Netflix warns telecom partners to "crack down on password sharing or usher in a wave of complaints"

CTOnews.com, May 18 (Xinhua)-- according to the Financial Times, Netflix has met with Britain's top telecoms companies, which offer Netflix as part of a bundled deal for broadband services and television content, including Sky, BT, Virgin Media and TalkTalk. Netflix warned British companies offering Netflix bundles that they might receive complaints.

When Netflix users start sharing their accounts with friends outside their family, they may find that they have to pay extra. Netflix warned the telecoms companies that they "may receive complaints" once the plan is promulgated.

How Netflix cracked down on password sharing according to previous reports from CTOnews.com, Netflix said it plans to launch paid sharing widely in the second quarter of this year. The new feature prompts users to set a specific home location for their account. Users who want to add more homes will have to pay extra.

Paid sharing has been launched in Latin America, New Zealand, Spain, Portugal and Canada. Netflix lost more than 1 million users in Spain after a crackdown on password sharing, Bloomberg reported.

In a letter to shareholders in April, Netflix acknowledged the "cancellation reaction" to paid sharing. However, the streaming pointed out that after the initial decline, Canadian subscribers began to add additional member accounts. Executives assured investors that the results "strengthened our confidence and convinced us that we were taking the right approach".

Paid sharing will be widely extended to the United States, the United Kingdom and other regions within the next month.