How Streaming Changed Philippine Cinema in the 2010s1 min read
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn 2016, streaming giant Netflix expanded their subscriber base worldwide, including the Philippines in their 190-territory expansion. In just three short years, users have ballooned with nearly 300,000 in 2020, according to the statistics website Statista.
Netflix itself experienced a meteoric rise in the last decade. Originally founded as a rent-by-mail DVD service, they expanded to original programming in 2011 with their acquisition of the TV show House of Cards. Now, it boasts a content library that doesn’t just include Western films and TV shows but also international titles, from K-dramas to Filipino films.
This rise has paved the way for other streaming platforms. Major studios and corporations like Amazon, and now Disney and Apple, have built their own platforms (Amazon Prime, Disney+, and Apple TV, respectively) and have started producing and acquiring their own films and TV shows made specifically for these platforms. Even Facebook and YouTube have since ventured into original programming.
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