Netflix Content Spending on Par with Premium Networks

World Screen: Netflix’s annual content spend, which in 2016 amounted to $4.7 billion, is now comparable to a premium channel group or platform, Ampere Analysis reports. Daniel Gadher, analyst at Ampere Analysis, said: “Netflix is re-engineering as a premium channel play and its content spend, as well as the refinement we are seeing in its content catalog, reflect this.”