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Netflix has seen a surge in sign-ups due to the coronavirus lockdown, but has warned investors that subscriber growth will slow.
The streaming giant added more than 10 million subscribers in the three months to July, bringing the total of new subscribers to 26 million in 2020.
In contrast, Netflix saw 28 million new subscribers for the whole of 2019.
"Growth is slowing as consumers get through the initial shock of coronavirus and social restrictions."
Will Netflix's library expand to accommodate the growth in subscribers?
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squatcho, n.:
The button at the top of a baseball cap.
-- "Sniglets", Rich Hall & Friends
(Score: 2) by takyon on Saturday July 18 2020, @07:38PM
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(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Saturday July 18 2020, @07:49PM (7 children)
With all that new money, they can put in a fatter pipe... Or maybe they just wanna take the money and run
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 2) by looorg on Saturday July 18 2020, @08:45PM (4 children)
The problem is probably not infrastructure but one of content. During the pandemic or shutdown there have been very little production of new content. As people binge through the library available they might run out of stuff to see and they will unsub.
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Saturday July 18 2020, @09:31PM (2 children)
The problem is probably not infrastructure but one of content.
I'll say! Where's Matlock and Green Acres?
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 2) by looorg on Saturday July 18 2020, @09:35PM (1 child)
Don't worry grandpa the stories will be on soon and with your alzheimer every episode is like a new episode even when they are reruns.
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Saturday July 18 2020, @09:54PM
You forgot the damn toast!
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 19 2020, @09:11AM
We have a century of content they could put on.
(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Saturday July 18 2020, @10:55PM
Was gonna say:
That's not how this works... that's not how any of this works.
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(Score: 2) by FatPhil on Sunday July 19 2020, @09:21AM
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people; the smallest discuss themselves
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Zinnia Zirconium on Saturday July 18 2020, @08:34PM
I don't want Netflix. Stop trying to advertise to me.
(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 18 2020, @08:36PM (1 child)
Remove DRM and we are talking.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 18 2020, @11:19PM
You can already screen cap it... how much DRM do you really need removed?
(Score: 2) by SomeGuy on Saturday July 18 2020, @09:07PM (2 children)
Meanwhile, what has been available on over the air television has shrunk to almost nothing, unless you like hour long infomercials re-runs of Green Acres, or "news" that has less informative content than a parrot.
(Score: 0, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 18 2020, @09:44PM (1 child)
And just what do you have against Green Acres? I'll take Eva Gabor over the talentless negresses parading around on prime time TV today.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 19 2020, @12:04AM
They're not going to shoot new episodes so go back to the farm Arnold.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 18 2020, @11:25PM (1 child)
i still got a hangover from the marvel universe movie bing that started with "iron man"...
i guess it's hard to beat that consistancy and vision.
tho it seems sci-fi is not in high demand there are tons of "old" but visionary books out there just waiting to be made into good movies.
however, like with every genre and performance it first and formost has to hit the spot with the ... uhm ... errr ... overlords, 1%ers -aka- financiers before anything goes. and of course they always have one agenda only: money.
movies and books and even age old performances always also tell a story about the times they were made in.
the only new genre(less then 100 years old), methinks, is the endless drama of the tv format. they go on and on and ... you guessed it ... on.
the geografical "piece de resistance" for that is south korea at the moment. it is a fantastical medium of "gleichschaltung" where many thousand (or even ten thousand) people watching feel, sad, or happy or angry at the same time.
anyways, looking forward to new and exciting stories to watch and my guess is that these will spring from secluded minds that acctually have a mobile phone that has a layer of dust on it sitting around ^_^
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 19 2020, @12:13AM
There are a lot of new sci-fi films and TV shows being created and it could be considered a golden age for them. Ad Astra, Arrival, Alita: Battle Angel, Replicas, I Am Mother, etc. Books are being used, such as The Expanse, The Martian, and Foundation.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 19 2020, @09:16AM
Netflix blocked me for months due to using VPN. Screw them. Months of being told it's my internet connection when they are denying me access to a service I paid for. Evil.