LFTVD Industry Notes (Netflix)

1. What happened to Netflix in April 2017
    They reached 100 million subscribers

2. Which companies does Netflix now have more subscribers than?
    Amazon prime and Hulu 

3. How many countries is Netflix available in?
    190

4. Which countries is Netflix not available in and why might this be?
    Crimea, China, North Korea and Syria....

5. Where do half of Netflix's subscribers, 50 million, come from?
    USA

6. When was Netflix founded, who by and where?
    1997 in Scotts Valley California by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph.

7. What did Netflix begin as and how did it change the service?
    A mail order DVD service (deliver to your door).

8. When did Netflix expand into Internet video on demand (VOD)?
    2007

9. What was revolutionary about the way they offered viewing?
    The fact that you could watch an entire season immediately (Binge Watching).

10. How did this new model of viewing (binge-watching) help shows that may have otherwise struggled to be aired?
     The Shows would struggle to consistently gain audiences weekly.

11. What has helped Netflix's growth?
      Improvements in streaming technology and a rise in use of handheld devices. Breaking Bad and Stranger Things (most watched show).

12. What were some of the problems that Netflix had?
      None of the content belonged to Netflix.

13. What was Netflix's solutions to these problems?
      They started creating their own TV shows.

14. What was Netflix's first original show and when was it launched?
      House of Cards in 2013

15. How did House of Cards make history?
      Became the first online only TV series to receive an EMMY nomination.

16. What else did the drama show in terms of cast and crew?
      Starred Kevin Spacey and David Fincher was the director.

17. By 2016, how many original programmes a year was Netflix producing?
      126

18. How many awards have they won?
      147

19. How are competitors trying to address Netflix's place in the market?
      Competitors have developed their own original programme. 

20. How does Netflix plan to stand out from the crowd?
      Double the amount of original programming by 2017 and expanding native language and          unscripted content.




What is Time Shifting and why is it important?

 - Time Shifting is the recording of programming to a storage medium to be viewed or listened to after the live broadcasting. Audiences like it because it enables them to be able to watch whatever they want, whenever they want.

What does the writer prefer to call 'Binge Watching'?

 - Immersive Watching.