Wednesday, September 27, 2023
manilastandard.net
ADVERTISEMENT
  • About
  • News
    • Top Stories
    • National
    • World News
    • Pinoy Abroad
    • Features
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
    • Columns
    • Soundbytes
  • LGUs
    • NCR
    • Luzon
    • Visayas
    • Mindanao
  • Business
    • Corporate
    • Economy & Trade
    • Stocks
    • Money
    • Agri & Mining
    • Power & Tech
    • IT & Telecom
  • Sports
    • Basketball
    • Volleyball
    • Fightsports
    • Active
    • Sports Plus
    • One Championship
    • Columns
  • Entertainment
    • TV & Movies
    • Celebrity Profiles
    • Music & Concerts
    • Digital Media
    • Columns
  • Lifestyle
    • Food
    • Culture & Media
    • Fashion
    • Health and Home
    • Leisure
    • Shopping
    • Columns
    • Young Life
  • Special Pages
    • Pets
    • Tech
      • Gadgets
      • Computers
      • Business
      • Tech Plus
    • On the Road
      • Sedan
      • SUV
      • Truck
      • Bike
      • Accessories
      • Motoring Plus
      • Commuter’s Corner
    • Home & Design
      • Residential
      • Commercial
      • Construction
      • Interior
    • Spotlight
    • Cravings
    • Environment & Sustainability
    • Agriculture
    • Pop.Life
      • Newsmakers
      • Hangouts
      • A-Pop
      • Post Its
      • Performances
      • Malls & Bazaars
      • Hobbies & Collections
    • Events
      • Seminars
      • Exhibits
      • Community
    • Biyahero
      • Travel Features
      • Travel Reels
      • Travel Logs
    • Gallery
      • Photos
      • Videos
  • Advertise with Us
No Result
View All Result
  • About
  • News
    • Top Stories
    • National
    • World News
    • Pinoy Abroad
    • Features
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
    • Columns
    • Soundbytes
  • LGUs
    • NCR
    • Luzon
    • Visayas
    • Mindanao
  • Business
    • Corporate
    • Economy & Trade
    • Stocks
    • Money
    • Agri & Mining
    • Power & Tech
    • IT & Telecom
  • Sports
    • Basketball
    • Volleyball
    • Fightsports
    • Active
    • Sports Plus
    • One Championship
    • Columns
  • Entertainment
    • TV & Movies
    • Celebrity Profiles
    • Music & Concerts
    • Digital Media
    • Columns
  • Lifestyle
    • Food
    • Culture & Media
    • Fashion
    • Health and Home
    • Leisure
    • Shopping
    • Columns
    • Young Life
  • Special Pages
    • Pets
    • Tech
      • Gadgets
      • Computers
      • Business
      • Tech Plus
    • On the Road
      • Sedan
      • SUV
      • Truck
      • Bike
      • Accessories
      • Motoring Plus
      • Commuter’s Corner
    • Home & Design
      • Residential
      • Commercial
      • Construction
      • Interior
    • Spotlight
    • Cravings
    • Environment & Sustainability
    • Agriculture
    • Pop.Life
      • Newsmakers
      • Hangouts
      • A-Pop
      • Post Its
      • Performances
      • Malls & Bazaars
      • Hobbies & Collections
    • Events
      • Seminars
      • Exhibits
      • Community
    • Biyahero
      • Travel Features
      • Travel Reels
      • Travel Logs
    • Gallery
      • Photos
      • Videos
  • Advertise with Us
No Result
View All Result
manilastandard.net
No Result
View All Result
Home Entertainment Digital Media

Netflix looks to video games to boost growth

AFPbyAFP
July 21, 2021, 9:00 pm
in Digital Media
Reading Time: 2 mins read
A A
Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on Email

Global streaming giant Netflix on Tuesday said it added more subscribers than expected in the recently ended quarter and will add video games to its entertainment mix to fuel growth.

Netflix looks to video games to boost growth
Netflix is banking on mobile games to keep subscriber interest as it reaches a saturation point for streaming television viewers. 

