Lady Whistledown
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Kampuni ya kuonyesha Filamu ya Netflix imetajwa kwa awamu ya pili kuachisha kazi takriban wafanyakazi 300 kama namna ya kudhibiti gharama za uendeshaji. Mnamo mwezi Mei kampuni hiyo ilipunguza wafanyakazi takriban 150.
Hatua hii ni baada ya ripoti mbaya ya mapato ya #Netflix ya robo ya mwaka huu, ambapo ilitangaza kuwa ukuaji wa mapato ulipungua kwa kasi na kwamba ilipoteza watuamiaji takriban 200,000 mapema 2022.
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The streaming giant said it was cutting 300 more jobs - roughly 4% of its workforce - mostly in the US, after axing 150 people in May. The moves come after the company reported its first subscriber loss in more than a decade in April.
The firm is exploring an ad-supported service and cracking down on password sharing as it tries to boost growth.
"While we continue to invest significantly in the business, we made these adjustments so that our costs are growing in line with our slower revenue growth," Netflix said in a statement on Thursday, adding that it was continuing to hire in other areas.
While Netflix has 220 million subscribers globally and remains the clear leader in the streaming market, it has faced fierce competition in recent years with the launch of rival platforms such as Disney Plus and Amazon's Prime Video.
The company also recently embarked on a series of price increases in the US, UK and elsewhere, which have contributed to its subscriber losses.
The firm has said it expects its subscriber count to fall by another two million in the three months to July, after dropping by 200,000 earlier this year.
Surveys by Kantar research firm consistently identify saving money as the number one reason for cancelling streaming services - even in the US, where overall streaming subscriptions have held steady, unlike the UK.
On Thursday, Ted Sarandos, the company's co-chief executive, told an audience at a conference in Cannes on Thursday that Netflix was in talks with many companies as it explores new advertising partnerships to appeal to price-sensitive audiences.
"We're not adding ads to Netflix as you know it today. We're adding an ad tier for folks who say 'Hey, I want a lower price and I'll watch ads'," Mr Sarandos said at Cannes Lions.
Source: BBC
