Netflix's global market share of over-the-top streaming video subscriptions has dropped from 91% in 2007 to 19% last year, according to research company Ampere Analysis.Streaming competitors have emerged to take a bite of Netflix's dominance, but it's still growing internationally — it exceeded expectations and added over 8 million subscribers outside the US in the fourth quarter of 2019.
Research company Ampere Analysis provided Business Insider with data that shows how Netflix's global market share of over-the-top video subscriptions has fallen from a whopping 91% in 2007 to 19% in 2019. Ampere projects that it could drop to 18% by the end of this year. Of course, Netflix was a lone wolf in 2007, when it offered a streaming component that was limited compared to its DVD service. It separated its DVD and streaming services in 2011 and two year later, debuted its flagship original shows, "House of Cards" and "Orange Is the New Black."
Over time, streaming competitors have emerged to take a bite out of the market share of subscribers. For instance, Chinese tech giant Tencent is a leader in video content in China, where Netflix can't operate without a local partner. , the company said that it added 8.3 million subscribers outside of the US, exceeding expectations. It did, however, come in below its forecast in the US as the competitor Disney Plus launched, adding 420,000 paid net subscribers.
Overall, Netflix now has 167 million subscribers worldwide and 60 million in the US. That puts it in the No. 1 spot by a mile. Disney hasn't announced Disney Plus' total subscribers so far, but it said the service gained
growing as in more shitty original programming?
I barely use Netflix anymore. I like the documentaries... Hulu has a lot of shows the next day, so that's where what little TV time I have goes. Netflix needs to get with it or get disconnected.
Wait until NBC takes The Office back...
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