Revision3 announces its growth results for 2010. Total views across the network increased nearly 165% year over year, with more than 42 million views in the month of December. The company reached profitability in Q4 of 2010 and grew its revenue 80% Y-0-Y, while increasing its blue-chip roster of advertising sponsors to more than 60, including Fortune 500 companies such as Verizon, Ford, HP, EA, Sony, HP and Old Spice.
2010 Milestones include:
Company Performance
- Increased revenue 80% year over year and achieved sustained profitability in the 4th quarter of 2010
- Brought on new investors and advisors, including Mark Cuban
Programming
- Launched a strong lineup of more than 10 new shows and hosts, including:
The Young Turks with Cenk Uygur, Household Hacker, Dan 3.0, Destructoid, the Onion's A.V. Talk, Unboxing Porn, GeekBeat.TV from Cali Lewis, Penn Point from Penn Jillette, The Ben Heck Show, Death Battle from Screw Attack and Tom Merritt's "Tom's Top Five"
Advertising
- Received an average click through rate of more than 5% on pre-rolls
- Achieved a 99% unaided viewer recall of one or more show sponsors, with 56% of viewers buying a product or service from one of our sponsors
Partnerships
- Launched partnerships with AOL, 5Min, PlayStation Home and BlackBerry
- Grew YouTube subscriber base by more than 10x to 1 million+ subscribers
Viewership
- Increased viewership 165% year over year to 42 million monthly views (Dec 2010)
- Grew unique visitors to almost 12 million a month, with 75% (or over 9 million) of those in Revision3’s target 12-34 year old male demographic
Mobile and Smart TV
- Launched iPhone and Android apps, built HTML5 and "lean back" TV version of Revision3.com, launched on the Yahoo connected TV platform and on Toshiba, Vizio, LG, Sony and other TVs
- Became the Number 1 independent video channel on Roku, a Top 10 channel on Boxee and a Spotlight Channel on Google TV
Revision3 will continue its strong momentum into 2011 with growth in programming, advertisers, distribution partners and technology innovation.