Live television generally doesn’t let viewers skip ads, which might be a boon for Netflix’s ad business. Always-on channels will place Netflix in closer competition with free, ad-supported streaming providers like Pluto TV and Tubi, TechCrunch reported. That competitive set is critical.

Netflix has a major problem, according to the $281 billion company’s co-CEO, Ted Sarandos. “Overall, we’re not growing as fast as I want us to, and we’re working on making that move faster,” Sarandos said at a Bloomberg conference in Los Angeles this week. “We are, though, also doing things that create a lot of headwind to that number.”

A new report confirms that Netflix is losing viewers due to long gaps between season releases, impacting its biggest flagship shows.

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Netflix has a viewership and program "tune-in" problem, with reports of losses of over 50% of its viewership on top shows season to season. The problem is fixable. One of the most efficient solves would be to speak to Netflix subscribers when they’re ...

Netflix boasts the largest and most expansive library of original shows of any streaming service, but it does face one rather significant problem: customers aren't coming back for follow-up seasons. While Netflix is regularly rolling out new series and ...

It’s important not to exaggerate these; Netflix is still growing, only at a smaller rate. Still, Bloomberg has just published a fascinating assessment of how Netflix’s second seasons are dropping massively: It’s easy to explain away individual cases ...