stockholders would have. i think if they are losing subscribers at a smaller rate than they expected, it is a big win, i think. than they expected, it is a big win, ithink. maybe than they expected, it is a big win, i think. maybe we will get to this inner sex. i think the stranger things was such a crucial player in helping netflix stem the bleeding. without that show they would have been down as much as they expected. the show exceeded their expectations and our expectations. expectations. that is the challenge expectations. that is the challenge in expectations. that is the challenge in a expectations. that is the challenge in a way - expectations. that is the challenge in a way and l expectations. that is the - challenge in a way and maybe thatis challenge in a way and maybe that is the hallmark of every day is netflix coming up with outstanding series or documentaries or what might be that brought people in. once you are in, let s be honest, there is a lot of marsh to wade
peter bowes, great to have your programme to talk to those details, and as peter was saying then, there was a prominent member of the progressive wing of the democratic party present. the streaming giant netflix has just reported its second quarter results. it lost nearly a million subscribers from april throuthune, fewer than than the two million customers the company had warned investors it would lose. our business reporter samira hussain gave an update earlier. this time they didn t lose as many subscribers as they thought. they were expecting someone into million. they had two consecutive quarters where they lost subscribers. they are actually expecting to gain some one that they look at future forecast. what we think is really interesting is that revenue is up 9% year over year, but the reasoning is it really has to do with a lot of the currency exchanges, and i think we are going to see this
welcome to bbc news. i m david eades. our top stories: the heat and the havoc, as the uk records its highest ever temperatures the heatwave sparks dozens of fires around london. in europe, they re still fleeing the fires in their thousands. wildfires continue to affect countries right across the continent. in the us, 17 members of congress from the democratic party are arrested at an abortion rights protest outside the supreme court in washington. is it a netflix horror show? what s the true impact for the streaming service as it loses a million subscribers?
card that the us should be wary of wishing us here, particularly the war in ukraine. the us is hoping russia looks diminished enough that perhaps iran won t rely on them. plus, the war in syria is increasingly important, it has been weeks they have been threatening a new incursion on assyrian quotation forces, and president adorno telling people he no longer wants was supporting one s actual support, president erdogan. yes, meeting of allies but they have their own interests at heart and they are playing their own diplomatic games. the streaming giant netflix has just reported its second quarter results. it lost 970,000 subscribers from april throuthune, fewer than than the 2 million customers the company had warned investors it would lose. we can now speak to taylor lorenz who s a columnist at the washington post covering
there is a suggestion they aren t actually losing on actual viewers? yes, it is still seeing success, it has huge cultural power. when you think about it, netflix doesn t even know necessarily how many viewers they have total because there is so much password sharing going on right now on the site. up to five households could be using your netflix account so it still has a lot of impact and by far the biggest service. you are bringing up a guilty secret there, that i think many others do. is there much netflix can do about that and is there any point in them trying? certainly there is point in trying, even if they could convert some of those subscribers to boost