Netflix rolls out new TV app, first major revamp in 10 years! Here's what OTT subscribers should know
Netflix started rolling out the first major revamp of its television app in a decade on Thursday, testing changes designed to help viewers more quickly decide what they want to watch. The OTT streaming giant wants to increase the time that viewers spend on the app to help retain customers and draw subscribers to its new, lower cost plans with advertising, as per a Reuters report.
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Netflix New TV App
Company research showed users were performing what Netflix executive Pat Flemming called «eye gymnastics», or looking around to various parts of the Netflix home screen, when trying to find a title that interested them.
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Viewers' eyes were darting around from «the row name to today's top picks, to the box art, to the video, back to the synopsis,» Flemming, senior director of member product, told Reuters in an interview. «We really wanted to make that simpler, more intuitive, everything easier to navigate.»
Netflix Global Users
A subset of Netflix's nearly 270 million users around the globe will see the new format starting Thursday. The company will take feedback, and possibly make changes, before unveiling it more widely.
Key Changes in Netflix TV App
Netflix has been emphasizing engagement time as a key metric, telling investors it is the «best proxy for customer satisfaction». The company will stop
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