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Netflixās (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 itās also one of the most nominated platforms heading into this yearās Primetime Emmy Awards.
This year, Netflix came in with a 117 nominations ā with its most-nominated content going to the drama miniseries, āWhen They See Us.ā
To be sure, the company is bracing itself for what CEO Reed Hastings said was ātough 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 itās not just Disney and Apple on Netflixās 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.
During a very busy week, Netflix snagged the global streaming rights to ā90s sitcom āSeinfeldā in a reported deal worth over $500 million. The so-called āshow about nothingā represented a crucial win for the company after it lost both āFriendsā and āThe Officeā to rival competitors.
Meanwhile, NBCUniversal (CMCSA) officially unveiled the name of its streaming service, Peacock, while also announcing āSaved by the Bellā and āBattlestar Galacticaā revivals.
NBCās chairman told Deadline in an interview published Thursday that resurrecting āThe Officeā is a big time āgoalā 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 āThe Big Bang Theoryā, according to sources from āThe Hollywood Reporter.ā
Alexandra Canal is a Producer at Yahoo Finance.
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