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Want to Watch a Podcast? Netflix and Spotify Partner to Bring Video Podcasts to Streaming

Netflix will stream top video podcasts from Spotify, including sports and true crime, responding to 72% of listeners preferring video podcasts, starting early 2026 in the U.S.

  • Next year, Netflix will begin streaming a selection of Spotify video podcasts after the companies struck a licensing deal, debuting in the U.S. in early 2026 with other markets to follow.
  • Over the past year, Spotify boosted video tools and host incentives and launched a Partner Program to monetize creators amid rising YouTube competition.
  • Spotify and Netflix listed specific shows including sports and true-crime titles such as The Bill Simmons Podcast, The Rewatchables, and Serial Killers, many produced by The Ringer Podcast Network, which Spotify acquired for about $250 million.
  • This partnership gives creators new distribution and Netflix fresh, low-cost programming, the companies say it broadens discovery and complements Netflix's lineup while analysts call it a mutual defense move against YouTube.
  • Audience metrics show growing appetite for video podcasts as a Cumulus Media study found 72% of listeners prefer video and Spotify reports more than 430,000 video podcasts as of Q2 2025.
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Leading entertainment platforms, Netflix and Spotify, have signed an agreement to bring the podcasts to the TV, yes, only in video format.

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arcamax.com broke the news in on Tuesday, October 14, 2025.
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