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The new season of “Squid Game” returns to Netflix
Netflix started 2024 strong by announcing it added more than 13 million additional subscribers over the holiday season, bringing the total number of accounts on the streaming platform to over 260 million, while the new developments mark an ambitious investment in The area includes live broadcasts of sporting events.
Insider Intelligence analyst Ross Bennis commented on Tuesday after the company reported its results for the final quarter of the year that the platform is “proving its undisputed superiority in the streaming wars.”
And notice that Netflix “It exceeded all expectations, attracting 13 million subscribers from around the world, including approximately three million in the North American market, which typically has the largest audience.”
This astonishing growth of the platform, which had already attracted around nine million subscribers in the summer, comes as it takes strict measures against password sharing and introduces a cheaper category of subscriptions with advertising.
“We have 23 million monthly active users” for this subscription format, co-general manager Greg Peters said during a conference call. Netflix announced in November that the number of such people was 15 million.
Ross Bennis expected that “the impact of the new system in terms of subscriber growth will eventually wear off.”
However, he explained that the streaming company “wants to improve its ability to attract audiences by continuing its live broadcast ambitions.”
The expert believed that “acquiring the rights to broadcast WWE Raw matches shows that Netflix is taking this issue seriously.”
The company announced Tuesday morning that it had signed a 10-year broadcast deal with the American Professional Wrestling Association, WWE Raw, in exchange for $5 billion.
The return of “Squid Game”
By the end of the year, the final seasons of various series attracted large viewership, as well as “Berlin” and “Squid Game: The Challenge”, a reality TV show inspired by the South Korean series “Squid Game”, which became a phenomenon.
“Squid Game” will return to the platform with a new season in 2024 alongside “Bridgerton” and “Emily in Paris.”
She confirmed Netflix It has “an important and bold program for 2024, despite the strikes last year that led to the postponement of the start of some” plants.
Production of films and series was paralyzed for six months in the US due to a historic strike by writers and actors that ended in November.
However, the major streaming platforms confirmed that the impact of this dual social movement would be limited for them and that it could save them money.
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