Add it Up: Crunching Numbers for Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Jeremy Lin

Netflix, Apple and Amazon compete for sales, customers and attention. In the slideshow, Hastings also announces a stunningly ambitious goal for Netflix: 60 to 90 million domestic subscribers for its streaming video service. Netflix Business Opportunity #iframe: http://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/5854575?rel=0|||||| View more presentations from Reed Hastings That's two to three times HBO's subscribers, which Hastings pins at approximately 30 million. He argues that Netflix, which currently boasts 21.67 million streaming and 24.4 million total subscribers in the U.S., has a higher upper limit for subscribers than HBO. Hastings also argues that Netflix also offers a broader range of content choices, especially kids' and family programming, and value-added digital-first services like recommendations and social media integration.