Earlier this month, Netflix also partnered with The CW to stream hit shows like Jane The Virgin, The Flash, and Supergirl just eight days after they air on TV-the shortest turnaround window Netflix has secured on primetime content to date. The deal will be available in 188 different countries where Netflix operates however, it will not be available in the U.S. Today, the company announced a deal with CBS that allows it to stream all episodes of the new Star Trek series the day after they air on TV. Netflix has recently announced several major deals to beef up its catalog of offerings. However, it still lags far behind YouTube, which is expected to have 176.1 million users this year.

It's ahead of streaming competitors Amazon (with 73.2 million projected viewers for 2016) and Hulu (67.0 million viewers). by the end of 2016, according to eMarketer. Netflix is expected to have 126.9 million users in the U.S. It’s a necessary phase for us to get through.' The un-grandfathering process will finish in the fourth quarter of this year. “People don’t like price increases,' Reed Hastings said in the earnings call on Monday. The company partly attributed the miss on revenue and subscriber growth to the coming price increase for previously grandfathered-in plans. At the same time, Netflix will face intense competition from other streaming providers and from emerging channels such as live video streaming on social platforms.” “This period should see several important events, including price increases, competition from the Summer Olympics and the launch of a deal withĬomcast to be included in the cable giant’s X1 service. Netflix’s terms of service states that a customer’s account for the streaming service may not be shared with individuals beyond your household.“Investors will likely focus on the rest of 2016,” Paul Verna, an analyst at eMarketer, said. During the feature’s trial, users can verify they are allowed to access the account by a code, sent via text or email. The message may reappear when they open Netflix again, and eventually they could be required to open a new account to continue streaming. Viewers can delay the verification and keep watching Netflix. “This test is designed to help ensure that people using Netflix accounts are authorised to do so,' a Netflix spokesperson was quoted as saying. Netflix says that the feature is currently being tested and hence, is only seen on limited Netflix accounts for now. “If you don’t live with the owner of this account, you need your own account to keep watching,' the warning states, according to reports. The company is testing a new log-in warning that is said to prevent unauthorised password sharing.

Netflix is now cracking down on those shared passwords. Everyone watches Netflix around the world, and almost half of those people do it on someone else’s Netflix subscription.

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