Netflix Q4 Financial Report Shows Weaker Subscriber Additions
Netflix reported its subscriber base grew to 222 million in 2021, missing projections, as it sees interest from newcomers waning compared to the previous Covid-19-induced surge. The world’s largest streaming video service said it added 18.2 million subscribers in total last year, which is about…
GlobalData: Top-Ranked Netflix Feeling The Impact Of Competition
Netflix was the top-ranked streaming video service in 2021, with 21% share of the U.S. subscription video on demand (SVoD) market, but market research firm GlobalData said the OTT giant is starting to see its growth slow down. The data indicates that Netflix may be…
Netflix Expands AV1 Codec Streaming To Smart TVs
Netflix has begun streaming content encoded with the three-year-old high-efficiency codec AV1 from the Alliance of Open Media (AOMedia) on supporting smart TVs, expanding the range of devices beyond Android mobile products. The world’s largest video streaming network announced the move in a blog on…
Netflix Gaming Comes To Android Mobile App
Netflix formally began offering video games today as part of its mobile app streaming service, starting on Android mobile devices, to be followed shortly by iOS, as part of its expanding service offering. Unfortunately, gaming is not yet in the plan for the TV app….
Netflix Subscriber Growth Surges In Q3-2021
Netflix reported this week that it added 4.4 million subscribers during Q3-2021, more than doubling the number from the previous quarter, and far above the forecasted 3.50 million. The No. 1 global streaming giant ended the quarter with 213.56 million subscribers. The Q3 growth, which…
HBOMax Sees Q3 SVOD Market Share Growth As Netflix Leads They Pack
Netflix, Amazon Prime and Disney+ continued to pace the top premium streaming subscription video on demand (SVOD) services in the third quarter of 2021, according to data compiled by online streaming content recommendations guide service JustWatch. The web-based SVOD recommendations service said that during the…
Report: Disney+ Series `Loki’ Tops Streamed TV Program Premieres
The Disney+ premium streaming service has hit on another winner with the original TV series premiere of Loki, which was registered the most watched first episode of the season by an OTT TV series this year, according to data gathered by streaming service aggregator Reelgood….
New Netflix Features Pick Viewing Selections For You
Netflix has recently started adding new “Play Something” and “Play Something Else” features to its app for TV devices, the streaming service announced in a blog posting Wednesday. The company called the Play Something feature “an exciting new way to kick back and watch” a…
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