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Netflix Running Video Promo Between Shows Annoys Users
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Netflix Running Video Promo Between Shows Annoys Users

Nowadays, Netflix has brought in a latest test feature that plays video promo in between episodes of a series you’re watching. It appears on the full screen which lasts for 10 to 20 seconds. Subscribers now face promotional videos that can not be skipped. These videos are almost like a commercial which appear between the videos reminding the users to not miss a particular show on Netflix. With this feature, the users seem to be unhappy and face inconvenience. Users who have faced this are expressing their annoyance through Reddit and Twitter.   @netflix if you bring ads to your programming, I will have no reason to continue. I pay for your programming to avoid commercials. Just a customers input. — JennyB (@itsgonnabfine) August 17, 2018    The users have eve...
Netflix Crosses $100B Market Capitalization As Subscribers Surge
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Netflix Crosses $100B Market Capitalization As Subscribers Surge

Netflix Inc snagged 2 million more subscribers than Wall Street expected in the final three months of 2017, tripling profits at the online video service that is burning money on new programming to dominate internet television around the world. The results drove Netflix to a market capitalization of more than $100 billion for the first time. Shares jumped 9 percent to over $248 in after-hours trading on Monday after rallying throughout the month and rising 53 percent last year. The company has signed up more than half of all U.S. broadband households and is building its customer base in 190 countries by spending billions on programming. Netflix picked up 6.36 million subscribers in international markets from October through December, when it released new seasons of critically accla...