Netflix, a major video distribution company in the United States, set a new record high in sales for the three months until September, but the growth rate of the number of members has continued to be modest due to the reopening of movie theaters. increase.
Netflix announced on the 19th that the three-month financial results from July to last month were sales of $ 7,483 million, about 850 billion yen in Japanese yen, 16% compared to the same period of the previous year. It increased and set a new record high.
The final profit was $ 1,449 million, or about 165 billion yen in Japanese yen.
Due to the delay in production caused by the influence of the new coronavirus, the content that can be distributed was limited until the first half of this year, but in the second half it became possible to distribute many works, which led to an increase in profits. about it.
On the other hand, the number of members in the world is 213.56 million, an increase of 4.3 million from three months ago, but the growth rate continues to be modest.
This is because movie theaters have resumed operations due to the spread of the new corona vaccine in the United States and other countries, and competition with competitors such as YouTube, which is under the umbrella of Google, is intensifying.
Netflix has a policy of focusing on the video game business in the future, and intends to increase the number of subscribers by providing video games to subscribers at no additional charge.