Twitter to stream Thursday night NFL games in 2016 season

FBR Capital Remains Bullish on DreamWorks Animation SKG (DWA) Following Announced Sale of AwesomenessTV Stake to Verizon

FBR Capital reiterated an Outperform rating and $29.00 price target on DreamWorks Animation (NASDAQ: DWA) following the company's announced deal to sell a 24.5% stake in AwesomenessTV to Verizon. Jeffrey Katzenberg was quoted in the press release providing a modicum of guidance, saying that ATV's "annual revenues" are "expected to more than double in the first 12 months of... More

Stifel Reiterates Buy on DreamWorks Animation SKG (DWA) as Verizon (VZ) Acquires 24.5% Stake in AwesomenessTV

Stifel reiterated a Buy rating and $34.00 price target on DreamWorks Animation (NASDAQ: DWA) following Verizon's (NYSE: VZ) acquisition of 24.5% stake in AwesomenessTV. DreamWorks remains the majority owner with a 51% ownership stake. The deal values ATV at $650mn, double the valuation of when Hearst... More

NFL Deal Is Nice But Twitter (TWTR) Still a 'Show Me Story' - Macquarie

Macquarie analyst, Ben Schachter, is waiting for proof before suggesting investors step in and buy Twitter, Inc. (NYSE: TWTR). He thinks the NFL deal is clearly a positive because it gets high-profile content for a relatively small sum. It could help bring new MAUs to the site, but given TWTR's execution issues, he is going to wait to see if the NFL deal can meaningfully improve user metrics.... More

NFL Rights Seen as Cheap Way for Twitter (TWTR) to Grow Users - Baird

Baird analyst Colin Sebastian weighed in on Twitter, Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) after the company acquired streaming right from the NFL for Thursday night football. He doesn't view the deal as a "Hail Mary".

Sebastian notes that while the term were not disclosed (reports indicate ~$10M price-tag for 10-game slate), the rumored interest of other high-profile companies (Facebook/Amazon/Verizon/Yahoo) suggests the deal was highly sought-after among internet... More

Twitter (TWTR) Said to Offer Less than Rivals in NFL Broadcast Bid

Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) was said to pay under $10 million for 10 NFL games, according to Re/code, while rival bids... More