Netflix crackdown on password sharing to begin in coming months

Sharing accounts across multiple households likely to attract additional fee as streaming giant looks to recoup subscriber losses

Streaming giant Netflix will begin its crackdown on password sharing in the first quarter of this year, after the release of its company earnings report to shareholders last week.

The practice of sharing passwords with people outside the subscriber’s household will become more complex and is likely to involve an additional fee to share a single subscription across multiple locations.