Netflix produces record first quarterApril 17, 2018 09.48 Europe/London By Julian Clover Increases in both subscriber numbers and prices helped Netflix to a 43% first quarter revenue increase year-over-year.The streaming service passed a new Q1 record by adding 7.41 million new subscribers, a 50% increase on the year. There are now 125 million subscribers across the globe, split 56.71 million in the United States and 68.29 million internationally.Total revenues of $3,602 million are currently weighted in favour of the United States, but it is anticipated that this will be eclipsed by international revenues in the next quarter.Chairman and CEO Reed Hastings said that the company