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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Mark Sweney

Netflix faces losing licensed hit shows to streaming rivals

The cast of Friends
Friends is the most popular show among British Netflix viewers Photograph: NBC/NBCUniversal/Getty Images

Netflix faces the threat of an exodus of a number of hit shows as it battles to reignite subscriber growth, with almost a third of its most popular content with British viewers – from Friends and Pretty Little Liars to Paw Patrol – licensed from rivals building their own streaming services.

Earlier this month, Netflix’s market value was slashed by almost $60bn as investors panicked that the decade-long streaming boom has come to an end, after the company forecast it would lose millions of subscribers in the first half of this year.

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