Tag: Netflix

A new report from IHS points to a correlation between Netflix's launch in a market and a reduction in consumer spending on buying and renting movies and TV series on disc. Consumers spent $20.9 billion buying and renting movies and TV content in the U.S. in 2006, the report observes. By last year, total spending on this segment was down by 17 percent to $17.3 billion.

Digital TV Research has analyzed the fees that Netflix charges in international markets compared to what pay-TV ARPU is in those countries, finding that the rates appear high in the short term. Looking broadly, Netflix charges $8 per month for one screen, $10 per month for two screens and $12 per month for four screens and HD content in its 130 new territories.

A new report from IHS finds that integrating Netflix into traditional pay-TV services has had a net positive impact on these operators’ performance. Netflix has partnerships in place with 25 pay-TV providers, according to IHS, with many more likely to follow after its expansion into 130 new territories last month.

BEVERLY HILLS: Brahman Naman, a comedy from Indian indie director Q, will be available exclusively for Netflix members around the world later this year.

BEVERLY HILLS: Netflix has filed an objection regarding Relativity Media's Chapter 11 reorganization and has asked a U.S. Bankruptcy Court to allow for the termination of its contract with the company.

Netflix has reached 75 million global members, having added a record 5.59 million members in Q4 2015 alone. For Q1, the streaming service is forecasting 6.10 million net additions, compared to the prior year of 4.88 million.

BEVERLY HILLS: The drama Marvel’s Jessica Jones is set for a second season on Netflix, which has also announced new details about the highly anticipated return of Black Mirror, among other programs.

LOS GATOS: In a blog post, David Fullagar, the VP of content delivery architecture at Netflix, said the company is taking new measures to prevent users from streaming content outside their country.

LAS VEGAS: During Reed Hastings’s keynote at CES, the co-founder and CEO of Netflix unveiled that the service is now live in more than 190 countries and has added Arabic, Korean, Simplified and Traditional Chinese to the 17 languages it …