Netflix confirms its ad-supported tier received’t have all its content material at launch – TechCrunch

In at present’s earnings name, Netflix confirmed the stories which were circulating since final week that it’s renegotiating offers to permit the streamer to place content material on its cheaper advertising-supported plan, the arrival of which on the platform has been moved to early 2023.

“The overwhelming majority of what folks watch on Netflix we are able to embrace within the ad-supported tier. There’s some issues that don’t, and we’re in dialog with the studios on. But when we launched the product at present, the members of the advert tier may have an important expertise. And we’ll clear some extra content material […] definitely not all of it however don’t suppose it’s a fabric holdback to the enterprise,” mentioned Ted Sarandos, chief government officer of Netflix.

The stakes are excessive for the streaming service to ship a high quality lineup of reveals for the newer and cheaper tier, as the corporate reported at present a lack of 970,000 subscribers within the second quarter of 2022. Locking a few of its premier programming strictly behind the paywall could possibly be a deterrent for folks contemplating the ad-supported model however searching for particular reveals.

Netflix didn’t say who precisely they’re in talks with or what particular titles wouldn’t be on the ad-supported tier. Nevertheless, the The Wall Street Journal reported that Warner Bros., Common and Sony Footage are among the main leisure studios that Netflix is making an attempt to amend programming offers with.

Warner Bros. owns the licensing to Netflix’s hit drama “You,” the darkish comedy “Russian Doll” belongs to Common and reveals “The Crown” and “Cobra Kai” are produced by Sony.

Netflix declined TechCrunch’s request for remark.

Additionally revealed within the letter to shareholders is that Netflix’s ad-supported tier rollout can be gradual, and the plan will “seemingly begin in a handful of markets the place promoting spend is critical.”

Up to date 7/19/22, 8:10 p.m. ET with Netflix’s decline to remark