The company ended the second quarter with 209 million paid subscribers and revenue of $7.3 billion, some 19 percent higher than the same period a year earlier, according to an earnings release.

Profit was reported at $1.35 billion as compared to $1.7 billion in the preceding quarter. The net income figure missed market expectations.

The streaming leader said the pandemic had "created unusual choppiness" in its results after strong growth last year during the pandemic, which has now subsided.

Netflix said it is continuing to invest in content as production recovers from pandemic-caused delays, and that it is "in the early stages of expanding into games."

"We view gaming as another new content category for us, similar to our expansion into original films, animation, and unscripted TV. Games will be included in members´ Netflix subscription at no additional cost similar to films and series,” the streamer said.

Netflix recently recruited a video game veteran from Facebook to lead its gaming team.

Mike Verdu was hired to take charge of video game development at the Silicon Valley company, which has openly said hit games such as Fortnite are its competition for people's online entertainment time.

Netflix has dabbled with games before, releasing an interactive Bandersnatch episode of original series Black Mirror and also a free mobile game spinning off its hit show Stranger Things.

“In the race to entertain consumers around the world, we continue to compete for screen time with a broad set of firms like YouTube, Epic Games, and TikTok (to name just a few),” Netflix said in the earnings release. 

Tags: Black MirrorNetflixStranger Thingsvideo games
ADVERTISEMENT
AFP

AFP

Related Posts

New online series discovers the best of PH

byManila Standard
September 21, 2023, 7:30 pm
0
8
New online series discovers the best of PH

Following the success of “Pinoy Christmas in our Hearts,” YouTube Philippines ties up again with GMA Public Affairs for Philippines’...

Read more

3 reasons to watch ‘One Piece’ live-action adaptation

byManila Standard Showbiz
September 16, 2023, 6:40 pm
0
8
3 reasons to watch ‘One Piece’ live-action adaptation

Eiichiro Oda’s One Piece, a wildly popular anime franchise, has made waves since its modest beginnings with manga volumes and...

Read more

Francine Diaz, Seth Fedelin star in island survival drama

byNickie Wang
September 14, 2023, 7:50 pm
0
8
An enchanting OPM night with Rey Valera

Fresh from the success of  Dirty Linen, the stage is set once more for the young stars  Francine Diaz  and ...

Read more

Secret Slaves: A Jessica Soho Special Report on Human Trafficking

byManila Standard
September 9, 2023, 6:40 pm
0
8
Rising heartthrob signs with award-winning film producer

GMA Public Affairs presents a timely documentary on one of the most rampant crimes in the world via Secret Slaves:...

Read more

Five important life lessons we learned from new teen K-dramas

byManila Standard Showbiz
September 7, 2023, 6:20 pm
0
8
Small-town pageant  for good-looking men and women

Two Korean dramas made their premiere on Viu earlier and, by the looks of it, they’re on their way to...

Read more

Teach me how to ‘digi’

byManila Standard Showbiz
September 5, 2023, 7:35 pm
0
8
A heartfelt tale of friendship, dreams, and redemption

GLOBE presents the “#SeniorDigizen: Teach Me How To ‘Digi’” TikTok contest, celebrating Grandparents Day and Elderly Week. It’s all about...

Read more

Print Edition

View More

Recent Posts

  • Trabaho Para sa Bayan law to boost employment—NEDA
  • 2GO prepares for holiday mobility spike
  • Russia court rejects Navalny appeal against 19-year sentence
  • Azerbaijan seeks ‘war crime’ suspects in sea of Karabakh refugees
  • Canada parliament speaker resigns after tribute to Nazi vet
  • Korea on ‘brink of nuclear war,’ North warns UN
  • China warns PH: Behave
  • President: All hands on deck vs. agri smugglers

Advertisement

Latest News

Korea on ‘brink of nuclear war,’ North warns UN

byAFP
September 27, 2023, 8:00 am
0
8
North Korea condemns US moves to deploy nuclear missile submarine

United Nations, United States - North Korea told the United Nations on Tuesday that the peninsula was at risk of...

