The second annual live stream reached a global audience of 1.43 million unique viewers on Yahoo, across all devices, up 30% from 2016. Engagement also increased significantly this year, with more than 3.1 million total live views on Yahoo, up over 72% from 2016. Audiences spent a total of 24.7 million minutes on Yahoo, up 38% from 2016, watching Berkshire Hathaway Chairman & CEO Warren Buffett, and Vice Chairman Charlie Munger, share their insights and advice, live from the CenturyLink Center in Omaha.
Additionally, through our live streaming partners in China, we saw another 3.89 million total live views for a combined 6.99 million total live views worldwide.
In addition to VOD replay on the site, Yahoo Finance has also made an audio replay of the meeting and accompanying interviews available via podcast for the first time ever, through a partnership with Acast. Find it on iTunes and other podcast stores now.
Be sure to check out all of our coverage on Yahoo Finance.
Tune in as Yahoo hosts our second live stream of Berkshire Hathaway’s annual shareholders meeting on Saturday, May 6. Yahoo Finance Editor-in-Chief Andy Serwer will be on-the-ground at CenturyLink Center Omaha, alongside Yahoo News & Finance Anchor Bianna Golodryga and Yahoo Finance Anchor Jennifer Rogers, with insight, analysis and news-making interviews. For the second year in a row, audiences will be able to watch live on Yahoo Finance – across desktop, tablet and mobile – as Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett and his right-hand man Charlie Munger share their unscripted views on the company, the markets, the administration and whatever other topic that may come up. The shareholders meeting live stream on Yahoo Finance will once again be available in both English and Mandarin, with VOD replay available for 30 days following the meeting.
The schedule of live coverage includes:
10:00am ET – Yahoo Finance pre-show
10:15am ET – Live stream of morning session, featuring the Q&A with Buffett and Munger
1:00pm ET – Yahoo Finance Halftime Report
2:00pm ET – Live stream of afternoon session, featuring additional Q&A and business meeting
4:30pm ET – Yahoo Finance post-show wrap-up
Throughout the Pre-show and Halftime Report we’ll also feature a number of live and pre-taped interviews with the Yahoo Finance editorial team, including: Warren Buffett, Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway; Todd Combs, Investment Manager for Berkshire Hathaway, and Ted Weschler, Portfolio Manager for Berkshire Hathaway; Coca Cola Chairman Muhtar Kent and newly appointed CEO, James Quincey; actress and Buffett friend, Glenn Close; Dairy Queen CEO John Gainor; former Vanguard CEO Jack Bogle; Brooks Running CEO Jim Weber; Chair, CEO and Chief Designer of Kathy Ireland Worldwide, Kathy Ireland, and many others.
This year, Yahoo Finance will also make an audio replay of the meeting and accompanying interviews available via podcast, through a partnership with Acast. With more than 50 million monthly listens to more than 1,000 shows globally, Acast is the world’s leading technology infrastructure for audio on demand and podcasts.
The Yahoo Finance’s Berkshire Hathaway podcast will be available on iTunes and other podcast stores, starting Monday, May 8. For more information on the Berkshire Hathaway Live Stream, visit the landing page on Yahoo Finance and be sure to follow the conversation on Twitter with @YahooFinance #BRKLiveStream.
By Kyle McDoniel, Head of Yahoo Sports Global Partnerships
Over the past few years, we’ve been doubling down on live sports content. We brought you the first ever global live stream of a regular season NFL game. We have a MLB Game of the Day. We have four NHL games every week during the regular season starting again next week. We have featured coverage of PGA Tour events. And it’s about to get even better.
Beginning tonight when the Arizona Cardinals face the San Francisco 49ers, football fans around the world can tune into Twitter’s live stream of the Thursday night NFL games on Yahoo Sports with a Twitter feed accompanying the live stream. Games Include:
Week 5, October 6 – Arizona Cardinals vs San Francisco 49ers
Week 6, October 13 – Denver Broncos vs San Diego Chargers
Week 7, October 20 – Chicago Bears vs Green Bay Packers
Week 11, November 17 – New Orleans Saints vs Carolina Panthers
Week 13, December 1 – Dallas Cowboys vs Minnesota Vikings
Week 14, December 8 – Oakland Raiders vs Kansas City Chiefs
Week 15, December 15 – Los Angeles Rams vs Seattle Seahawks
Week 16, December 22 – New York Giants vs Philadelphia Eagles
Yahoo Sports is one of the leaders in online sports for scores, news, fantasy and original programming. We are thrilled to continue to build on our live sports offerings by teaming up with Twitter. The game starts in just a few hours so don’t forget to watch at Yahoo Sports!
