Baseball: WBC interest fails to drive Netflix subscriptions in Japan

TOKYO - Interest in the World Baseball Classic did not translate into Netflix subscriptions for Japanese fans, a recent Kyodo News phone survey showed.

While 4.9 percent of respondents said they newly subscribed to the major U.S. streaming service to watch the WBC, 36.4 percent said they were interested in the tournament but decided not to sign up, according to the survey conducted March 7 and 8.