i spoke with coo and cfo anthony noto about the deals.sten. >> we started our live experience in the fall 2016. we had two quarters of great success. on the back of the earnings on the back of 2017, we decided to go all in and push hard with partners to take live streaming content to the next level across sports, news, and entertainment. we will build on the 800 hours within q1. it is aggregating a large army -- audience. we are seeing great activity with the conversation on twitter. live it makes us better, faster, gives us more comprehensive selection, drives discussion, and we can personalize it for the individual. we know their interests based on who they follow. it is perfect for twitter and we are delivering a unique experience. i think these 16 deals are real testament to the success we have with this product great quality , video, and the conversation on twitter about that event. emily: let's talk about the video ad strategy. what are the biggest growth opportunities and how do you scale? >> it starts with the audience. what does

cfo and coo anthony noto is next. plus, apple earnings after the bell.ompany and nothing sold fewer iphones than expected as customers wait for updated models. headlines,toring the apple stock continuing to edge lower. ♪ alisa: i'm alisa parenti in washington, and you are watching "bloomberg technology." let's start with a check of first word news. president vladimir putin is once again denying moscow to in the u.s. presidential election. he spoke at a joint news conference today with german chancellor angela merkel. vladimir putin called the accusations rumors. the u.s. says it has evidence russia was behind the hacking.meantime, angela merkel told vladimir putin that eu sanctions will remain in place. the reason -- lack of progress in settling the conflict in ukraine. they met in sochi, the russian resort on the black sea. the white house says president trump and president putin spoke by phone today. the call is being described as a very good one, and that terrorism, north korea, and syria were among the topics covered. officials say both leaders agree

julie: that was twitter cfo and coo anthony noto with emily chang.orld's top investors, executives and financial policymakers spoke with bloomberg television at the milken institute global conference in beverly hills this week, including leaders of the trump administration's economic team. let's begin with treasury secretary steve mnuchin. in an interview he confirmed the , u.s. is thinking seriously about issuing ultra long-term bonds to fund infrastructure programs. steve mnuchin: we are studying ultralong bonds, yes. that is something we are considering at treasury. we have a working group looking at it. we think it is something that could absolutely make sense for us at treasury. but on the infrastructure side, the president is determined that -- has determined that we make a major investment. >> there is are a huge part of the infrastructure that needs to be rebuilt, and we will do that in a lot of different ways, through public-private partnerships and financing so we don't balloon the budget by $1 trillion. >> do you think fundamentally , in m

i spoke to the twitter cto and coo last night, anthony noto. >> we think we have significant better valuement that they're makening on our platform. we have to continue to educate them on that and this new inventory will be within way for us to garner greater attention from them and hopefully better allocation of budgets. >> the partnerships spanned the news entertainment including live wnba games and live coverage of the pga tour t. verge and buzz feed are watching live news show. there is a new intertanew enter culture show. >> the areas on twitter are the most active with the most discussion. we are simply brigg onto the platform the live video of those events they are talking about. for example, our deal with via com brings on red carpets for award shows we know our audience already cares about. >> in the first quarter, twitter aired about 800 hours of live content with 55% of viewers under the age of 25. twitter's revenue is lagging user growth and no to won't say when that will change. >> thank you, very much, judgmentia. >>> twitter has been on content or maybe mark cuban is right,

and our extended sitdown with twitter coo and ceo anthony noto about the company's latest media dealnd capitalizing on trump. first to our lead. apple shares dropped after reporting quarter earnings with iphone revenue falling short. the iphone has always been the moneymaker for the company, but sales were basically flat year-over-year. not terribly surprising, given the anticipation for the next iphone launch in the fall, where we are expecting a big design overhaul. apple also announcing it generated $7 billion in revenue on services, which is 18% growth from a year ago. this as the sector's ceo says he expects to double over the next four years. we spoke with our bloomberg contributor david kirkpatrick and an analyst. david: when you look at the quarter overall, it was fairly mixed. the one negative with the iphone numbers. but it's one of those quarters where you can only put so much emphasis on the iphone. you of course have that major launch later this year, and we think the entire miss here can be attributed to the fact that consumers are holding off for the next generation ip

that was the genesis of my conversation with anthony noto, coo and cfo of twitter right now.hey are looking for a new cfo. one of 16 deals that they announced today, live video streaming deals to bring more video content to twitter. they announced it deals in sports, news, and entertainment. it not only would bring more users to twitter but that users can engage and tweet about it it really is. the development of a new vision for this company. and he said, twitter has a lot of work to do, especially when it comes to revenue. last quarter was the first quarter that revenue growth dropped year-over-year. it dropped 8%. i asked anthony when he saw the turning back around.take a listen . as we sit in the earnings call, we don't have visibility. i'm seeing revenue trend improve. that's based on a number of factors. we need advertisers to recognize the significant increase in r.o.i..and some attractive now than six months ago . our prices are down 60%. reporter: at the same time, twitter added 9 million new users last quarter. that was a surprise to wall street. something they are

this is anthony noto's greatest deal. anthony noto, the coo of twitter.doesn't potus help you? he won't go there. i like he doesn't go there because one day if he -- if donald trump decides not to tweet you have an nfl deal. i think twitter's doing quite well versus snap. >> versus. >> really? >> yes. snap how are they going to get the billion that everyone thought. >> billion in revenues. >> everyone thought -- >> they'll get there, maybe not as soon. >> i thought this year they would get there. i thought they had it in the pipe. you know what, the idea of being short snap, long twitter was like in people's ears yesterday. >> yeah. twitter has had a little bit of a psychic rebound. >> yes, it does. >> you know? >> we have -- >> seemed to be more positive. >> we have more user growth for the first time in a long time. all the live video. >> yes. i think that -- you have got to stay -- i have to have it as my home page right now. if the president does cancel all future press briefings and does it all through twitter that's difficult not to have that focal