{"id":5839,"date":"2020-04-22T19:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T19:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2525277"},"modified":"2020-04-22T19:30:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-22T19:30:00","slug":"netflix-memberships-grew-in-q1-as-coronavirus-lockdowns-spread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/04\/22\/netflix-memberships-grew-in-q1-as-coronavirus-lockdowns-spread\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix memberships grew in Q1 as coronavirus lockdowns spread"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>But they could push numbers down for the rest of the year.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"o-article_block \">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+ mt-n40\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+__cell col-8-of-12@tl+ pt-40\">\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"stretch-img  hide@m-\" src=\"https:\/\/o.aolcdn.com\/images\/dims?thumbnail=640%2C&amp;quality=80&amp;image_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fs.yimg.com%2Fos%2Fcreatr-uploaded-images%2F2020-04%2F28745570-840f-11ea-bfef-f48a95d49070&amp;client=amp-blogside-v2&amp;signature=925f686834b46e4287d806ea1786ffe215c853ac\" alt=\"&#039;Money Heist&#039; season four\" \/><figcaption class=\"mt-15 t-meta c-gray-3\">&#8216;Money Heist&#8217; season four&nbsp;<span class=\"c-gray-7\">Tamara Arranz Ramos<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"engadget-post-contents\" class=\"o-article_block pb-15 pb-5@m- o-subtle_divider\" data-ylk=\"sec:postcontents;slk:Netflix%20memberships%20grew%20in%20Q1%20as%20coronavirus%20lockdowns%20spread;elm:link;itc:0;\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+__cell col-8-of-12@tl+\">\n<div class=\"article-text c-gray-1\">\n<p>The effect of the coronavirus pandemic and stay-at-home orders meant to slow its spread have impacted businesses differently, but for Netflix it means more people are streaming than ever. In its Q1 2020 earnings report (<a href=\"https:\/\/s22.q4cdn.com\/959853165\/files\/doc_financials\/2020\/q1\/FINAL-Q1-20-Shareholder-Letter.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PDF<\/a>), the company said membership growth spiked as lockdowns spread, but also predicted that as the orders are lifted it could negatively impact growth through the rest of the year. It added 16 million subscribers in the period, way above the seven million originally projected.<\/p>\n<p>Predictably, it had big numbers &mdash;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2020-01-21-netflix-viewing-stats-the-witcher.html\" data-rapid_p=\"2\" data-v9y=\"1\">using a new standard for viewing stats<\/a>&nbsp;&mdash; to report for content released over the last few weeks, with a projected 64 million&nbsp;<em>Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness<\/em>&nbsp;over its first four weeks, along with 29 million on&nbsp;<em>Ozark&nbsp;<\/em>season three, 65 million for&nbsp;<em>Money Heist&nbsp;<\/em>(aka&nbsp;<em>Casa de Papel<\/em>) and 85 million for its&nbsp;<em>Spenser Confidential<\/em>&nbsp;flick.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"o-article_block pb-15 pb-5@m- mt-n35 mt-n25@m mt-n15@s\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+\">\n<div class=\"full-width@tp- grid@tl+__cell col-8-of-12@tl+\">\n<div class=\"article-text c-gray-1 no-review\">\n<p>Its&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2012-06-04-netflix-introduces-its-own-cdn-open-connect-network.html\">Open Connect caching<\/a>&nbsp;also apparently helped ease traffic on networks even while streaming increased, and the company said it&rsquo;s working with networks to lift limitations as conditions improve.<\/p>\n<p>Countermeasures for the pandemic have halted filming around the world, but Netflix reports that after an initial disruption it&rsquo;s managing customer support via work-from-home setups and has added 2,000 agents working remotely. It has created a $100 million fund intended to help workers hardest hit by the shutdowns, and said it has paid crews on its productions for seven weeks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"tags\">\n<div><strong>See Campaign: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2020-01-21-netflix-viewing-stats-the-witcher.html\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2020-01-21-netflix-viewing-stats-the-witcher.html<\/a><br \/><b>Contact Information:<\/b><br \/>Richard Lawler<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b><br \/><a href=\"\"><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/wire\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Wire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/global-regions\/united-states\/\" rel=\"category tag\">United States<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/language\/english\/\" rel=\"category tag\">English<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"image\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"cwdfimg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Contact Information:<\/h3>\n<p>Richard Lawler<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>But they could push numbers down for the rest of the year. &lsquo;Money Heist&rsquo; season four&nbsp;Tamara Arranz Ramos The effect of the coronavirus pandemic and stay-at-home orders meant to slow its spread have impacted businesses differently, but for Netflix it means more people are streaming than ever. In its Q1 2020 earnings report (PDF), the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2020\/04\/22\/netflix-memberships-grew-in-q1-as-coronavirus-lockdowns-spread\/\">Continue reading <span>Netflix memberships grew in Q1 as coronavirus lockdowns spread<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/04\/22\/netflix-memberships-grew-in-q1-as-coronavirus-lockdowns-spread\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,22,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-united-states","category-wire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Netflix memberships grew in Q1 as coronavirus lockdowns spread - Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/04\/22\/netflix-memberships-grew-in-q1-as-coronavirus-lockdowns-spread\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Netflix memberships grew in Q1 as coronavirus lockdowns spread - Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"But they could push numbers down for the rest of the year. &lsquo;Money Heist&rsquo; season four&nbsp;Tamara Arranz Ramos The effect of the coronavirus pandemic and stay-at-home orders meant to slow its spread have impacted businesses differently, but for Netflix it means more people are streaming than ever. 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