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by Anechoic 851 days ago
It would also give Walmart access to the breadth of customer data collected by Vizio’s smart TV platform and the revenue stream created by serving up personalized ads and taking a cut of subscription fees.
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This is an interesting angle considering Walmart wants to (and probably already does) make a meaningful amount of revenue from selling ads, like Amazon.
https://www.streamtvinsider.com/advertising/vizio-device-sal...

I guess the numbers kind of work, $80m a quarter profit is $320m a year, which is roughly commensurate with the rumored purchase price.