Netflix says its “Shuffle Play” feature, which lets Netflix's algorithm choose what you watch next, will roll out globally to all users in H1 2021

and it's coming this year Jon Porter / The Verge : Netflix confirms Shuffle Play feature will officially launch this year Oliver Haslam / Redmond Pie : Netflix Is Bringing Its Shuffle Play Feature To Everyone This Year Chris Burns / SlashGear : Netflix Shuffle Play release date revealed for public rollout Josiah Motley / KnowTechie : Netflix's Shuffle Play feature will soon be available worldwide Joe Keeley / MakeUseOf : A Shuffle Play Feature Is Coming to Netflix This Year Christian Zibreg / iDownloadBlog.com : Netflix says the experimental Shuffle Play button is definitely coming to all users this year Chris Smith / BGR : New feature might fix the most annoying thing about Netflix Tim Hardwick / MacRumors : Netflix ‘Shuffle Play’ Feature Rolling Out to All Users Later This Year Cosmin Vasile / phonearena.com : Netflix confirms new Shuffle Play feature is rolling out worldwide this year Richard Gao / Android Police : Netflix to roll out Shuffle Play feature globally in the next few months Tweets: Adrian Weckler / @adrianweckler : Queen's Gambit is now Netflix's biggest ever ‘limited series’ — 62m ‘households’ watched it in first month. Europe is Netflix's biggest growth market — 15m added in 2020 (to 67m). Global subscribers now 210m. https://s22.q4cdn.com/... Michelle Manafy / @michellemanafy : In less than a decade, Netflix borrowed over $16 billion to feed its titanic appetite for content. The strategy prompted criticism that the company was unsustainable. However, Netflix has reached a financial milestone: It no longer needs to borrow money. https://www.nytimes.com/... @wsj : Netflix signed up what it said was a record 37 million subscribers in 2020 and had a total of 203.7 million users when the year ended—more than twice as many as it had a mere three years earlier https://www.wsj.com/... Shira Ovide / @shiraovide : I admit now that I was wrong about Netflix. I thought they would have to borrow money for a long time. Nope. https://twitter.com/... Chris Ostertag / @videograndpa : I said years ago that linear TV wouldn't go away - it would just be supplanted by personalized VOD that looks like it. This is that. This is what the future of TV looks like. https://twitter.com/... See also Mediagazer

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@videograndpa Chris Ostertag on x
I said years ago that linear TV wouldn't go away - it would just be supplanted by personalized VOD that looks like it. This is that. This is what the future of TV looks like. https://twitter.com/...
@adrianweckler Adrian Weckler on x
Queen's Gambit is now Netflix's biggest ever ‘limited series’ — 62m ‘households’ watched it in first month. Europe is Netflix's biggest growth market — 15m added in 2020 (to 67m). Global subscribers now 210m. https://s22.q4cdn.com/...
@nytmedia @nytmedia on x
The company still has a ton of debt, but can now pay back those loans while maintaining its enormous content budget. https://www.nytimes.com/...
@michellemanafy Michelle Manafy on x
In less than a decade, Netflix borrowed over $16 billion to feed its titanic appetite for content. The strategy prompted criticism that the company was unsustainable. However, Netflix has reached a financial milestone: It no longer needs to borrow money. https://www.nytimes.com/.…
@wsj @wsj on x
Netflix signed up what it said was a record 37 million subscribers in 2020 and had a total of 203.7 million users when the year ended—more than twice as many as it had a mere three years earlier https://www.wsj.com/...
@shiraovide Shira Ovide on x
I admit now that I was wrong about Netflix. I thought they would have to borrow money for a long time. Nope. https://twitter.com/...
@cartoonbrew @cartoonbrew on x
On today's earnings call, Netflix chairman/co-CEO Reed Hastings specifically said that beating Disney at animation is a long-term aim: “We're very fired up about catching them in family animation, maybe eventually passing them, we'll see. A long way to go just to catch them.” htt…
@mylesudland Myles Udland on x
Feels like a new tone from $NFLX: “In addition to titles with big viewership, we also aspire to have hits that become part of the cultural zeitgeist.” https://s22.q4cdn.com/...
@charliebilello Charlie Bilello on x
“Not only did 62m member households choose to watch The Queen's Gambit in its first 28 days (making this show our biggest limited series in Netflix history), but it ignited sales of chess sets and inspired the next generation of chess prodigies.” https://s22.q4cdn.com/...
@charliebilello Charlie Bilello on x
“Netflix series accounted for nine out of the 10 most searched shows globally in 2020, while our films represented two of the top 10.” https://s22.q4cdn.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@loudmouthjulia Julia Alexander on x
Netflix had a record breaking 2020, helped by the pandemic, and a strong fourth quarter, helped by a number of big shows and films....and the pandemic. But Netflix executives are also providing guidance for next quarter — it won't be as high as 2020. https://www.theverge.com/...
@levynews Ari Levy on x
Based on after market trading, Netflix surpassed Intel to become the eighth most valuable US tech company. (Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Tesla, Facebook, Nvidia) https://www.cnbc.com/...
@cnbcnow @cnbcnow on x
MORE: Netflix says it will be cash flow neutral this year, cash-flow positive ever year after, and will consider buybacks https://www.cnbc.com/...

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