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  • Thursday, 19 May, 2022
    News in-depth
    Hollywood braced for new age of austerity after streaming splurge

    Netflix makes expense control a new corporate tenet and cuts jobs as subscriber growth flags

  • Wednesday, 18 May, 2022
    Music
    How do today’s musicians make money?

    Unable to fight the streaming giants, singer-songwriter Amaare has had to develop her own business model

  • Monday, 16 May, 2022
    Netflix Inc
    Netflix’s U-turn puts TV advertisers back in vogue

    Streamers pitch themselves to ad industry’s ‘upfronts’ week to counter flatlining subscriptions

  • Saturday, 14 May, 2022
    FT CollectionsData rich: the numbers behind corporate news
    Cost-conscious consumers are the problem for Netflix

    Analysis suggests that belt-tightening rather than content is the biggest challenge for the streaming service

  • Wednesday, 11 May, 2022
    Walt Disney Co
    Disney gains ground on Netflix with strong growth in streaming

    Addition of 8mn video subscribers beats forecasts while theme parks division doubles revenues

  • Tuesday, 10 May, 2022
    Special purpose acquisition companies
    TV production group Banijay to go public via Spac

    Deal backed by Bernard Arnault and Tikehau will create new player in European entertainment

  • Sunday, 8 May, 2022
    OutlookChloe Cornish
    Streaming services battle for India’s value-conscious consumers

    At a glamorous corporate event, global media businesses seem unfazed by the recent humbling of Netflix

  • Thursday, 5 May, 2022
    Vivendi’s Canal Plus working on bid for stake in US TV channel Starz

    Movie studio Lions Gate has said it is open to selling the maker of premium series

  • Wednesday, 4 May, 2022
    Leo Lewis
    The Netflix subscriber wobble raises new questions for Sony

    Consumer belt-tightening could favour the Japanese giant — though it may also prompt an uglier battle for market share

  • Sunday, 1 May, 2022
    EU business regulation
    European telcos seek network investment from Big Tech and streamers

    Data-guzzling groups cost sector dear, trade group says, and should help with infrastructure upgrades

  • Friday, 29 April, 2022
    DAZN Group
    Len Blavatnik to provide further funding for lossmaking DAZN

    Billionaire recently agreed $4.3bn recapitalisation for sports streaming group

  • Thursday, 28 April, 2022
    Special ReportThe Americas’ Fastest Growing Companies
    Healthcare joins leading pack of the Americas’ high-growth companies

    While tech still features prominently on the latest annual FT ranking, pharmaceuticals and health account for half the top 10

  • Thursday, 28 April, 2022
    Inside BusinessAnna Nicolaou
    After the Netflix crash, does Spotify face the same fate?

    Streaming services have different business models but both face tougher scrutiny

  • Wednesday, 27 April, 2022
    Media
    TV rules revamp offers more bargaining power to BBC, ITV and C4

    Planned legislation aims to give UK public service broadcasters boost in battle against streaming services

  • Wednesday, 27 April, 2022
    Spotify Technology SA
    Spotify chief distances music streaming group from Netflix

    Daniel Ek says pair are ‘vastly different businesses’

  • Wednesday, 27 April, 2022
    Will Page
    Vinyl, the music format that came back from the dead

    There is a lot investors can learn from a billion-dollar industry

  • Wednesday, 27 April, 2022
    Nordic Entertainment Group
    Nordic streamer Viaplay snaps up football rights ahead of UK push

    Owner Nent shrugs off Netflix decline and will screen scores of World Cup and European championship qualifiers

  • Tuesday, 26 April, 2022
    Warner Bros Discovery, Inc
    Warner Bros Discovery embraces new era of streaming austerity

    Chief executive hints other projects could be scrapped on top of CNN’s streaming service

  • Tuesday, 26 April, 2022
    FT readers respond
    FT readers respond: Netflix’s declining subscribers

    Commenters discuss the streaming industry and share their viewing habits and dislikes — join the debate

  • Sunday, 24 April, 2022
    Lex
    Netflix: free riders will dismount rather than give streamers free rein

    Plenty of viewers would rather forgo their monthly subscription than a pint of beer or a couple of lattes

  • Friday, 22 April, 2022
    The Big Read
    Are you still watching? Netflix and the future of streaming

    The company’s fall in subscribers is a moment of reckoning for media groups pouring billions into online platforms

  • Thursday, 21 April, 2022
    AT&T Inc
    WarnerMedia to shut down CNN Plus just a month after launch

    Decision comes after new leadership had reviewed investment in streaming service for cable news channel

  • Thursday, 21 April, 2022
    UnhedgedRobert Armstrong
    No, you did not see the Netflix mess coming

    Post-pandemic markets are genuinely more uncertain

  • Wednesday, 20 April, 2022
    Netflix Inc
    Bill Ackman sells entire Netflix stake at roughly $400mn loss

    Move comes three months after billionaire took position with pledge to focus on ‘long-term horizon’

  • Wednesday, 20 April, 2022
    US equities
    Netflix shares fall almost 40% after subscribers warning

    Slowdown weighs on media groups including Disney and Roku

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