Netflix boosts membership, profits

GOING GLOBAL: Netflix added 2.4 million customers in its roughly 50 international markets, bringing its global total to 57.4 million worldwide.

NEW YORK: Streaming video giant Netflix said its global membership swelled to 57.4 million at the end of 2014, capping a quarter that also saw profits grow. 

In its quarterly report, Netflix said it added 4.3 million subscribers in the past quarter and 13 million for the year.