Account sharing ends

STREAMING giant, Netflix is to crack down on account sharing, and in Spain this is expected to have a colossal impact on the company’s fortunes. Figures suggest that more than 60 per cent of users in Spain use shared accounts.

The American company has voiced its opposition to password sharing and intention to change the system for several years now, but a new announcement on Thursday, January 19 said that account sharing will be a thing of the past from the end of the first quarter of 2023.

The measure has been tested on the Latin American market, and saw thousands of people cancel subscriptions. Netflix recognised it was an unpopular measure following the pilot scheme, but is looking for more ways to clamp down on password sharing as they estimate 100 million users watch through shared accounts globally.

Netflix is also seeking to boost its revenue, and believes a new account model will achieve this.

Teachers set to strike

THE National Education Union (NEU) told a UK news source on Tuesday, January 17 that the threshold required to take strike action had been reached after balloting its 300,000 members.

NEU, the largest education union, said its members were looking for a “fully funded, above­inflation pay rise.”

A statement issued by the union said nine out of 10 members voted to take strike action and that teachers were not prepared to ‘stand by’ and see the education service ‘sacrificed’ due to ‘a toxic mix of low pay and excessive workload’.

Agency staff and volunteers will be free to cover classes for the walkouts, which will take place on February 1, 14 and 28 and March 1, 2, 15 and 16. The strikes are expected to affect 23,000 schools across England and Wales.

With the country already hard hit by the largest number of days lost to strikes in more than a decade, the news that teachers are to strike for seven days will be met with frustration and despair.

THE EU has said it is to delay the implementation of its new border checks in a boost for British holidaymakers.