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Netflix Finishes 2017 With a Record Profit

Geoff Riley

23rd January 2018

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A staggering chart highlighting the surge in Netflix profits over the last twelve months. Having generated $11.7 billion in revenue, Netflix posted a record profit of $559 million in the last financial year.

Is their rapid growth of revenue sustainable? What are the commercial challenges facing a business that has grown at such a breakneck speed? They continue to invest heavily in new programme content. In 2017 Netflix spent $6 billion on 30 new original shows.

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.