Netflix price to new customers increase

Netflix is going to have this quarter are prices with a one or two dollar increase for new customers, depending on the country. The current customers continue to have the current prices, but should in the long term to pay more.

The price increase follows a trial in Ireland, where the prices in January increased from 6,99 to 7,99 euro. Existing subscribers will remain there for two years, 6,99 euro pay. Netflix says that the increase hardly had any impact on the number of notifications, the next increase by one or two dollars per month would be justified.

It is not known what the price increase in the Netherlands is going to be, but it is likely to have one or two euro per month. “These changes allow us to have more content to offer and a better streaming experience to deliver”, the company said in a statement at the presentation of its quarterly figures.

Netflix is investing more and more in their own content, such as ‘House of Cards’ and ‘Orange Is the New Black’. In the US, saw the company is also obliged to provider Comcast to pay for a direct connection between the two parties, for streaming video at higher speeds. The expectation is that Netflix more paid-for agreements with providers will have to close, whereby the costs for the company continue to rise.

Netflix saw its number of customers in the U.S. to grow by between 2.25 million to 35,67 million. Internationally, a growing number of customers with 1.75 million to 12,68 million. That brings the total number of customers on 48,35 million. According to rumors, going to Netflix in 2014 to significantly expand in Europe and to France, Germany and Belgium this year. The quarterly revenue came out at 1.27 billion dollars.