FuboTV Q3 2023 Earnings Call Transcript

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November 3, 2023

There are 8 speakers on the call.

Operator

Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by. My name is Sheryl, and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the Fubo Q3 2023 Earnings Call. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. After the speakers' remarks, there will be a question and answer session.

Operator

Thank you. I would now like to turn the call over to Alison Sternberg, Senior Vice President of Investor Relations. Please go ahead.

Speaker 1

Thank you for joining us to discuss fubo's Q3 2023. With me today is David Gammler, Co Founder and CEO of Fubo and John Janidis, CFO of Fubo. Full details of our results and additional management commentary are available in our earnings release and letter to shareholders, which can be found on the Investor Relations section of our website at to ir. Fubo. Tv.

Speaker 1

Before we begin, let me quickly review the format of today's presentation. David is going to start with some brief remarks on the quarter and full year and fubo's strategy, and John will cover the financials and guidance. Then we will turn the call over to the analysts for Q and A. I would like to remind everyone that the following discussion may contain forward looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including, but not limited to, statements regarding our financial condition, anticipated financial performance, business strategy and plans, industry and consumer trends and expectations regarding profitability. These forward looking statements are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions.

Speaker 1

Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from forward looking statements include those discussed in our filings with the SEC. Except as otherwise noted, the results and guidance we are presenting today are on a continuing operations basis, excluding the historical results of our former gaming segment, which are accounted for as discontinued operations. During the call, we may also refer to certain non GAAP financial measures. Reconciliations of these non GAAP measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures are also available in our Q3 2023 earnings shareholder letter, which is available on our website at ir. Fubo.

Speaker 1

Tv. With that, I will turn the call over to David.

Speaker 2

Thank you, Alison, and good morning, everyone. We appreciate you joining us today to discuss Fubo's Q3 2023 results. We are very pleased with our results, which we believe continue to show the strength of Fubo's aggregated sports first content and leading product features. In the Q3, North America, we delivered $313,000,000 in total revenue, up 43% year over year and a record to 1,477,000 paid subscribers, up 20% year over year. Our North American ad business continues to grow as a result of our expanding focus on direct sales alongside our already successful programmatic business.

Speaker 2

We delivered $30,300,000 in North America ad revenue during the quarter, an increase of 34% compared to the same period last year. We noted on our last earnings call that we expected the ad market would experience in the back half of twenty twenty three and are pleased that trends are moving favorably in that direction. Fubo's growth trajectory gives us continued confidence in our full year performance. Therefore, we are raising our 2023 North American guidance to $1,319,000,000 to $1,324,000,000 in total revenue, representing 34% year over year growth at the midpoint and 1,584,000 to 1,599,000 paid subscribers, representing 10% year over year growth at the midpoint. In addition to strong results across our key performance metrics, we also continue to make significant progress towards our to 2025 positive cash flow goal.

Speaker 2

The 3rd quarter marked continued healthy year over year improvement in cash usage as a result of our focus on unit economics and cost discipline. We meaningfully reduced net loss by $21,000,000 and delivered a 6 19 basis point reduction in subscriber related expenses or SRE as a percentage of revenue to 89%. Additionally, we reached 6% gross margin and 884 basis point year over year to Improvement. We closed the year with $266,000,000 in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, and we believe have sufficient liquidity to fund our current operating plan as we progress towards our 2025 call. The cable TV and streaming space experienced a true inflection point during the Q3 with the creation of new content distribution models following the Charter Disney dispute.

Speaker 2

Since the Q1 of 2021, we have stated that to the industry would see a shift from unbundling of content back to aggregation. More recently, many in the industry have called it the great rebundling. We have been steadfast in this position over the last two and a half years and are confident that bundling is the best way consumers can extract value while providing media companies a profitable path to monetizing their content portfolios and sports contracts. Going a step further, We believe the industry will shift towards super aggregation, meaning distribution platforms will start to package content in different ways and deliver it to consumers at multiple price points. This could mean an entry level AVOD or fast tier to a skinny bundle comprised of multiple premium channels and Plus services to the full virtual MVPD bundle, with, of course, AI contributing to a personalized streaming experience.

