Women’s Sports Score Lucrative TV Deals Amidst Battle for Rights Between Cable and Streaming Companies
As women’s sports have become more popular, television and streaming companies have started paying attention.
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As women’s sports have become more popular, television and streaming companies have started paying attention.
To increase profits after the Hollywood strikes hit the streaming industry this year, Netflix chose the easiest and most lucrative option: raising prices to drive growth in its ad-supported subscription tier.
Netflix said its password-sharing crackdown boosted its third quarter subscriptions above expectations as the company plans to increase prices to push subscribers toward its developing advertising tier.
Netflix intends to increase its ad-free service prices after the Hollywood strike concludes following a series of recent price hikes by other major streaming platforms.
A strike may have halted movie and film television production, but investors are staging their own walkout on the stocks of streaming companies.
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