Netflix has been able to increase subscription prices in the United States, the United Kingdom and Ireland, to fund content production and growth in other parts of the world, such as Asia, noted Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter. “While hundreds of millions of homes pay for Netflix, well over half of the world’s broadband homes don’t yet - representing huge future growth potential,” the company said in a statement. “We want to grow that share faster,” the company said.Īs growth slows in mature markets like the United States, Netflix is increasingly focused on other parts of the world and investing in local language content.
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Netflix noted that despite the intensifying competition, its share of TV viewing in the United States has held steady according to Nielsen, a mark of subscriber satisfaction and retention. That’s a 50% increase from 2019, when many of the newer streaming services launched, signaling the quick escalation of the so-called “streaming wars.” Streaming services spent $50 billion on new content last year, in a bid to attract or retain subscribers, according to researcher Ampere Analysis.
The world’s dominant streaming service was expected to report slowing growth, amid intense competition from established rivals like, traditional media companies such as the Walt Disney and the newly formed Warner Bros Discovery and cash-flush newcomers like Apple Inc. As penetration has increased, the number of shared accounts has become a bigger problem. In addition to the paying households, Netflix is being watched by an additional 100 million households that it said were sharing accounts, including 30 million in the United States and Canada. The big COVID boost to streaming obscured the picture until recently,” Netflix said, explaining the difficulties of signing up new customers. “The large number of households sharing accounts - combined with competition, is creating revenue growth headwinds. It reported per-share net earnings of $3.53, beating the Wall Street consensus of $2.89. Wall Street targeted 227 million for the second quarter, according to Refinitiv data.įirst-quarter revenue grew 10% to $7.87 billion, slightly below Wall Street’s forecasts of $7.93 billion.
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The company offered a gloomy prediction for the spring quarter, forecasting it would lose 2 million subscribers, despite the return of such hotly anticipated series as “Stranger Things” and “Ozark” and the debut of the film “The Grey Man,” starring Chris Evans and Ryan Gosling. Netflix, which currently has 221.6 million subscribers, last reported a loss in customers in October 2011.
The company’s poor results pummeled other video streaming-related stocks, with Roku dropping over 6%, Walt Disney falling 3% and Warner Bros Discovery down 2%.
Its decision in early March to suspend service in Russia after it invaded Ukraine resulted in the loss of 700,000 members. Netflix lost 200,000 subscribers in its first quarter, falling well short of its forecast of adding 2.5 million subscribers. The company’s stock plunged 23% in after-market trading, erasing $30 billion in market value. (Reuters) -Global streaming giant Netflix Inc on Tuesday reported losing subscribers for the first time in more than a decade and predicted more contraction in the second quarter, a rare miss for a company that has been a reliable growth engine for investors.
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