Speaker 2

Fubo's goal is to be a super aggregator, and we are well on our way. Our aggregated sports first offering coupled with diverse news and entertainment programming is delivered through a single app that is customized to our users. We expect to deliver an even more personalized fubo experience as we focus on our technology advantage in creating must have product features like we did with multi view and 4 ks streaming. 1st on our road map is playlists, which Leveraging our proprietary video AI technology will allow the user to view and select the most important moments of live sports events recorded on their DVR, such as just the scoring drives from a recorded football game or all the 3 point shots from a recorded basketball game. We believe it's this compelling value proposition, to aggregated content delivered through a personalized streaming experience that will make Fubo the gateway to television.

Speaker 2

In summary, our Q3 results, progress to our 2025 positive cash flow goal and evolving market dynamics provide us with more confidence than ever that Fubo's business model will provide value for consumers, our content and distribution partners and of course, you, our shareholders. I will now turn the call over to John Janidis, CFO, to discuss our financial results in greater detail. John?

Speaker 3

Thank you, David, and good morning, everyone. The Q3 furthers the momentum that we experienced over the first half of the year, including healthy top line and subscriber growth, resulting in meaningful improvements across many of our KPIs and providing us with confidence in our ability to achieve profitability. Total revenue for the quarter increased 43% to $320,900,000 driven by 43% revenue growth across North America and 45% revenue growth from Rest of World. This represents a 14% upside against the midpoint of our Q3 revenue guidance. We ended the 3rd quarter with 1 point to 477,000,000 subscribers in North America, representing 20% growth year over year and over 411,000 subscribers in the rest of world representing 15% growth year over year.

Speaker 3

On the monetization front, ARPU in North America reached 83 point to $0.51 an all time high, while rest of world ARPU was $6.98 Growth in subscribers and ARPU allowed us to exceed the midpoint of our Q3 guidance. Turning to advertising, despite the continued challenges many advertising businesses are facing. I am pleased with our ability to deliver $30,300,000 in advertising revenue across North America, a 34% increase versus the prior year period. Importantly, we continue to make material progress on the operational side of the business by lowering expenses and increasing efficiencies. These efforts resulted in a near 900 basis point improvement and gross margin to 6%, marking our 4th consecutive quarter of positive growth margin.

Speaker 3

The top line growth and improvements across the income statement led to a $21,000,000 year over year reduction in net loss to a loss of 84,400,000 resulting in a net loss margin improvement to negative 26.3 percent favorably comparing to a negative 47% net loss margin in the prior year period, demonstrating that we are making meaningful progress towards our goal of becoming profitable. This led to a Q3 20.23 per share loss of $0.29 a significant improvement compared to a loss of $0.57 in the Q3 of 2022. 3rd quarter adjusted EBITDA loss also improved to a loss of $61,500,000 compared to a loss of $83,000,000 in the Q3 of 2022, while adjusted EBITDA margin was minus 19.2%, a significant improvement from minus 36.9 percent in the prior year period. This resulted in an adjusted EPS loss of $0.22 an improvement compared to an adjusted EPS loss of $0.46 in Q3 2022. As it relates to our balance sheet, we believe we continue to have the necessary liquidity to invest in the business and support our path to profitability, ending the quarter with $266,000,000 of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash.

Speaker 3

In addition, to our ongoing efforts to identify efficiencies and maximize leverage across the business resulted in a $40,000,000 improvement in free cash flow. Further, as David mentioned, these results demonstrate the noteworthy progress we have made across our operating expenses, all of which have come down as a percentage of revenue and in some cases on a dollar basis as well as we remain disciplined in our investments and deployment of cash. As we continue to grow subscribers, optimize our pricing, we expect to see continued leverage on the SRE line, which decreased from 95% to 89% of revenue in Q3 2023 versus the prior year period. Now turning to guidance. For the full year 2023, we are once again raising our guidance for North America.

Speaker 3

We expect full year 2023 subscribers of 1.584000000 to 1.599000000, representing 10% year over year growth at the midpoint and full year 2023 revenue of 1.319 to $1,324,000,000 representing 34% year over year growth at the midpoint. In the Q4, we expect revenue of $385,000,000 to $390,000,000 representing 24% year over year growth at the midpoint. For Rest of World, our full year 2023 guidance now projects 388,000 to 393000 subscribers, representing a 7% year over year decline at the midpoint and revenue of $32,000,000 to $33,000,000 representing 33% year over year growth at the midpoint. Note that our prior year subscriber count was positively impacted by the 2022 World Cup. In the Q4, we expect revenue of $7,600,000 to 8,600,000 representing 13% year over year growth at the midpoint.

