Since February, Netflix has provided paid account sharing in Canada, New Zealand, Portugal and Spain. The add-on permits major account holders to pay an extra payment each month to share their Netflix service with as much as two folks outdoors of their family. Now, it’s coming for US subscribers – or non-subscribers. The corporate wrote in its Q1 letter to shareholders: “In Q1, we launched paid sharing in 4 international locations and are happy with the outcomes.” It added: “We’re planning on a broad rollout, together with within the US, in Q2.” Netflix has estimated greater than 100 million non-paying households have entry to its service – and it needs them to pay one thing.
Netflix will even shut its DVD rental business in September. Sure, that’s nonetheless a factor.
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