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Netflix Now Has 139 Million Subscribers and Says It Competes With ‘Fortnite More Than HBO’

Streaming service estimates it commands 10% of all U.S. TV screen time

Netflix estimates 40 million members will watch at least 70% of an episode of You in its first four weeks.Netflix
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By Jason Lynch

January 17, 2019

It will now be even tougher for the four big streaming services scheduled to debut in the next year—from Disney, AT&T, Apple and NBCUniversal—to catch up with Netflix.

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Jason Lynch

Jason Lynch is TV editor at Adweek, overseeing trends, technology, personalities and programming across broadcast, cable and streaming video.

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