Netflix added just over 5 million members in the last quarter, taking it to 282.72 million subscribers worldwide. That is a potential audience of over 600 million people. Despite slowing subscriber growth, Netflix reported its most profitable quarter so far. By our calculations, Netflix could pass the 300 million members early next year. Although Netflix says that it will not provide quarterly numbers beyond the end of the year, this might be a figure worth mentioning.
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Run3TV, which provides an application platform for the ATSC 3.0 television standard, has partnered with audience measurement company TVision to provide second-by second measurement of viewing using its panel of 5,000 households in the United States. It will uses this panel data to complement its own viewing metrics and provide insights into when people are actually paying attention to television.
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Virgin Media has renamed its online video offering from Stream to Flex, which sounds a bit like an airline fare. Perhaps it is an attempt to avoid confusion with the rival Sky Stream. They have also added a £5 a month charge for the service, which was previously free.
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Satellite television provider DirecTV is due to launch a free advertiser-supported online television platform, MyFree DIRECTV. It will offer curated channels and an extensive on-demand library. The service will be available across the United States online, on some smart televisions and streaming devices, and via a mobile app.
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Samsung will integrate the user experience across its devices, from mobiles to televisions, under the name One UI. That is the user interface Samsung currently applies to Android devices, although there is no indication that Samsung will switch from its Tizen operating system to Android for its smart televisions. The news came at the Samsung Developer Conference in San Jose, with about 3,000 developers, partners, and media in attendance.
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The Apple TV+ online video service is coming to Amazon Prime Video in the United States, with additional territories to follow. It is part of the Amazon strategy to aggregate third-party services and make them available on one bill, in one app. So, where does that leave Apple?
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