Speaker 3

In summary, we believe our 3Q results provide further evidence that the operational and go to market initiatives we have enacted over the past few quarters are gaining momentum and transforming our business. These actions are driving improving trends and we are confident Fubo has the foundation necessary to further grow and improve across every facet of our business and position us to deliver enhanced value to shareholders. I would now like to open the call to questions. Operator?

Operator

To the number 1 on your telephone keypad. We will pause for just a moment to compile the Q and A roster. Your first question comes from the line of Shweta Khoudreya to Evercore. Your line is open.

Speaker 4

Okay. Thank you for taking my question. Could you please comment on the overall brand sentiment, advertiser sentiment that you are seeing and hearing? And any commentary on how the Ad revenue trended intra quarter, so if to any degree you can comment on month over month revenue growth or trends versus last year. And then, any thoughts on Any impact from the Israel war at all, if at all?

Speaker 4

And then finally, any commentary on different impact from different verticals. What are you seeing in auto versus perhaps CPG or travel and financial services? Thanks a lot.

Speaker 3

Shweta, this is John. Maybe I'll start. There's a lot there. So if I miss anything, please feel free to come back. But Let me start on the categories.

Speaker 3

Maybe I'll go in reverse chronological order. For the Q3, to the comments you made on the prepared remarks, we 34% growth. I would say the stronger categories within that for 3Q were call it retail, e comm, Auto was actually up strong mid single strong double digits, I should say. Home and Garden was up solidly and so was pharma. On the weaker side, I would include, call it, food and beverage, insurance and tech.

Speaker 3

And if I go to the Q4, I would say that we're continuing to see some weakness in Tech and Insurance and maybe some Financials. And then I would see, to general strength in call the auto and retail e comm categories to date. In terms of the war, I would say a couple of things. One is that the We're not seeing much in terms of cancellation necessarily at this point. I think what we're hearing though in the marketplace is just there's a bit less visibility as I think clients are just holding money a little bit tighter to the vest to see how things play out.

Speaker 3

In terms of the shape of the quarter, Call it July, August, September, I would say the variance by month wasn't too dissimilar. I would say The strongest month was July. The slowest month was September, but when you grow at 34%, clearly they're all pretty strong. I'm I'm not sure if there's anything else that I may have missed, but feel free to ask anything on top of that.

Speaker 4

No, that was great. Thanks, John. I guess anything you've seen so far in terms of how October trended and what you're hearing for the rest of the quarter as it relates to ad spend? Thank you.

Speaker 3

Yes, sure. Yes, I would say so. I'd say October came in a little bit lighter than what we saw for the Q3 in any specific month. And so if I give you sort of some guardrails, I would say If 2Q grew at I think it was around 5%, 3Q was 34%, call it 4Q probably looks somewhat closer to 2Q than 3Q.

Speaker 4

Okay. Got it. Thank you very much.

Speaker 3

You're welcome.

Operator

Your next question comes from the line of Darren Asante from ROTH. Your line is open, Darren.

Speaker 5

Hey, guys. Thanks for taking my questions. Just following up on that, can you kind of speak to with the Seth, you've kind of seen the direct ad business. Like how confident are you in just like your ad business having legs beyond to the Q4. I guess said another way, do you feel like the business has pivoted or inflected in a positive way kind of longer term?

Speaker 2

Yes. Darren, this is David. Thank you for the question. Look, we have been very focused on this part of our business. I think we've touched base with you throughout the year.

Speaker 2

We've made some significant changes in the back end, meaning We've been really focused on developing our team, increasing the size of the team and refocusing from programmatic to direct sales. I think we were one of the first to actually talk about the relevancy of direct ad sales versus programmatic to really drive to revenue. And I think we've executed really well on that since we talked about it in March with you. And we're very focused on continuing to talk to our 3rd party vendors, our programmatic partners. And in many cases, we have revised some of our agreements to ensure that when we do decide to go programmatic that those rates will be reflective of where we are in our business and what our goals are with respect to driving CPMs and advertising ARPU.

Speaker 2

So, I think execution has been very strong. In terms of our product roadmap on the advertising side, we're looking to continue to develop our inventory. We're starting to learn more about advertising in general in terms of what our partners are looking for and how they want to engage with our very premium audience. As you recall, We skew men 18 to 49. And so that's a very difficult demo to reach, and We'll continue to develop opportunities with advertisers there.

Speaker 2

The last thing I'll mention is that we have been adding fast channels, as you know throughout the first half of the year. And the advertising revenue coming in from those channels has It's been quite strong, which as you can imagine, we have a greater share of inventory there, and therefore, it's having a greater impact. So Again, we're very focused on really developing the 100 plus hours of viewership on the platform to really drive monetization.

