Netflix

• Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson got 49 million Netflix views in 2024, but it was no CoComelon
• The Paul x Tyson fight helped Netflix drive record account growth–just before it stops reporting subscriber counts

  Netflix expects live events like the Jake Paul x Mike Tyson boxing match to be "a small percentage of our total view hours and content expense," but still thinks they will "result in outsized value to both our members and our business," it said during its fourth-quarter earnings call this week.

  
• The Sidemen say they’ve hit “the ceiling” of what they can do on YouTube. So they’re going to Netflix.

  The Sidemen have signed the second U.K.-based season of their Big Brother-style influencer reality show, Inside, over to Netflix. The streaming service has also commissioned the first season of a U.S.-based version of Inside, the BBC reports. Both those seasons will air only on Netflix—not on YouTube.

  
• As YouTube dominates streaming, Netflix and Roku stop reporting subscriber counts

  The fact that major streaming services are bringing their metrics in line with YouTube's--along with all the other statements Netflix has made about YouTube lately--indicates these services see the platform as a top competitor, and want to stack their numbers against its performance.

  
• Netflix’s “clip that” feature will let fandoms to drive word-of-mouth marketing
• Netflix just closed its AAA game studio
• Netflix wants to make live TV work. So it’s getting John Mulaney to host its next show.
• YouTube’s latest animation darling gets picked up by Netflix
• Netflix just spent $5 billion on 10 years of WWE Raw
• Netflix axes basic plan as it adds 6 million subscribers
• Price cuts are coming to a Netflix region near you
• Netflix braces for cancellations as it begins crackdown on password sharing