Netflix revealed that it will spend over $17 billion on content this year, according to its first-quarter earnings report.
“As we’ve noted previously, the production delays from Covid-19 in 2020 will lead to a 2021 slate that is more heavily second half weighted with a large number of returning franchises,” said the company in its letter to shareholders. “And while the roll out of vaccines is very uneven across the world, we are back up and producing safely in every major market, with the exception of Brazil and India. Assuming this continues, we’ll spend over $17 billion in cash on content this year and we’ll continue to deliver an amazing range of titles for our members with more originals this year than last.”
Netflix revealed that it will spend over $17 billion on content this year, according to its first-quarter earnings report.
“As we’ve noted previously, the production delays from Covid-19 in 2020 will lead to a 2021 slate that is more heavily second half weighted with a large number of returning franchises,” said the company in its letter to shareholders. “And while the roll out of vaccines is very uneven across the world, we are back up and producing safely in every major market, with the exception of Brazil and India. Assuming this continues, we’ll spend over $17 billion in cash on content this year and we’ll continue to deliver an amazing range of titles for our members with more originals this year than last.”
That’s a notable uptick from the streamer’s 2020 spend of $11.8 billion, as the pandemic prompted production delays across the industry, and its 2019 budget of $13.9 billion.
During the first quarter, Netflix’s most-watched shows included the first season of “Firefly Lane,” with 49 million households tuning in during the series’ first 28 days on the service, Season 3 of “Cobra Kai” (45 million), “Fate: The Winx Saga” (57 million) and “Ginny & Georgia” (52 million), according to the company.
On the film side, Netflix members gravitated toward “Outside the Wire” (66 million), “Yes Day” (62 million), “I Care a Lot” (56 million), and the last movie in the “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” trilogy (51 million).
(Excerpt) Read more in: Variety