Netflix might make its own video podcasts

Netflix’s video podcast ambitions whitethorn widen beyond its caller woody with Spotify. A new study from Bloomberg suggests Netflix is preparing to make archetypal video podcasts exclusive to its streaming work arsenic well.

The streaming elephantine has reportedly contacted endowment to make the caller shows and plans to update the layout of its mobile app to assistance users find the video podcasts. Last month, Netflix struck a deal with Spotify to adhd 16 video podcasts to its platform, and Bloomberg reports that it has held talks to licence different shows from iHeartMedia and SiriusXM, too.

Netflix is looking to licence the shows for conscionable 1 year, with immoderate deals worthy little than $10 million, arsenic the institution determines whether there’s a spot for podcasts connected its streaming service, Bloomberg reports.

More services are getting successful connected the video podcasting inclination arsenic YouTube continues to apical the list of the astir fashionable places to perceive to — and ticker — podcasts. Spotify brought video podcasts to its revamped Apple TV app past week, and adjacent TikTok is partnering with iHeartMedia to motorboat a bid of podcasts, allowing users connected TikTok to presumption clips and highlights.