{"id":654512,"date":"2013-04-25T16:10:06","date_gmt":"2013-04-25T20:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/?p=634500"},"modified":"2013-04-25T16:10:06","modified_gmt":"2013-04-25T20:10:06","slug":"amazon-earnings-beat-the-street-turns-focus-on-original-tv-programming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/654512","title":{"rendered":"Amazon earnings beat the Street, turns focus on original TV programming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon beat analysts&#8217; forecasts Thursday afternoon with its <a href=\"http:\/\/phx.corporate-ir.net\/phoenix.zhtml?c=97664&#38;p=irol-newsArticle&#038;%2338;ID=1811376&#038;%2338;highlight=\">Q1 earnings report<\/a>. Earnings were $0.18 per share, or $82 million, on revenue of $16.07 billion, compared to earnings of $0.28 per share, or $130 million, on revenue of $13.18 billion this time last year.<\/p>\n<p>Analysts had expected earnings of $0.07 per share on revenue of $16.1 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Operating income, considered by investors to be a key measure of the company&#8217;s financial health, was $181 million, down 6 percent from the previous year. Still, that figure beat the range of -$285 million to $65 million that the company had <a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2013\/01\/29\/amazon-reports-increased-profits-and-ebook-sales-up-70-in-2012\/\">provided<\/a> in the previous quarter.<\/p>\n<p>Amazon is <a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2013\/04\/24\/i-want-my-kindle-tv-report-confirms-amazons-set-top-box-plans\/\">reportedly working<\/a> on a set-top box, and in the <a href=\"http:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/amazon-com-announces-first-quarter-200000262.html\">release<\/a>, CEO Jeff Bezos highlighted Amazon&#8217;s expansion into original television, focusing on the company&#8217;s recent release of 14 original pilots. &#8220;Our\u00a0customers will determine what goes into full-season production,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We hope Amazon Originals can become yet another way for us to create value for Prime members.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>North American media revenues totaled $2.51 billion for the quarter, up 14.4 percent over last year. International media revenues were $2.54 billion, up just 1.27 percent.<\/p>\n<p>For the second quarter of 2013, Amazon advises investors to inspect revenues between $14.5 billion and $16.2 billion, with broad guidance on operating income ranging from -$340 million to $10 million.<\/p>\n<p>Amazon is holding an investor call at 2:00 PM PT, and we will be on the call.<\/p>\n<p><em>This post was updated several times on Thursday afternoon.<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/stats.wordpress.com\/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;%23038;post=634500&#038;%23038;subd=gigaom2&#038;%23038;ref=&#038;%23038;feed=1\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?iu=\/1008864\/GigaOM_RSS_300x250&#038;sz=300x250&#038;%23038;c=734584\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?iu=\/1008864\/GigaOM_RSS_300x250&#038;sz=300x250&#038;%23038;c=734584\" 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