Netflix winning over Emmy Awards voters, but faces fierce streaming fight

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Netflixā€™s (NFLX) stock nosedived on Friday on fears the streaming wars could batter its bottom line, but the company is well positioned among one particularly influential demographic: Hollywood.

The streaming giant is fending off stiff competition in its industry, but itā€™s also one of the most nominated platforms heading into this yearā€™s Primetime Emmy Awards.

This year, Netflix came in with a 117 nominations ā€” with its most-nominated content going to the drama miniseries, ā€œWhen They See Us.ā€

To be sure, the company is bracing itself for what CEO Reed Hastings said was ā€œtough competitionā€ from Disney (DIS) and Apple (AAPL), in a published interview with Variety.

And Netflix is shelling out a lot of money to fight back. It plans to spend about $17.5 billion in purchasing and creating content for 2019 with both Apple TV+ and Disney+ gearing up for rapidly-approaching November launches.

And itā€™s not just Disney and Apple on Netflixā€™s heels. Recent multi-million dollar announcements point to a much more competitive landscape, as platforms scramble for quality content they can leverage to lure in paying customers.

Graphic by David Foster/Yahoo Finance

During a very busy week, Netflix snagged the global streaming rights to ā€˜90s sitcom ā€œSeinfeldā€ in a reported deal worth over $500 million. The so-called ā€œshow about nothingā€ represented a crucial win for the company after it lost both ā€œFriendsā€ and ā€œThe Officeā€ to rival competitors.

Meanwhile, NBCUniversal (CMCSA) officially unveiled the name of its streaming service, Peacock, while also announcing ā€œSaved by the Bellā€ and ā€œBattlestar Galacticaā€ revivals.

NBCā€™s chairman told Deadline in an interview published Thursday that resurrecting ā€œThe Officeā€ is a big time ā€œgoalā€ as the platform looks to capitalize on fan favorites from the past.

And in possibly the most impressive money move of the week, HBO Max (T) landed a reported multi-billion dollar deal for ā€œThe Big Bang Theoryā€, according to sources from ā€œThe Hollywood Reporter.ā€

Alexandra Canal is a Producer at Yahoo Finance.

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