Read more

China warns PH: Behave

byVince Lopezand2 others
September 27, 2023, 1:00 am
0
8
Vax wastage, infection surge feared in Odette-hit areas

Tells Manila ‘not to stir up trouble’ in Scarborough Shoal Beijing warned Manila on Tuesday not to “stir up trouble”...

Read more

President: All hands on deck vs. agri smugglers

byCharles Dantesand1 others
September 27, 2023, 12:55 am
0
8
World’s largest kidney stone at 801g

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Tuesday ordered a whole-of-government campaign to stamp out the “weevils” in the country’s agricultural sector,...

Read more

Marcos thumbs down proposal to reduce imported rice tariff

byCharles Dantesand1 others
September 27, 2023, 12:50 am
0
8
PhilHealth won’t pay P17 million ransom demand from hackers

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Tuesday rejected the proposed tariff reduction on imported rice being pushed by his economic managers....

Read more

PhilHealth won’t pay P17 million ransom demand from hackers

byDarwin G. Amojelarand2 others
September 27, 2023, 12:45 am
0
8
PhilHealth won’t pay P17 million ransom demand from hackers

The government on Tuesday said it will not pay $300,000 or P17 million ransom demand from hackers for the stolen...

Read more

Advertisement

ADVERTISEMENT
Facebook Twitter Instagram Youtube

ABOUT US

Manila Standard

Manila Standard website (manilastandard.net), launched in August 2002, extends the newspaper’s reach beyond its traditional readers and makes its brand of Philippine news and opinion available to a much wider and geographically diverse readership here and overseas.

Digital Edition

In tone and content, the online edition mirrors the editorial thrust of the newspaper. While hewing to the traditional precepts of fairness and objectivity, MS believes the news of the day need not be staid, overly long or dry. Stories are succinct, readable and written in a lively style that has become a hallmark of the newspaper.

Download – Today’s Paper

Search

No Result
View All Result

6th Floor Universal Re Bldg., 106 Paseo De Roxas cor. Perea Street, Legaspi Village, 1226 Makati City Philippines

Trunklines: 832-5554, 832-5556, 832-5558

© 2021 Manila Standard - Designed and Developed by Neitiviti Studios.

No Result
View All Result
  • About
  • News
    • Top Stories
    • National
    • World News
    • Pinoy Abroad
    • Features
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
    • Columns
    • Soundbytes
  • LGUs
    • NCR
    • Luzon
    • Visayas
    • Mindanao
  • Business
    • Corporate
    • Economy & Trade
    • Stocks
    • Money
    • Agri & Mining
    • Power & Tech
    • IT & Telecom
  • Sports
    • Basketball
    • Volleyball
    • Fightsports
    • Active
    • Sports Plus
    • One Championship
    • Columns
  • Entertainment
    • TV & Movies
    • Celebrity Profiles
    • Music & Concerts
    • Digital Media
    • Columns
  • Lifestyle
    • Food
    • Culture & Media
    • Fashion
    • Health and Home
    • Leisure
    • Shopping
    • Columns
    • Young Life
  • Pets
  • Tech
    • Gadgets
    • Computers
    • Business
    • Tech Plus
  • ON THE ROAD
    • Sedan
    • SUV
    • Truck
    • Bike
    • Accessories
    • Motoring Plus
    • Commuter’s Corner
  • Home & Design
    • Residential
    • Commercial
    • Construction
    • Interior
  • Spotlight
  • Cravings
  • Environment & Sustainability
  • Agriculture
  • Pop.Life
    • Newsmakers
    • Hangouts
    • A-Pop
    • Post Its
    • Performances
    • Malls & Bazaars
    • Hobbies & Collections
  • Events
    • Seminars
    • Exhibits
    • Community
  • Biyahero
    • Travel Features
    • Travel Reels
    • Travel Logs
  • Gallery
    • Photos
    • Videos
  • Advertise with Us

© 2021 Manila Standard - Designed and Developed by Neitiviti Studios.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In

Install Manila Standard Web App

Install App