Netflix (ticker: NFLX), needs a growth engine. The table below is a bit of an eye chart, but what it tells you is that in Q2 2023, only Netflix's LatAm region had solid Average Revenue per Membership growth at 8% adjusted for currency. The U.S. and Canada had only 1% growth, EMEA (1)% and APAC … Continue reading Netflix: Where’s The Growth?
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Disney Should Acquire Warner Bros. Discovery
Disney (DIS) needs additional hit content for its Disney+ streaming platform. The streaming game is a scale game. Production houses that own their own streaming platform (Netflix, Disney, Comcast, Warner Bros. Discovery), need to ensure they have sufficient "hit" content to drive profitable streaming operations. Ideally those content producers want to achieve streaming profitability primarily … Continue reading Disney Should Acquire Warner Bros. Discovery
Will Netflix’s Co-CEO Model Work?
The most interesting thing about Netflix (ticker: NFLX, due to report April 18th at 4pm ET), is its Co-CEO model. Will it work long-term? Time will tell. Co-CEOs usually do not work. Today Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters share the CEO title at Netflix. The way I view NFLX's leadership model is that Sarandos is … Continue reading Will Netflix’s Co-CEO Model Work?
May I Borrow Your Password?
New Bain study suggests that 1 in 4 streaming subscriptions is shared. Disney+ tops the list with approximately 33% of people who use the service access it with someone else's subscription. Netflix is #2 with approximately 30% of people accessing the service via someone else's subscription.Read about Apple TV+, Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max and … Continue reading May I Borrow Your Password?
What’s Next For Netflix?
We have seen this movie before. Founder CEO hands the reins to a successor. The company stumbles. Founder returns as CEO. We expect this scenario to play out over the next 24 months at Netflix. Founder Reed Hastings will return after Ted Sarandos has had a brief opportunity to right the ship. It is game … Continue reading What’s Next For Netflix?
Further Media Consolidation Is Coming
The effect of increased competition on Netflix (NFLX), manifested itself in a net subscriber loss for the first time in 10 years. The net subscriber loss manifested itself approximately one year later than we thought it would. Competition has never been greater on the streaming content side of the media world with Disney (DIS), Apple … Continue reading Further Media Consolidation Is Coming
AT&T Took Our Advice But It Does Not Solve The Scale Problem
Will Apple, Disney or Netflix pursue an acquisition of NewCo? Last year we wrote that AT&T should sell WarnerMedia. On Monday AT&T (tkr: T) led by John Stankey agreed to spin-off its WarnerMedia asset and to combine it with John Malone's Discovery (tkr: DISCA) in a new, publicly-traded company led by Discovery CEO David Zaslav. … Continue reading AT&T Took Our Advice But It Does Not Solve The Scale Problem
Netflix & Video Games Can’t Happen Soon Enough
As we wrote in September of last year, Netflix (tkr: NFLX), Should Acquire Video Game Publishers. Netflix teased a video game strategy on tonight's earnings call. Disney (tkr: DIS), proved the model on the feature film side with acquisitions of Pixar, Marvel and Lucasfilm. The video game space will prove no different. After all, hit … Continue reading Netflix & Video Games Can’t Happen Soon Enough
AT&T Is Caught In A Pickle. Google Is Benefitting.
We migrated off of AT&T's (tkr: T) mobile plan over the weekend in favor of Alphabet's (tkr: GOOGL), Google Fi mobile phone service. Google Fi charges less for unlimited calls and texts: Google Fi charges $20 for unlimited calls and texts per user per month vs. $25 for AT&T; Google Fi charges less per GB … Continue reading AT&T Is Caught In A Pickle. Google Is Benefitting.
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