Not exact matches
Offering both subscription levels allows services like Hulu and CBS to monetize their content with
revenue from both
subscribers and advertisers — a model that has also been taken up by sites like YouTube and Vimeo, both of which still have their free, ad - supported content, but have also introduced
paid subscription options.
This included 75 million
paying subscribers, up 45 percent year - on - year, from which the company generates the vast majority of its
revenue.
Record companies, on the other hand, want to hike Spotify's fees to as much as 58 % of
revenue, though Spotify could gain some leverage by offering labels the opportunity to make some music available only to the streaming service's 30 million
paid subscribers.
Netflix's average monthly
revenue per
paying membership among international
subscribers — a group that counts Canadians — was $ 7.40 (U.S.) in the most recent quarter, or about $ 9.65 (Canadian).
Feb 23 - IAC / Interactive Corp's video hosting service Vimeo is targeting 1 million in
paid subscribers and more than $ 100 million in
revenue in about a year, its chief executive officer said in an interview.
As the most popular
paid streaming service in the world (Pandora has more total users at 80 million, but only 4 million
paying subscribers), Spotify has every reason to celebrate a booming 2015 — though the glaring holdouts from Swift and Adele are undoubtedly thorns in its side in terms of potential
revenue losses and bad PR.
As Spayd points out, with advertising declining as a
revenue source, newspapers like the Times are becoming increasingly reliant on
subscribers to
pay for the company's journalism.
While Floreani will not discuss specific
revenue figures, he says that roughly one - third of FloSports»
revenue comes from advertising (the rest is from
paid subscribers).
«Most of the consumers of Gaana, Wynk and Saavn are not
paid subscribers [they use ad - backed free streaming] and the
revenue accrued from
paid subscriptions will be in single digits,» said Jehil Thakkar, partner at management consulting firm Deloitte India.
Here's a first look at Spotify's Q1 earnings, which are in line with the guidance it offered up earlier this spring: In its first - ever quarterly report since going public last month, the streaming music company reported
revenue of 1.14 billion euros, operating losses of 41 million euros, 75 million
paid subscribers and a gross margin of 24.9 percent.
The company had told Wall Street to expect
revenue of up to 1.15 billion euros, losses of 50 - 80 million euros, up to 76 million
paid subscribers and a gross margin of up to 24 percent.
IAC / Interactive Corp's video hosting service Vimeo is targeting 1 million in
paid subscribers and more than $ 100 million in
revenue in about a year, its chief executive officer said in an interview.
U.S. wireless carrier T - Mobile US Inc, which is buying smaller rival Sprint Corp, topped Wall Street estimates for
revenue on Tuesday as it added more phone
subscribers who
pay a monthly bill.
Pay sites earn
revenue through happy
subscribers and if they allow a minority of jerks to chase off the majority of women, then they don't deserve to be in business.
Spark Networks attributed its loss of
revenue to a reduction in average
paying subscribers and ARPU for its Christian and Jewish Networks segments.
PERSONALS BUSINESS EXCERPT: «Personals
revenue grew by 11 % to $ 54.2 million, driven primarily by a 6 % increase in
paid subscribers and higher average
revenue per
subscriber.
MARKETWIRED - Mar 3 - Q4»15
revenue was $ 10.7 M, a YOY decrease of 25 %, primarily driven by a decrease in average
paying subscribers.
MARKETWIRED - Mar 5 - Q4
revenue was $ 14.3 M, 17 % decrease YOY which was primarily driven by a 22 % decrease in average
paying subscribers.
The drop in
revenue was primarily driven by a 14 % decrease in average
paying subscribers, reflecting a year - over-year 15 % and 9 % decline in average
paying subscribers for the Christian and Jewish Networks segments, respectively.
Revenue at IAC's Match unit, which includes the Match.com and Chemistry.com dating sites, dipped 1 percent to $ 90.1 million even though Match's
paid subscribers rose 6 percent to 1.4 million.
Q1
revenue was $ 7.3 M, a YOY decrease of 26 % driven by a decrease in average
paying subscribers, reflecting reduced direct marketing investment in the Jewish and Christian Networks.
According to Slater, Match.com alone has around 1.5 million
paying subscribers, with
revenue of nearly $ 350 million a year.
SPARK NETWORKS NEWSROOM — Apr 27 — JDate
revenue and average
paying subscribers increased 8 % and 13 %.