Speaker 3

And Darren, maybe I'd like to add a couple of more points to that. We added 3 sales resources during the second quarter. We've added sales also in the Q1. And so when you roll that together, we really improved market coverage and penetration of the HoldCo's. And that, I'd say, came together, call it, mid second quarter.

Speaker 3

And so the team really hit the ground running as a group in the Q3, and we saw that there. And so I think that's also positioned us differently in the market. And I think you've also been focused on, call it, our direct and programmatic guaranteed. And I'll just give you some flavor there. In the Q3 of this year, we that number was, call it, around 20% of the total, whereas it was somewhere around a third of that in the Q3 of last year, so pretty meaningful increase.

Speaker 5

That's helpful. Two more for me. Just in terms of the operating leverage, it looks like you grew your sales and marketing about $5,000,000 year on year, but sales were up $100,000,000 So Two questions there. 1, like, is that sustainable from an operating leverage perspective? And then 2, with the whole Charter Disney spat, Like has brand awareness for Fubo improved and you feel like that has lags beyond kind of the current period?

Speaker 2

Yes. Darren, this is David. Of course, brand awareness has Improve dramatically. I mean, if you think about just organic traffic to Fubo, it continues to grow. We have more advertising partnerships that John has already been talking about, the different and the expansive categories that we're working with.

Speaker 2

And so, of course, the Charter Disney dispute allowed us to get in front of more customers, and but that's something that's been happening. And you can see that, I would say just through our quarterly results and you're seeing Fubo over index in market share of net adds. So this is something that I think will continue to progress and that is largely related to the fact that We have, I would say, a very strong product. You have other players in the market that are not only copying our features, and I'm Sure, you know who I'm talking about. They're also even copying the naming and the branding of those features.

Speaker 2

So we think we're in a very strong position. We think we'll continue to grow. And we think the charter dispute actually helps bring the market closer to where we think it's going to be and that is the aggregation space. So again, also just if you look at the engagement hours in So across the board, I think the KPIs are really demonstrating that the brand is developing nicely and we're doing it very cost efficiently. If you think about how competitive September was.

Speaker 2

I mean, there were Sunday ticket offers, everywhere between I've seen offers that were 90% off all the way, I mean, even as of last week, 50%, 60% off. And so to be able to compete on subs and also be the leading most downloaded app on Amazon Fire, I think in September. Those are just key metrics that we look at to to really speak to the development of our brand across the ecosystem.

Speaker 3

Hi, Darren. I'll go to your first question on that. And look, as you know, we don't guide by line item, but The team has just done a really great job of driving subscriber growth. And I don't want to get too specific for obvious reasons, but that includes investing in lower cost channels and also we've put in some headcount that drives high returns. We don't do a significant amount of TV advertising, but some of the pressures you've heard about on Lanier have also helped us in terms of CPMs and so you've probably seen some of our spots on TV.

Speaker 3

And then I'd say taking a step back to the spirit of your question, we Our sales and marketing line to continue to demonstrate operating leverage on an annual basis going forward.

Speaker 2

Yes, and it has. If you follow the The last three quarters, consecutively on a year over year basis, you've seen that decline. So I think this is it's been, I would say relatively linear in that respect.

Operator

Your next question comes from the line of Nick Zangler with Stephens. Nick, your line is open.

Speaker 3

Yes. Hey,

Speaker 6

guys. Congrats on the report here. Just the subscriber count, obviously, Pretty significant beat. You had the Disney Charter dispute that was pushing users into the vMVPD channel. Can you just to provide more detail on just talk about the upside, where you think most of it came from, what do you attribute to what you attribute the Disney Charter dispute to the growth that you experienced and how sticky Do you expect those customers to be that did migrate over?

Speaker 2

Yes. Thank you for the question. Look, it was as you said, it was An extremely strong quarter. We had anticipated a strong quarter, we typically do, at the beginning of any sports season just given our brand positioning. I would say the Charter dispute was very helpful in many ways.

Speaker 2

I think the least impact that it had is actually on sub growth because the it was actually, I would say, immaterial from a net adds perspective because the dispute lasted, I think, just under 10 days or 11 days, starting from August 31st and it was resolved right before Monday Night Football. And typically, the way our funnel works is once we get people inside the platform, the goal is to get them to use different feature sets and also to ensure that we're bubbling up content that Makes sense for users in order to drive retention. So we didn't really have a chance to do that, just given the nature of that dispute ending for football. So, in terms of just what's driven it, I think and you guys know, I mean, we're very strong in the beginning of the fall sports calendar. I think this year, just like any year, the NFL, obviously, a key driver, albeit that this year, I think, is quite special because the pressure from YouTube TV, I think was extraordinary.

