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Google campus in Mountain View, Calif. — Justice Department’s Google Suit Could Aid Broadcasters in Big Tech Battle NAB has called for government to target anti-competitive ad dominance

NFL Sunday Ticket — The NFL Gets a Shiny New Streaming Partner With Google for 'Sunday Ticket,' But Have We Hit Peak Sports Rights? (Bloom) Fourteen billion dollars over seven years is a lot for not that much of the NFL video empire

YouTube Ad Revenue Up Just 4.8% in Q2 as Sales Decelerate to Their Slowest Growth Rate in Over Two Years YouTube ad sales expanded by 84% in the second quarter of 2-2021

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YouTube Ad Sales Biz Decelerates Dramatically in Q1

By Daniel Frankel published 27 April 22

Revenue growth drops to 14% year over year from 49% and significantly misses forecasts as war in Ukraine and other factors take their toll

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YouTube Revenue Spikes 84% in Q2 to Record $7 Billion

By Daniel Frankel published 28 July 21

Ad supported service remains the second biggest video platform on the planet behind Netflix

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YouTube’s Connected TV Viewing Swells to 40%

By Daniel Frankel published 23 June 21

Ad tech execs say the share of audience watching the ad-supported service on TVs instead of computers and smart phones very quickly grew from only around 12% amid the pandemic

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Netflix Reclaims ‘Biggest Streaming Company’ Title From YouTube (Apples and Oranges Chart of the Day)

By Daniel Frankel last updated 28 April 21

Subscription giant beat ad-supported behemoth in total revenue in Q1, but Google’s platform is now growing faster

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Who Needs Roku? YouTube Already Dominates Worldwide Video

By Mike Farrell published 28 April 21

Video streamer says 2 billion monthly users watch 1 billion hours of video per day on its YouTube Brand service

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Report: Justice Close to Filing Suit Against Google

By John Eggerton published 3 September 20

The Justice Department could file an antitrust suit against Google (and YouTube) parent Alphabet as soon as this month, according to ‘The New York Times.’

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