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Netflix overtakes Sky Deutschland in customer numbers

October 15, 2018 10.11 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Amazon Prime Video and Netflix have further expanded their customer base and are the two largest subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) platforms in Germany.

This is reported by SVOD provider Cirkus with reference to a recent study by UK market research company Ampere Analysis. With around 5.1 million customers, Netflix has – as expected – overtaken Sky Deutschland in Q3 2018, which had 4.8 million subscribers in Germany at the end of June. Amazon Prime Video remains number one with around 9.9 million customers.

“The fact that Netflix overtakes Sky Deutschland in terms of subscribers is a milestone in the German pay-TV market. It clearly shows how much German viewers value their SVOD services and are willing to pay for them,” said Mark Bradford, co-founder and CEO of Cirkus. “The challenge for smaller niche providers like Cirkus is to take advantage of this customer appetite and offer complementary program catalogues to Amazon Prime and Netflix, which they can easily subscribe to.”

The trend towards using several SVOD services in parallel continues. In Q3 2018, more than half (54%) of German broadband households subscribed to two or more SVOD services. 12% subscribed to four or more SVOD services.

“Cirkus’ business model is based on the assumption that over time German viewers will build their own SVOD bundles and complement their Amazon Prime and Netflix subscriptions with niche offerings such as Cirkus,” Bradford said. “It encourages us to see that the number of German broadband households with more than four SVOD services continues to grow. We are focusing on working with distribution partners to make subscribing to Cirkus as easy as possible.”

Since its launch on Sweden’s largest cable network ComHem in 2013, Cirkus has continuously expanded its reach and is now available in seven European countries (Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Germany, Austria and Switzerland). In German-speaking countries, distribution partnerships have been signed with Amazon Prime Video in Germany and Austria as well as with cable operators and telecommunications companies such as A1 in Austria and Swisscom/Teleclub in Switzerland. In the near future, Cirkus plans to announce a major distribution deal in Germany.

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Filed Under: Channels, Distribution, Editor's Choice, Newsline, On Demand/VOD, Platforms Tagged With: Amazon Prime Video, Cirkus, Mark Bradford, Netflix, Sky Deutschland, subscribers Edited: October 16, 2018 11:08

About Jörn Krieger

Jörn reports on the latest developments in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Since 1992, he has been working as a freelance journalist, specialised in digital media, broadcast technology, convergence and new markets. He also takes up University lectureships, writes articles in specialist publications, and produces radio reports. Jörn is also a moderator of panel discussions at industry events such as ANGA COM, Medientage München and IFA Berlin.

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