Speaker 2

And I just mentioned on the last question, just the number of discounts, The amount of discounting, the amount of money that was poured into marketing didn't really have Any impact on our ability to drive subs. I think another piece of it is that the college football season also picked up Pretty quickly, this fall, I think there were some interesting games that have also been strong drivers. But again, just to highlight the Disney dispute didn't to drive as many as we had intended just due to the length of the dispute resolution.

Speaker 6

Got it. Okay. Well then, all that considered then and maybe the World Cup Such a driver last year, but I guess the guide that you're implying for Q4 obviously beats numbers a strong guide, but I guess the sequential improvement from 3Q to 4Q, it would suggest that maybe there's still incremental subscribers to go. Like I would have expected maybe a larger guide from 3Q to 4Q given what you've done historically. And then I was thinking maybe this charter dispute had a pull forward effect and that's why the 4Q guide isn't as significant, but just maybe you could just talk about the 4Q subscriber guide, how you're thinking about that relative to what you just put out and then maybe with reference to, I think you guys increased last year sequentially 200,000 subscribers from 3Q to 4Q, Just in consideration of what you're guiding this time around.

Speaker 3

Nick, why don't I start? This is John. And if David wants to come in at the end, obviously, you could feel free. But It's always hard to know in terms of the pull forward, but I would say, as you know, we've been focused on improving profitability. So we started the year expecting North America subs of about $1,520,000 at the midpoint of the guide and revenue of, call it, about $1,200,000 or $1,210,000 at the midpoint.

Speaker 3

And so to your point, we're now forecasting 1,591,000 subs at the midpoint revenue of 1.32%. So we're now expecting sub growth of, call it, 10% for the year. To your point about the World Cup, that did benefit us pretty meaningfully last year. And so if we adjust for that, it's more like, call it, a low double digit to low teens type of growth year over year. And so given the sub growth that we were seeing and how the cadence came throughout the year, we're being slightly less aggressive on marketing to further drive that profitability.

Speaker 3

But again, hard to know on the pull forward.

Speaker 2

Yes. I would say, look, I think you've you guys have seen how we've guided throughout the year. I think, again, just thinking about how dynamic our industry is with all the different changes that are happening almost weekly. I think we want to be a little bit conservative going into the end of the year. And as we've said now numerously.

Speaker 2

We're very focused on profitability. And so the goal is to drive revenue over to subs because that's always been it's always been the opposite. And in order for us to hit that 25% target, we want to make sure that we're focused on customers That are profitable versus just subscribers for the sake of subscription. So, there's some conservatism in that and obviously we'll do our best to continue Remain efficient.

Operator

Your final question comes from the line of James Groves with Barrington Research. James, your line is open.

Speaker 7

Good morning. This is Pat on for Jim. Just I had a follow-up question with regards to fast channels. Just wondering the extent to which those are tailored for Fubo? And then Kind of like just regards to how engagement on those channels has fared relative to some of the Other content relationships you may have walked away from, given just your focus on kind of more sports first content?

Speaker 2

Yes, this is David. Why don't I start, John? Look, I think this was an area where We definitely wanted to experiment a little bit. I think unlike other platforms that have fast channels and we've limited to about, I would say under 150 or so, most platforms have 300 plus. And it's exactly as you said, the goal was to augment to our current entertainment lineup.

Speaker 2

And I think from the onset, even back to the IPO, we've always said that the entertainment content on the platform with Fungible. And what we've seen is, although we have removed certain content entertainment content from the platform, we've seen the fast channels to really take some of that share of viewership. And as I said before, it's Really allowed us to drive advertising revenue above and beyond where we would. It also gives us more inventory. So if you think about broadcast and cable, with broadcast networks, you don't really have any inventory.

Speaker 2

And then on the cable side, You essentially have between 2 and 3 minutes of ad avails. In this case, with fast channels, we are getting roughly around 50% of the inventory. And the interesting thing is we can use our platform to drive viewership to a number of different pieces of content. And so obviously, it's in our best interest to drive people to Fast Channels when we know There are certain genres that they really enjoy, so which is what we've been doing. And then, John, if you want to add anything there?

