# Netflix Q3 ad guidance cut

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Netflix reported third-quarter 2026 results on October 20 with 12% revenue growth and cut full-year advertising revenue guidance from $3 billion to $2.7 billion, citing slow DSP and measurement integrations. The company guided to a fourth straight quarter of slowing sales growth, with its growth rate falling from 17.6% to a projected 11.5%, and shares dropped 7% to a two-year low. The advertising business missed expectations by about $300 million. Whether the integrations close that gap on schedule remains open.

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## Segments

- [The Information's TITV](https://boilpoints.com/u/theinformationstitv), 2026-10-21, 16:33 to 28:42: **Pins Netflix's ad cut on DSP integrations**. Wedbush's Alicia Reese walks through Netflix's third-quarter results: 12% revenue growth, the slowest in three years, and ad guidance cut from $3 billion to $2.7 billion. She pins the shortfall on slow DSP and measurement integrations, not demand, and reads the content executive shakeup as part of a platform and theatrical push. New angle: Netflix cut full-year ad revenue guidance from $3 billion to $2.7 billion, citing slow DSP and measurement integrations.
- [Bloomberg Tech](https://boilpoints.com/u/bloombergtech), 2026-10-21, 15:45 to 23:48: **Frames Netflix's ad shortfall as slowing growth**. Covers Netflix's earnings warning with an analyst who keeps a buy rating: fourth straight quarter of slowing growth, a $300 million ad shortfall, and the content leadership departures, framed as a decelerating-growth story rather than a SpaceX one. New angle: Netflix guided to a fourth straight quarter of slowing sales growth and a $300 million advertising shortfall.
- [Closing Bell](https://boilpoints.com/u/closingbell), 2026-10-21, 25:22 to 26:50: **Recaps Netflix's ad guide cut and sixth decline**. Boorstin's earnings hit: shares off nearly 5 percent, a sixth straight post-earnings decline, the $2.7 billion ad guide and Barclays' warning that the cut fuels the slowing-momentum narrative. A recap of the print, with Sarandos' call comments on YouTube experiments.
- [Prof G Markets](https://boilpoints.com/u/profgmarkets), 2026-10-22, 32:26 to 35:18: **Recaps the quarter and the ad guidance cut**. Recaps the third-quarter print - 12% revenue growth to $12.9 billion, the slowest in three years - and stays inside the YouTube-is-the-real-threat argument, with Nielsen viewing shares as the backing. No new development in the quarter itself.
- [Pop Culture Crisis](https://boilpoints.com/u/popculturecrisis), 2026-10-22, 1:20:49 to 1:27:00: **Pairs the Q3 slowdown with the Lin firing**. Walks through Netflix's Q3 numbers - $12.9 billion in sales, growth slowing to a projected 11.5%, shares down 7% to a two-year low - and pairs them with the Dan Lin firing and YouTube's record 15.8% of TV screen use. The rest is opinion on Peter Rice and Netflix's decay. New angle: Netflix's growth rate fell from 17.6% to a projected 11.5%, and shares dropped 7% to a two-year low.
- [Pop Culture Crisis](https://boilpoints.com/u/popculturecrisis), 2026-10-25, 1:29:27 to 1:31:34: **Walks through Netflix's Q3 miss and ad shortfall**. Walks through Netflix's Q3 numbers from Bloomberg: the 7 percent drop to a two-year low, $12.9 billion in sales, a soft Q4 forecast, growth slowing to 11.5 percent and advertising short by about $300 million, then ties the miss to the content leadership shakeup and Peter Rice's arrival. New angle: Netflix's advertising business missed expectations by about $300 million.