares slide
Screen Weekly
The broadcasting was not surprisingly more difficult” Diedrich said. perating profit slid 13 per cent at Media Networks with a stronger performance by sports network ESPN and other cable networks masking weaker ad sales and ratings coupled with higher programming costs at the ABC broadcast network. A deferral of affiliate revenue fewer National Basketball League games and continued weakness in several major ad categories hit ESPN’s revenue and profit in the quarter. Quarterly ad revenues at ESPN adjusted for the missing games were down about 10 per cent compared with last year’s third quarter Disney chief financial officer Tom Staggs said.