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Smart-TV firm Vizio’s beleaguered stock perked up in after-hours trading after the company posted better-than-expected revenue in the first quarter. Losses of 6 cents a share in the quarter were a penny below Wall Street’s consensus forecast and compared with a profit of 2 cents in the year-earlier quarter. Revenue of…

EXCLUSIVE: Tori Spelling will host @Home with Tori, an original lifestyle series that will stream on smart-TV maker Vizio’s WatchFree+ platform. She is creator and executive producer of the show. Each of the 10 half-hour episodes will center on a different theme, ranging from pool parties to mother-daughter…

Smart-TV maker Vizio, which had its IPO nearly a year ago, reported fourth-quarter results below Wall Street expectations, with revenue slipping 14% from the same period in 2020. The company also swung to a net loss of $10.1 million, from net income of $40.8 million, with EBITDA falling to $17.3 million from $54.4…

Smart-TV maker Vizio reported second-quarter revenue above Wall Street forecasts, but challenges on the hardware side kept the bottom line from meeting expectations. Revenue of $401.2 million was up only 2% but ahead of analysts’ consensus outlook for $385.9 million. Net losses of $14 million in the period were a bit…

Smart TV maker Vizio exceeded Wall Street analyst forecasts for its first quarterly report as a public company, posting revenue of $505.7 million and earnings of 2 cents a share. Analysts’ consensus called for revenue of $484.1 million and a loss of 10 cents a share. Vizio went public in March, positioning itself as…

Vizio, the No. 2 maker of smart TVs in North America and a rising player in streaming distribution and advertising, had its initial public offering this morning. While Covid-19 safety restrictions are limiting the numbers and high-fives, executives from the Irvine, CA-based company are ringing the bell at the New York…

Days after the CW premiered a batch of new episodes and officially kicked off its 2021 season, its streaming app has launched on Vizio SmartCast. Vizio is the No. 2 manufacturer in the growing U.S. smart TV sector, with about 20% of the market. Its SmartCast platform reaches about 14 million viewers. The CW app last…

EXCLUSIVE: Viewing on Vizio smart TVs surged to 1.1 trillion minutes in 2020, up more than 20% from 2019 due to the coronavirus pandemic, the manufacturer said Monday. Vizio is the No. 2 maker of smart TVs sold in the U.S., with about 20% of the market over the past five years. Using data from its automatic content…

EXCLUSIVE: Endemol Shine Group and top TV maker Vizio have reached a deal to bring four channels dedicated to Endemol unscripted programming to Vizio’s ad-supported smart-TV platform. Two of the 24-hour channels, streaming on Vizio’s SmartCast platform, center on individual shows: Deal or No Deal and Wipeout. The DIY…

A&E’s Live PD topped the rankings of TV shows watched both on DVR or on demand, and Friends, a sitcom that keeps finding new life 15 years after its finale aired on NBC, finished among the top 10 shows watched live. The numbers were reported Thursday by Vizio’s smart-TV data and analytics unit Inscape, which tracks…

EXCLUSIVE: A&E’s Live PD is finishing 2018 as the most-viewed show of the year on OTT platforms as well as via VOD and DVR, according to a survey of smart-TV data by Inscape. A subsidiary of smart-TV maker Vizio, Inscape surveys viewing across some nine million households, spanning all demographics and geographic…

Electronics manufacturer Vizio’s $2 billion sale to China’s LeEco Global Group just wasn’t to be. The companies ended months of questions about the deal they reached in July — after two years of negotiations —  by announcing today that they’ve called it off due to “regulatory headwinds.” In its place they unveiled an…