{"id":30525,"date":"2026-08-07T01:54:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T20:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=30525"},"modified":"2026-08-07T01:54:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T20:54:25","slug":"platform-revenue-jump-helps-streaming-player-beat-wall-street-forecasts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=30525","title":{"rendered":"Platform Revenue Jump Helps Streaming Player Beat Wall Street Forecasts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/roku\/\" id=\"auto-tag_roku\" data-tag=\"roku\">Roku<\/a> surged past Wall Street expectations in the second quarter, with revenue and <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/earnings\/\" id=\"auto-tag_earnings\" data-tag=\"earnings\">earnings<\/a> ahead of analysts\u2019 expectations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earnings per share hit $1.08 on a diluted basis, up from 7 cents a share in the year-earlier period. Total revenue climbed 22% to $1.35 billion, paced by a 25% rise in platform revenue driven equally by gains in advertising and subscriptions. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report is the company\u2019s first since <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/06\/fox-corp-buying-roku-1236956217\/\">agreeing to be acquired by Fox Corp.<\/a> in June in a proposed $22 billion deal. The companies expect the transaction to close in the first half of 2027. Citing the deal, Roku elected not to convene an earnings conference call.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In their quarterly shareholder letter, CEO Anthony Wood and CFO and COO Dan Jedda said the platform revenue increase was largely due to the first major<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/05\/roku-unveils-major-home-screen-update-1236921759\/\"> overhaul of the Roku home screen<\/a> in more than a decade. Unveiled last May, the new interface completed its rollout in the third quarter, with international markets set to unveil it in the coming months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new experience \u201cis designed to maximize content discovery and personalization for our viewers,\u201d the execs wrote, \u201cwhile simultaneously delivering benefits to our content partners and advertisers, and growing platform monetization.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Results thus far have been \u201cencouraging,\u201d the letter said. \u201cFor example, our new home screen improved our ability to retain households in the U.S., resulting in more users we can serve and thus reducing overall costs to grow <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/streaming\/\" id=\"auto-tag_streaming\" data-tag=\"streaming\">streaming<\/a> households.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While advertising continues to be one of the bedrock elements of Roku\u2019s business model, the company has been ramping up its ability to make money by enabling subscriptions to dozens of streaming services in the U.S. During the quarter, <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/04\/peacocks-premium-roku-subscriptions-streaming-deal-1236865457\/\">it added Peacock\u2019s ad-free tier<\/a> to its premium subscriptions hub, where Apple TV debuted earlier in the year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wood and Jedda in the letter called the Fox acquisition \u201can extraordinary opportunity to accelerate our vision, allowing us to scale faster and innovate more aggressively for viewers, partners, and advertisers.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roku surged past Wall Street expectations in the second quarter, with revenue and earnings ahead of analysts\u2019 expectations. Earnings per share hit $1.08 on a diluted basis, up from 7 cents a share in the year-earlier period. 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