Yahoo News’ special coverage of the first 2016 presidential debate received nearly 9 million page views for Yahoo News and Politics (articles and video) and more than 5 million video views (both live and VOD.)
The special edition of “Yahoo News Now: 2016 the Choice” was anchored by Yahoo Global News Anchor Katie Couric alongside Yahoo National Political Columnist Matt Bai. The pre- and post-show featured special guests and analysis by Yahoo News Chief Investigative Correspondent Michael Isikoff, Yahoo Finance Columnist Rick Newman, Democratic strategist Jamal Simmons and Republican strategist and former communications director for Ted Cruz’s presidential campaign Alice Stewart. Yahoo News and Finance Anchor Bianna Golodryga and Yahoo National Correspondent Hunter Walker joined live from the spin room at Hofstra University, along with a team of reporters on the ground in New York, Washington and beyond.
Check out the replay of the entire live stream and highlights at yahoo.com/2016choice
Yahoo Finance and Berkshire Hathaway are once again opening the doors to the world for the second annual exclusive live stream of Berkshire Hathaway’s Shareholders meeting. We’re offering viewers a firsthand experience of the highly anticipated event attended by over 40,000 shareholders. This past year, Yahoo Finance live streamed the event for the first time ever, drawing in more than one million viewers, with an additional 17 million views to date. We expect 2017 to be no different.
People who tune in will get to hear first-hand from Warren Buffett, Vice Chairman Charlie Munger as well as watch interviews with a wide range of notable guests. But interviews and speeches are just the beginning. There’s a lot more to this event in Omaha, Nebraska. The live stream will take guests inside all the goings-on that weekend, the top local hotspots, and the carnival-like atmosphere of the exhibition hall where many of Berkshire’s subsidiaries showcase their products and services.
This is event is a great example of what sets Yahoo Finance apart – bringing exclusive content to our audience via our premium live streaming capabilities, at an unprecedented scale. We’re making it easy for you to watch, streaming the event across all devices in both English and Mandarin. An exclusive VOD replay will also be available on Yahoo Finance for 30 days following the meeting. Yahoo will offer video and display advertising, as well as sponsorship opportunities alongside the live stream.
By Bob Condor, Vice President of Yahoo Sports Media Group
Thursday, Yahoo Sports’ The Vertical hosted its first-ever live NBA Draft show, totaling more than 3.7 million total video views and averaging 34 minutes of watch time per user. The show featured Adrian Wojnarowski and The Vertical staff breaking news on draft picks and trades throughout the four-hour first round.
The live stream on Yahoo reached more than 2.8 million unique viewers across all devices. Fans tuned in to follow The Vertical’s all-star team featuring Adrian Wojnarowski, Chris Mannix, Big 10 Coach of the Year Tom Crean of Indiana, The Vertical’s Shams Charania and front-office insider Bobby Marks and DraftExpress’ Mike Schmitz and Jonathan Givony.
Yahoo delivered the live stream in HD quality, at up to 1080p at 60 fps.
The entire live stream and highlights from the show can be found at The Vertical.
We’re thrilled to kick off a new era of sports programming and announce today that more than 30 top brands have partnered with Yahoo for the first global live stream of a regular season NFL game across devices (https://yahoo.com/nflstream). For the October 25th NFL International Series game between the Buffalo Bills and Jacksonville Jaguars from London’s Wembley Stadium, Yahoo’s live stream will feature video advertising from top brands during commercial breaks, as well as exclusive pre-game and halftime presenting sponsorships. With Yahoo’s deep audience insights, advertisers will gain a better understanding of demographic and viewership data, compared to traditional broadcast television, enabling brands to reconnect with viewers even after the game concludes. The live stream will appear on Yahoo and Tumblr, which reach more than one billion monthly users.
For the NFL live stream on Yahoo, advertisers include American Express, Applebee’s, Arby’s, Bose, Burlington Stores, Cadillac, Chrysler, CiCi’s Pizza, Citi, CompareCards.com, Dairy Queen® Brand, Danone Nations Cup, eHealth.com, Emirates Airline, Esurance, KFC, Kohl’s, Lincoln Motor Company, Microsoft, Nationwide, Papa John’s, Redd’s Apple Ale, SNICKERS® Brand, SUBWAY® Restaurants, T-Mobile, Totino’s and Toyota, among others. The Dairy Queen® Brand is the pre-game show sponsor on Yahoo, and Toyota will sponsor the halftime show.
