Netflix Downplays Engagement Worries

Dow Jones06:20

Netflix executives field several questions around the streaming platform's engagement metrics during its latest earnings call. The executives reiterate that engagement remains healthy, and emphasize that viewing hours don't necessarily have a linear relationship with financial metrics. Some content offerings, like live events, drive acquisition but don't yield as many raw viewers, while others, like kids and family TV, take up the same amount of content spending but drive more raw viewers, Co-CEO Greg Peters says during a call with analysts. "Ultimately, it's combined quality, variety, and quantity of engagement that translates into satisfaction and value for members, and that drives the strong business outcomes we see right now," Peters says. "We see increased willingness to pay strong advertiser demand, and those ultimately drive the top-level metrics of our business revenue and operating profit, which are really the ultimate signs of our health."

(kelly.cloonan@wsj.com)

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