"subscriber growth" refers to the increase in the number of people or customers who subscribe to a particular service or product. It indicates that more individuals are signing up, which can be beneficial for a business or organization's success and popularity.
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Then you've got all these other ancillary businesses, which are driving huge
subscriber growth in their prime membership.
While we hope the trend
of subscriber growth continues, we'll need everyone's help to ensure the content and comment quality in this sub remains high.
One of the problems is they are on a growth trajectory,
driving subscriber growth by investing in original programming and marketing.
Fortunately, the team was able to use their
early subscriber growth to make participating in the marketplace more attractive to content creators.
The Swedish - based music service has surprised some music industry analysts with its
rapid subscriber growth over the last year.
There's not a lot of room for innovation, and frequent promotions can't drive the kind of
sustainable subscriber growth these apps need in order to turn a constant profit.
Standing at 44 percent for Q3, the performance represents the «highest incremental acquisition margins ever for the brand during a period
of subscriber growth».
New York Times Co. said it had the best quarter
for subscriber growth in its history, fueled by continued interest in the new administration of Trump, though the company warned the pace of growth would slow in the second quarter.
In a report from the Wall Street Journal, it's suggested that Apple Music has increased its monthly subscribers at a rate of 5 % whereas Spotify's
subscriber growth rate in the U.S. is at just 2 %, meaning that if Apple is able to continue at this rate of growth, by the summer, it will overtake Spotify in terms of U.S. paying subscribers.
But based on the two companies» most recent updates
on subscriber growth, Spotify seems to be growing faster.
The launch of BlackBerry 10 later this year, the smartphones that many analysts contend will essentially make or break the company, could help
boost subscriber growth again.
If Netflix sees high revenue increases over the next couple of years, based on
strong subscriber growth, customer retention, and low marketing spend, he predicts the share price could reach $ 480.
Business Developed market
wireless subscriber growth appears to have stalled, but developing markets are growing rapidly and in many cases, the entire telecom infrastructure is wireless, providing a nice tailwind for Aviat.
Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) blew Wall Street's expectations out of the water Monday when it reported first -
quarter subscriber growth of 7.41 million, well above consensus estimates.
Those dismal results followed reports of huge
subscriber growth at streaming services like Netflix, leaving would - be defenders of legacy TV with nowhere to stand.
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has touted the «virtuous cycle» where
new subscriber growth funds more program spending, which attracts even more subscribers.
Created complementary yet distinct brand identity and integrated, multi-platform marketing and advertising sales campaigns (content / sponsorships, promotions, sweepstakes & events) for E! Online resulting in 74 % increase in traffic, double -
digit subscriber growth and over...
While some observers, like my colleague Evan Niu, worry about the increasing debt load, the acceleration in
subscriber growth shows that it's worth it.
On Tuesday, Netflix was the best performer in the S&P 500 after reporting in - line quarterly earnings and higher - than -
expected subscriber growth after the bell Monday.
Netflix had a huge beat on its
Q4 subscriber growth numbers, both in the US and internationally, trouncing both Wall Street expectations and its own guidance.
MoffettNathanson analyst Craig Moffett said in a research note that Sprint's average revenue per user was still falling
despite subscriber growth, suggesting it might not remain profitable.
«We see investors focused on the widening moat that NFLX is creating with its business (
faster subscriber growth on the back of original content push).»
Netflix's second - quarter
subscriber growth crushed its own forecast of 3.2 million, as the global streaming service signed up 5.2 million new members in the period.
«In fact, our most recent analysis of Netflix - related search data in the first two months of the first quarter suggested that U.S. subscriber trends are solid, while there is potential for upside to
international subscriber growth.»
Meanwhile, Techcrunch notes that although
mobile subscriber growth in China is actually slowing — since most people have cell phones — the percentage of people who can connect to the Internet on their phones is accelerating rapidly.
More important, as Sarandos stresses, «it's the cumulative impact of a lot of great programming that really
moves subscriber growth.»
Netflix shares are up more than 60 percent this year and more than 10 percent in the past month as the streaming video giant's
subscriber growth soared in its first quarter.
«With users and
subscriber growth ahead of all other platforms in our coverage group and global penetration rates of streaming subscriptions still relatively low, we believe Spotify maintains a long runway for subscriber additions.»
The stronger - than - expected earnings and
subscriber growth buoyed investors as Netflix shares soared nearly 20 % in after - hours US trading on Monday.
For example, the above mentioned NFLX — which is a great company with
great subscriber growth rates — reported free cash flows of a negative $ 2 billion last year and plans to burn through $ 3 to $ 4 billion in the current year.
We also have longer monthly meetings during which each individual team reports on their month over month progress and more niche metrics like email unsubscribe rate, social media reach, or
blog subscriber growth.
Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA)'s leap into the mobile market could add billions to the company's service revenue, but
cable subscriber growth and retention remain job No. 1, according to Deutsche Bank.
Reed Hastings, the CEO, believes that international will eventually account for 80 % of revenues, which would equate to roughly 300M subs, or 29 %
annual subscriber growth for ten years from today's levels.
This is a feature that's likely to include a lower - tiered pricing plan which includes advertising that could be a «key source of gross additions» and lead to
incremental subscriber growth, Wingren said.