Speaker 3

The only thing I would add to that actually, Pat, is that The team spends a lot of time looking at per subscriber viewing metrics and the like. And what I could share with you on that front is that Your viewing hours on a per se basis are of some are, call it, in the high double digits to around 100% year over year.

Speaker 7

Okay. Thank you. And then I guess the last question I had was how you guys see distribution relationships Evolving as more content is incorporated onto some of the SVOD services.

Speaker 2

Yes. This is David. Look, As you can imagine, it's a very interesting industry, right? It's not like The airline industry where Boeing manufactures planes, American Airlines buys planes and sells tickets and so forth. This is where an industry where everyone is distributing, everyone is producing And everyone is at the same time partnering and competing.

Speaker 2

So it's a very complex to space. I think our relationships continue to improve on multiple levels with distributors. And I think the Charter Disney Dispute is a great example of 2 companies that basically compete for customers in the pay TV space, but at the same time have found ways to work with one another. And I think that as time goes Many in the industry believe that not only do we have a strong technology platform, maybe the strongest in the world, we have a wonderful product, we have a Fantastic team and we're able to really execute not only well, but very quickly. And so I anticipate that relationships with Large tech companies could be on the horizon as well as other distributors and content partners to be able to help them achieve their goals as well as ours.

Speaker 2

And I think from what we've attempted to do from the beginning is we always said that we play a very important role in this industry. Our job is to ensure that customers get the best content at the right time for the best price. And on the opposite side, we want to make sure that our content partners are monetizing their portfolio in sports contracts. And so I think, what you're starting to see, potentially with this Charter dispute is that we are in fact that partner. So I do anticipate better relationships, stronger relationships, more executions and different types of treatments as we go forward.

Speaker 7

Thank you.

Speaker 1

Great. This is Allison Sternberg. I just want to thank everybody for your time this morning and your thoughtful to questions. And we are looking forward to speaking with everyone again when we report the Q4 in February. But before we conclude the call, I I did want to take a few questions that came in through our SAI Technologies portal, and the first of which I think comes as no surprise, and I'll direct it to both David and John, which is how are you progressing towards profitability?

Speaker 3

This is John. Why don't I start with that? Look, I'd say we're progressing very well. And if you look at Page 3 of the release, there's a bar chart that actually shows that progress. But To dig a little bit deeper on that, let me share a couple of KPIs that our teams are really focused on.

Speaker 3

On a year to date basis through the Q3 call it meaning September 30. Adjusted EBITDA for our global streaming business has improved by nearly $100,000,000 Our EBITDA margin has improved by nearly 20 percentage points. And I would just add that our incremental EBITDA margin or meaning Revenue EBITDA over revenue is about 22%. So I'd say we feel really good about directionally where we're headed.

Speaker 2

Yes. I would say, I think one of the big areas of focus, I think, for most investors and specifically for the company is our content costs, which is it's $1,000,000,000 line item. And one of the things that I look at is contribution profit. And if you look back the last 6 quarters consecutively, we've seen an expansion of contribution profit. That will continue as we work through our agreements, and we're looking forward to achieving our 2025 goal, and I think we're pacing well towards that goal.

Speaker 1

Excellent. Thank you both. The second question was more of a macro question, And I'll direct this to you, David. What is the company's strategy when it comes to dealing with companies like Amazon and Apple entering the streaming of sports.

Speaker 2

Yes. Look, again, this is very similar to an analyst question that was just asked. Again, everybody is competing and working together to drive results. I think one thing is quite clear. In order to be successful in the streaming space, you have to distribute to as many people as you can your content.

Speaker 2

And what has become clear over time is if you look at all the Plus services in aggregate, they have lost, I think now it's north of maybe $10,000,000,000 And so the model that we continue to promote, which is one of aggregation, It's a model that we think ultimately allows all the participants in the ecosystem to create value. And so with respect to the 2 players that were actually mentioned, again, we have wonderful relationships with both of them. We still have over 50,000 sporting events on the platform. The fact that we lost Thursday Night Football, I think it's now in its 2nd year, Had very little impact. I would say no impact if you look at the net adds on a year over year basis and the double digit growth we've able to experience.

Speaker 2

So, we're very comfortable with where we are today and the amount of content that we have on the platform, and we look forward to continuing to build relationships both with customers and tech platforms.

Speaker 1

Great. Thank you, David, and thank you, operator. This concludes our Q3 call for today. Again, thanks to everyone for your thoughtful questions and we look forward to speaking with everybody soon.

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