Christian Networks segment powered that growth, with an 84 % increase in
revenue, driven by an 89 % jump in average
paying subscribers.
In their Q1 report... «personals
revenue grew by 11 % to $ 54.2 million, driven primarily by a 6 % increase in
paid subscribers and higher average
revenue per
subscriber.»
MARKETWIRED - Nov 10 - Q3
revenue was $ 8.4 M, a 28 % decrease YOY, driven by decreases in both average
paying subscribers and average
revenue per user.
IAC - July 31 - The Match Group
revenue increased 8 % as Dating
paid subscribers grew 10 % to 3.5 M globally.
«Although online dating
revenues continue to grow, rising prices have kept a large number of users from converting to
paid subscribers.
Most of the
revenue comes from the
paid subscribers as dating sites typically don't have outside advertising on them because of conversion dilution concerns.
In its latest financial report, the dating provider suffered a 22 % drop in its year - on - year
revenue, attributing the loss to a reduction in average
paying subscribers and ARPU for its Christian and Jewish sites.
Match.com's nearly $ 350m in
revenue and 1.35 m
paying subscribers place it atop the industry.
Q1
revenue was $ 9.9 M, a YOY decrease of 27 % driven by a decrease in average
paying subscribers, and an 8 % decrease from the prior quarter.
A 9 % decrease in average
paying subscribers — reflecting an 8 % and 7 % decline in average
paying subscribers for the Christian and Jewish Networks segments, respectively — is the primary reason for the overall drop in
revenue.
Adam Berger, Chief Executive Officer of Spark Networks, Inc. stated that
revenue is down due to the turn in the economy and the lower than expected total average
paying subscriber.
The Other Affinity Networks saw
revenue of $ 5.9 million and 123,139 average
paying subscribers for quarter 4, 2011.
An introduction of a premium subscription service to JSwipe is likely as
paid subscribers are Spark Networks» sole source of
revenue.
However,
paid subscribers for its Jewish Networks segment decreased 17 % y / y in Q3 to 63,538, resulting in a 19 % decrease in
revenue (to $ 4.6 M) in the same period.
Online storytelling app Wattpad gives users an ad - free option for $ 5.99 a month — The Toronto - based company says it is responding to reader requests — and hoping for a
revenue boost — by rolling out a
subscriber -
paid version of its free... to premium users and so have online dating sites and things like that,» she said.
«Since launching last September, we have brought in more
revenue from
paying subscribers than we've
paid out on those
subscribers each month,» he said.
The city's two major newspapers announced Monday that they will give free Android tablet computers to
paid digital
subscribers as part of a new venture designed to shore up readership and
revenue nearly a year after the publications...
Most all - you - can - read ebook services use a
pay - for - performance business model: the more a book is read by
subscribers, the more
revenue that title earns for its publisher / author.
More than a few people are asking how long ebook subscription models can
pay a full royalty — since greater success in engaging users /
subscribers means costs can outpace
revenue.
An example would be a subscription business that takes in cash when subscriptions are
paid for, but counts them as
revenue only as content is sent to the
subscriber.
I see only two choices really: i) Cash Machine — to maximise
revenue / ARPU, retain
subscribers, increase margins, conserve cash, and focus on debt
pay - down & dividends, or ii) Growth Machine — to pursue hell for leather growth in
revenue, services &
subscribers, potentially sacrificing margin, and using cash flow / debt (& perhaps additional equity issuance) to fund the required capex and acquisitions.
For their MMORPG's, the company have stated that «
revenues from the latest expansions of «FINAL FANTASY XIV» and «DRAGON QUEST X» led to an increase in the number of
paying subscribers and disk sales».
Interestingly, the
revenue spike is driven in part by a doubling of
paying subscribers — a nice demonstration of how blended
revenue models for online games... Continue reading →
Hulu has been able to bring in more than $ 695 million in
revenue this year, and the number of its
paying subscribers grew 50 percent, to more than three million.
The Big Three — Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, and Warner Music Group — control a vast majority of that ecosystem, leaving just a small amount of
revenue and zero profit for Spotify to recoup from its 70 million
paying subscribers.
The company is predicting as many as 96 million
paid subscribers and a 30 percent increase in
revenue to $ 6.6 billion by year's end.
In that case, MoviePass was trying to use its considerable user base — more than 1 million
paying subscribers as of December of last year — as leverage, pulling customers away from AMC locations because the chain isn't interested in sharing
revenue from ticket sales or concessions with MoviePass.