Netflix to raise prices for new subscribers by $1 or $2 this summer after 1Q earnings soar
SAN FRANCISCO – Netflix is preparing to raise its Internet video subscription prices by as much as $2 per month this summer to help pay for more programming such as its popular political drama “House of Cards.”
The price increase will be imposed on new customers by July. The company says current U.S. subscribers will continue to pay $8 per month for a “generous time period.”
Netflix announced the price increase as part of its first-quarter earnings released Monday.
Investors evidently liked the move. The company’s stock surged 6 per cent in extended trading after the results came out.
Netflix Inc. earned $53 million, or 86 cents per share, during the first three months of the year. That compared to $2.7 million, or 5 cents, last year.
Revenue rose 24 per cent to $1.3 billion.
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