Netflix will stop releasing full seasons to release weekly episodes – Pixabay (courtesy)
Recently, Netflix’s interest in leaving behind many of the models that have characterized its company and opting for the change to offer its new subscribers, has been a priority within the service. And along the same lines, the streaming platform could stop releasing full seasons, to start releasing weekly episodes.
Releases such as “The House of the Dragon” or the series “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” have had great success this year thanks to the premiere of weekly episodes, while by Netflix, big bets like “Stranger Things’ and ‘The Sandman’ also showed that, on the contrary, model binge watching”, where the entire season premieres on the same day, it was a hit.
However, a recent Puck News report assures this Netflix could drop the model “binge watching”, And instead she is interested in publishing new episodes of her series weekly in her catalog. The decision seems to come after “increased competition” in the streaming market.
It is worth mentioning that with titles like ‘Ozark’ or ‘Better Call Saul’, Netflix had already tried to release weekly episodesand although it was a functional strategy, the success of the great series of the year, mentioned above, would have made them change their mind and leave this model that has accompanied the company for more than 10 years.
A new model that would help Netflix
In recent years, Netflix has released many series that have eventually been canceled after their first installment, such as the adaptation of “Cowboy Bebop”, “The Jupiter Legacy”, “The OA”, among many other examples. This new launch model could help the company, which reported losing subscribers for the first time in its history.
With this new release model, some experts ensure that, so, users are not left in oblivion as their new installment arrives, they have more time to live and those who like to run a marathon can wait for all the episodes to arrive. While the emotion for each delivery is more lasting.
In addition to this, Netflix is preparing new commercial strategies, such as cheaper packages and with ads, as well as eliminating the functionality of sharing the same account in different houses. The next few months will be crucial for the future of the company and, if true, there may soon be official news on its “binge watching” model.
Source: Nacion Flix
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