Netflix Could Lose 20% Of Its Library Starting In 2019
By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 17, 2019 12:30 pm EST
According to the TV industry research company Ampere Analysis (via ComicBook.com), Comcast (or NBCUniversal), Fox, Disney and WarnerMedia currently account for around 20% of Netflix’s content library. And nearly all of them have announced plans to launch their own streaming services, which means each of them will likely not be sending nearly as much of their content to Netflix.
However, this is merely a prediction based on assumptions. While plenty of programming will end up being exclusive to these streaming services and no longer available at Netflix, it’s not a forgone conclusion that all of that content will be exclusive. After all, Netflix has to pay these companies for that content, and if they’re willing to pay $100 million to WarnerMedia in order to keep all seasons of Friends through 2019, it might behoove these companies to still allow Netflix to keep some of their movies and TV shows.
It’s also worth noting that not every piece of content from the likes of Disney, Fox, WarnerMedia and Comcast is as valuable as something like Friends or The Office. So while Netflix stands to lose 20% of their library if these companies take all of their balls and go home, it may not that big of a loss for most subscribers out there. That’s especially true when you consider just how much original content Netflix is churning out, spending roughly $13 billion last year for new content.
