Netflix and other streaming behemoths will face judgment over controversial shows from Britain’s broadcasting watchdog for the first time under sweeping proposals put forward by the Government. Nadine Dorries, the Culture Secretary, will on Thursday seek to level the playing field between internet services and traditional broadcasters such as the BBC by bringing them under…
Netflix has admitted that its number of subscribers is falling for the first time in more than a decade, partly as a result of its decision to pull out of Russia. The US streaming giant lost 200,000 subscribers in the first three months of the year, far below Wall Street predictions that it would add 2.5m…
It is a loophole that students away from home and spendthrift ex-lovers have enjoyed for years, but the days of freeloading on somebody else’s Netflix account may be over after the streaming giant said it would ask customers who share their password with other households to pay extra. It is testing technology that will ask…
More than 140m have watched the South Korean drama Squid Game since its release last month, making it the most-watched show in Netflix’s history. Netflix said the success of the show in recent weeks helped buoy its results for the third quarter. It reported its strongest subscriber growth of the year in the three months to…
New versions of Roald Dahl’s beloved children’s stories are coming to the small screen after Netflix struck a deal to buy the company that manages his rights. The streaming giant has snapped up the late author’s entire catalogue of novels, which have been translated into 63 languages and sold more than 300m copies worldwide. Netflix…
