To lead it towards the video game sector
Netflix is looking for a "veteran" manager
Netflix's plans are still in their infancy.
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"Netflix" is looking for an executive to lead its push into the lucrative video game sector, the technology site "The Information" announced yesterday.
And "Netflix", which is based in California, held talks with many of the veteran experts in the sector, according to the website based on informed sources.
The subscription-based video game service will be similar to Apple Arcade, which gives subscribers unlimited access to its selection of games.
As is the case with movies and TV series, "Netflix" will not display ads alongside the games, according to "The Information".
Netflix's plans are still in their infancy, as the platform has not yet decided whether to develop its own content or offer games developed by third parties.
With the global gaming market now surpassing $ 300 billion, according to a study by the consulting firm Accenture, last April, Netflix's move will open a new and very profitable stream of revenue for the tech giant.
A spokesman for "Netflix" told "AFP": "We have constantly worked to expand our offerings from series to documentaries, films and original series in local languages and reality TV programs."
"Subscribers will also enjoy sharing directly with the stories they love through interactive shows such as Bandersnach and Yu v Wild or games based on series like Stringer Things, La Casa De Papel and Tu Al The Boys," he added.
Netflix CEO Red Hastings has repeatedly emphasized that the company's main competitors are not just other broadcasters such as HBO, Hulu and Disney +, but they include a variety of other online and mobile entertainment platforms.
"We are competing on a very large scale ... We are competing with TikTok, YouTube and HBO in addition to Fortnite," Hastings told analysts last October, while presenting the company's quarterly earnings.
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