The low-cost subscription of Netflix – the one with advertising – might not be so exciting after all. For starters, the new subscription will not include all content listed in the platform catalog. Some movies and shows are exclusive to the more expensive plans (the Base, Standard, and Premium currently on the market).
The news comes straight from the CEO of Netflix Ted Sarandos, who spoke about it at the press conference devoted to the financial results of the last quarter. On that occasion, the company also announced that it had lost an additional one million subscribers in the past three months.
Anyway, it looks like I absent content in the subscription with ads there will be few. According to Sarandos, Netflix will be able to include “the vast majority of content” in the new subscription. Of course, all original Netflix content is included.
Sarandos has hinted that the exclusion of some movies and TV series would depend solely on agreements with production and distribution companies. In other words, Netflix will have to discuss the distribution rights with content owners again. This is because Netflix’s distribution rights do not contractually state ad breaks, which would require additional permission.
The co-CEO confirmed that the Netflix subscription will be supported by: commercial break it will debut in early 2023. Recently, the company announced that it will rely on Microsoft to launch the new subscription.
Source: Lega Nerd
