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Global Streaming Subscriber Comparison
Comparison of subscriber counts across major streaming platforms (as of end 2025/early 2026).
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Paramount Beats Earnings Estimates as Warner Bros. Deal Advances ...
May 4, 2026 at 8:03 PM UTCParamount Skydance Corp. reported first-quarter sales and earnings that beat analysts’ expectations as the entertainment giant moves closer to acquiring its rival Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., whose shareholders voted to approve the deal last month.The parent company of CBS and MTV posted adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization that totaled $1.16 billion, exceeding analysts’ estimates of $891 million and representing a 59% increase from last year. Revenue came in at $7.3 billion, compared with Wall Street projections of $7.26 billion.
Paramount beats earnings expectations for Q1 with WBD deal on the horizon
Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison is engineering a deal to buy Warner Bros. Discovery. Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images 2026-05-04T20:21:00.783Z Paramount Skydance impressed investors in its first-quarter earnings report. The company's earnings came in above expectations. Paramount+ added about 700,000 subscribers last quarter, its first with live UFC matches in the US. Paramount Skydance pleased investors in its first earnings report since agreeing to buy Warner Bros. Discovery. David Ellison's company beat Wall Street's expectations last quarter, thanks to an 11% jump in streaming revenue.Paramount's revenue rose 2% to $7.3 billion in the first quarter, at the upper end of the $7.15 billion to $7.35 billion range the company had said it expected. Analysts polled by Bloomberg were looking for first-quarter revenue of $7.26 billion.The company's adjusted earnings came in at $1.16 billion, above the $900 million to $1 billion range it set and ahead of analysts' $891 million estimate.Shares rose over 3% in early after-hours trading. The stock finished Monday down 5.8% since the Paramount-Skydance merger closed in August. It has lost nearly half its value from last fall's all-time high. UFC fights lure subscribersParamount+ added 700,000 subscribers last quarter as it began showing live UFC matches in the US without pay-per-view, as part of a seven-year, $7.7 billion deal. However, the company said it would have added 1.9 million if not for its decision to exit a bundle internationally.Business Insider reported in January that Paramount+ generated about 1 million signups on the day of its first UFC match.Paramount's namesake streamer now has 79.6 million subscribers, which is ahead of US-only Peacock's 46 million but well behind its top rivals. Disney had 196 million streaming customers when it last shared subscriber figures in September 2025, while Netflix said it had 325 million customers as of the end of 2025.Buying WBD would help Paramount's flagship streamer scale, since the HBO parent had 131.6 million streaming customers at the end of 2025.The Paramount-WBD mega-merger, which has faced opposition from Hollywood stars like JJ Abrams and Ben Stiller, still needs official regulatory approval in the US and abroad.Turning to techEllison is prioritizing technology and streaming in hopes of remaking his century-old media company into a powerhouse for the new era.Paramount's streaming business made strides last year, as global viewing hours gre...
Paramount Skydance (PSKY) earnings Q1 2026 - CNBC
Paramount Skydance beat analyst expectations for both revenue and earnings, with its first-quarter revenue lifted by growth in its streaming business, in particular Paramount+.
Paramount stock jumps 8% after bold Morgan Stanley upgrade
Paramount stock jumps 8% after Morgan Stanley upgrade boost. Warner Bros deal seen as key driver of growth and upside. Technical signals point to early trend reversal in shares.
