Amazon, AT&T, Apple and the Walt Disney Company have spent billions to create or bolster their own streaming networks to take on the giant in the field. Others, like AT&T and Disney, have positioned themselves as services that sell only their content — for now. Its subscriber growth has slowed, however, more in the United States than elsewhere, partly because of price increases and stiffening competition. For the moment, though, Netflix is soundly beating its streaming rivals — in subscribers, viewing time and library of content. Hulu has long had trouble steering its own course, because it has had to deal with multiple corporate overlords since it was founded in 2007.

Source: New York Times April 16, 2019 23:46 UTC