HBO, Apple, Google predicted to stunt Netflix growth in 2015
Netflix (NFLX) will see its U.S. subscriber growth slow dramatically in 2015 as new Internet video services from HBO and others hit the market, research firm Strategy Analytics predicts. Netflix will add 30% fewer subscribers next year than this year, Strategy Analytics Michael Goodman said in a note Monday. Netflix likely will add 4.1 million net new subscribers in the U.S. in 2015, compared with an estimated 5.91 million net new subscribers in 2014, Goodman said. He forecasts Netflix will end 2014 with 37.6 million paid subscribers in the U.S. Goodman sees Netflix’s domestic streaming subscriber growth dipping to 11% next year from 19% in 2014. “The two primary factors contributing to Netflix slowing growth in the U.S. is growing (over-the-top subscription video on demand) market saturation and HBO’s entrance into the OTT video market,” he said. Time Warner (TWX) is expected to launch its stand-alone HBO streaming video service…