[Today Newspaper Park Joo-hwan]The total number of paid subscribers to Netflix, a global streaming service, has exceeded 200 million.
Netflix announced its ‘2020 4Q results’ on the 20th and announced that the number of paid subscribers increased by 37 million over the last year, exceeding 200 million in total. This is the biggest net increase since Netflix started its service.
In addition, Netflix’s sales last year increased 24% year-on-year to 25 billion dollars (about 27,562.5 billion won) and operating profit also increased by 76% to 4.6 billion dollars (about 5,715 billion won).
Netflix forecasts that it will be possible to operate the company without external financing in the future based on cash of 8.2 billion dollars (about 9.4 trillion won) and unused credit grants of about 750 million dollars (about 8268 billion won).
In addition, the global propaganda of the domestic original series’Sweet Home’ is noteworthy. ‘Sweet Home’, which was produced as part of Netflix’s expanding investment in Korean content, was viewed by 22 million subscribers around the world.
This is in line with the local original works released at the same time, such as’Aris in Borderlands (18 million)’,’Selena (25 million)’, and’Today’s Christmas (26 million)’.
Min-young Kim, VP of content in Korea, Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand, said, “Netflix, an entertainment company, is striving to ensure that members can enjoy the best entertainment experience anytime, anywhere. ‘We are very grateful that we have provided something for the world to talk about across borders and language barriers.’
He added, “Netflix will continue the journey of discovering and introducing more enjoyable contents with domestic creators.”
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