What podcasts say about Geetha Ranganathan
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What Geetha Ranganathan has said on podcasts
96 statements · 48 positive · 40 negative · 1 mixed · 7 neutral
Skydance has largely delivered on its standalone Paramount commitments.
“they've actually done a pretty decent job with it”
Open the episode · Anthropic Targets $1.4 Trillion Valuation in Blockbuster IPOListen at 17:26
Extending Skydance’s operating model across Warner Bros. Discovery will be difficult given its debt.
“that's going to be tough to do, especially when you have an $80 billion debt load”
Open the episode · Anthropic Targets $1.4 Trillion Valuation in Blockbuster IPOListen at 17:41
Streaming bundles increase engagement and reduce customer churn.
“it actually helps in increasing engagement and it helps in reducing churn”
Open the episode · Anthropic Targets $1.4 Trillion Valuation in Blockbuster IPOListen at 18:51
Linear television currently generates 70% of Skydance’s EBITDA.
“70 percent of EBITDA is still coming from the structurally challenged linear TV business”
Open the episode · Anthropic Targets $1.4 Trillion Valuation in Blockbuster IPOListen at 20:37
Disney’s latest cuts will not target theme parks
“it's not going to be in the theme parks”
Open the episode · Disney Plans Thousands of Layoffs, Targeting 20% Cost SavingsListen at 4:25
Disney’s linear television networks are in secular decline
“the TV business, the linear networks are in secular decline”
Open the episode · Disney Plans Thousands of Layoffs, Targeting 20% Cost SavingsListen at 5:44
Disney linear networks generate roughly $2.5–3 billion in cash
“it still throws out about two and a half three billion dollars of of cash just the just the linear tv networks”
Open the episode · Disney Plans Thousands of Layoffs, Targeting 20% Cost SavingsListen at 5:55
Disney controls 40–45% of marquee U.S. sports rights, creating an advantage
“the fact that they control about 40 to 45 percent of all marquee U.S. sports rights, that gives them a big advantage”
Open the episode · Disney Plans Thousands of Layoffs, Targeting 20% Cost SavingsListen at 6:22
Disney’s latest and targeted job cuts should save at least $1 billion annually
“these latest job cuts and the ones that, you know, the small targeted ones that DeMauro announced ever since he took over should lead to at least about a billion dollars in cost savings”
Open the episode · Disney Plans Thousands of Layoffs, Targeting 20% Cost SavingsListen at 7:02
Disney may announce roughly 2,000 additional layoffs
“we think it could be another similar amount of maybe about 2,000”
Open the episode · Disney Plans Thousands of Layoffs, Targeting 20% Cost SavingsListen at 7:49
Pizza Hut’s divestiture will drive strong Yum results over 12 months
“getting that yoke off its neck, we think is really going to drive pretty strong results here over the next 12 months”
Open the episode · Disney Plans Thousands of Layoffs, Targeting 20% Cost SavingsListen at 18:23
Yum’s top priority is restoring KFC’s U.S. performance
“their number one focus is getting KFC in the United States humming again”
Open the episode · Disney Plans Thousands of Layoffs, Targeting 20% Cost SavingsListen at 20:03
Yum may pursue acquisitions after improving KFC U.S. performance
“once kfc us is um has been improved that then they will then they could look outside of um the enterprise for for acquisitions”
Open the episode · Disney Plans Thousands of Layoffs, Targeting 20% Cost SavingsListen at 20:28
Tesla’s promised self-driving cars have not appeared after ten years
“if you promise self-driving cars for 10 years and they still haven't really appeared and you're being eclipsed by rivals like waymo”
Open the episode · Meta Falls After Boosting Spending Plans for AI BetListen at 24:48
Comcast will continue losing market share
“it looks like they're going to continue to lose market share.”
Open the episode · Meta Falls After Boosting Spending Plans for AI BetListen at 29:10
Comcast may eventually combine with Charter
“Comcast will eventually combine with the other big cable operator, which is Charter”
Open the episode · Meta Falls After Boosting Spending Plans for AI BetListen at 29:39
Netflix lacks traditional media companies' established advertiser relationships.
“Netflix does not have that advantage”
Open the episode · SpaceX, Tesla Boards Study Possible $3.5 Trillion MergerListen at 29:38
Netflix must build its advertising business largely from scratch.
“they really have to kind of build this whole business from scratch”
Open the episode · SpaceX, Tesla Boards Study Possible $3.5 Trillion MergerListen at 29:40
Netflix must build its advertising business largely from scratch
“they really have to kind of build this whole business from scratch”
Open the episode · SpaceX, Tesla Boards Study Possible $3.5 Trillion MergerListen at 29:40
Netflix must control programming-cost growth to protect operating margins
“keeping that programming expense increase under control is really important for their operating leverage, for their operating margin story”
Open the episode · SpaceX, Tesla Boards Study Possible $3.5 Trillion MergerListen at 30:34
Netflix has not produced a major breakout show despite higher programming costs.
“they've really not been able to produce, you know, any big breakout show or any, any home run”
Open the episode · SpaceX, Tesla Boards Study Possible $3.5 Trillion MergerListen at 31:00
Netflix has not produced a major breakout show recently
“they've really not been able to produce, you know, any big breakout show or any, any home run”
Open the episode · SpaceX, Tesla Boards Study Possible $3.5 Trillion MergerListen at 31:00
Netflix's rising programming costs will weigh on future revenue growth.
“that is going to weigh on revenue growth in the future”
Open the episode · SpaceX, Tesla Boards Study Possible $3.5 Trillion MergerListen at 31:20
Netflix’s rising programming costs will weigh on future revenue growth
“that is going to weigh on revenue growth in the future”
Open the episode · SpaceX, Tesla Boards Study Possible $3.5 Trillion MergerListen at 31:20
Netflix's content turnaround will take time.
“the turnarounds always take a little bit of time”
Open the episode · SpaceX, Tesla Boards Study Possible $3.5 Trillion MergerListen at 33:10
Netflix’s content turnaround will take time
“the turnarounds always take a little bit of time”
Open the episode · SpaceX, Tesla Boards Study Possible $3.5 Trillion MergerListen at 33:10
A major Netflix hit would materially improve investor sentiment
“If Netflix can deliver that one big hit like a K-pop Demon Hunters, like a Squid Game, I think the sentiment really changes.”
Open the episode · SpaceX, Tesla Boards Study Possible $3.5 Trillion MergerListen at 33:14
A major Netflix hit would materially improve investor sentiment.
“If Netflix can deliver that one big hit like a K-pop Demon Hunters, like a Squid Game, I think the sentiment really changes.”
Open the episode · SpaceX, Tesla Boards Study Possible $3.5 Trillion MergerListen at 33:14
People subscribe to approximately 3.5 streaming services on average
“It's about 3.5, Paul, 3 to 4. Yeah, that's, that's the average.”
Open the episode · SpaceX, Tesla Boards Study Possible $3.5 Trillion MergerListen at 33:28
Partnerships have limited ability to sustain Netflix subscription momentum
“there's only so much that you can do to kind of really get that whole subscription momentum going”
Open the episode · SpaceX, Tesla Boards Study Possible $3.5 Trillion MergerListen at 34:09
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