Advertisers can select global or U.S. only advertising to reach the most attractive audiences for their brand and messaging. Beyond the live stream, advertising partners can leverage Yahoo’s demographic and viewership data for retargeting at scale to engage their audiences with display, video, native and search advertising across Yahoo’s properties.
We only have a handful of days left until
football fans around the globe can stream the NFL game live, for free on Yahoo, across any digital device.
This Sunday, October 25 at 9:30 a.m. EDT, watch the Buffalo Bills and
Jacksonville Jaguars face off in London, England at Wembley Stadium. For the
first time in NFL history, anyone with an internet connection can tune-in on
Yahoo, from anywhere in the world to watch.
So how do you
watch? First, go to yahoo.com/nflstream on any browser, or tune-in via the Yahoo Sports app oniOS,Android and the Yahoo
app on connected TVs. Next, when to watch?
8:00 - 9:00 a.m. EDT – Yahoo Sports
Fantasy Football Live (FFL): Get all your
fantasy news from our award-winning experts live in-studio from Yahoo HQ in
Sunnyvale, CA. See featured stories from Yahoo Global News Anchor Katie Couric
and an interview with Bills Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Jim
Kelly.
9:30 a.m. EDT – Kickoff: Buffalo Bills vs.
Jacksonville Jaguars, live from Wembley Stadium. Viewers can watch the game
with a choice of three audio options:
Primary Game Broadcast: Play-by-play
commentator Kevin Harlan, analyst Rich Gannon with sideline reporter Jamie
Erdahl.
Yahoo Studios: Host Larry Biel, along with former NFL
players Kirk Morrison and Shaun King, and team bloggers will break down the
game, answer fan questions and talk fantasy in real time.
Spanish language: SAP call with
Alfredo Bejar
Closed
Caption:We’re committed to making our products
and services accessible to everyone, and we’re proud to share that our live
stream will be captioned to make it accessible for deaf and hard of hearing
people.
Also, leading up
to the game, check-in daily to see the latest behind the scenes content, team
stats, and videos produced by both the NFL and Yahoo Studios, including an
exclusive series from Men in Blazers.
Forget the remote
and tune-in on October 25 on Yahoo! Interact with
football fans around the globe using the hashtag #WatchWithTheWorld during the
game.
By Rita Drucker, Head of Marketing Partnerships & Branded Entertainment
We’re breaking into late night entertainment with Jimmy Kimmel Live!,
bringing exclusive performances from some of the music industry’s
biggest names directly to Yahoo, presented by MasterCard. With these
newly added concerts, we continue to make Yahoo the ultimate destination
for live music events.
Tonight, Yahoo will stream Duran Duran
from the Jimmy Kimmel Live! Outdoor Stage in Hollywood at 11:35 p.m. CT.
The band recently released their fourteenth studio album “Paper Gods,”
which garnered them their highest chart positions around the world for
more than twenty-two years. Produced by Nile Rodgers, Mark Ronson, Mr.
Hudson and Josh Blair, the band’s highly acclaimed new record includes
collaborations with a host of great artists - from Kiesza and John
Frusciante, to Jonas Bjerre and Janelle Monáe, who joins them on the
first single “Pressure Off,” which is currently climbing the charts.
The Jimmy Kimmel Live!
post-show concerts on Yahoo will also include performances from
Grammy-nominated rock band Fall Out Boy with their current single
“Irresistible” and more.
As part of MasterCard’s sponsorship of the Jimmy Kimmel Live! post-show concerts on Yahoo, MasterCard cardholders will have the opportunity to gain access to exclusive Jimmy Kimmel Live! experiences by simply making a qualifying donation to Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) at www.priceless.com.
Stand Up To Cancer, a program of the Entertainment Industry Foundation,
funds innovative cancer research that will get new therapies to
patients quickly and save lives now. With the donation, MasterCard
cardholders will support ground-breaking cancer research and have the
chance to attend green room experiences and private concerts, hosted at
the Jimmy Kimmel Live! Outdoor Stage at the historic El Capitan Theater
in Hollywood, CA.
And don’t forget – Yahoo is packed with
more live performances and events this month including the first NFL
Live Stream (10/25), Voodoo Music + Arts Experience (10/30-11/1) and so
much more!
