Netflix may hike prices after unveiling earnings this week

Crackdown on password-sharing by customers likely boosted subscribers by about 6m in the third quarter

Netflix's crackdown on password-sharing likely boosted subscribers by about 6m in the third quarter and the streaming pioneer is expected to set the stage for price increases when it reports earnings on Wednesday evening.

The only profitable major streamer, Netflix has resisted joining rivals like Walt Disney in hiking ad-free prices this year and instead curbed password-sharing outside households to tap the more than 100m viewers who use its service without subscribing.