Netflix (NFLX) announced a new platform metric on Wednesday, stating in a blog post that its $7.99 ad tier, now three years old, has reached "critical scale in all markets," with ads on its platform reaching more than 190 million monthly active viewers (MAV) in October. The new metric encompasses members who have watched at least one minute of ads on Netflix per month. The number is then multiplied by the estimated average number of people per household, as determined from Netflix's first-party research. ...