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TBI Tech & Analysis: Underlining the value of Netflix’s non-English content

Omdia’s senior analyst Daoud Jackson delves into Netflix’s global viewership data and explores what it tells us about global consumption patterns. Netflix is both a supplier and a producer of content at a global level, and its viewership data allows us to see where substantial asymmetries exist between where shows are produced and where they […]

Netflix adds Steven Knight, Guy Ritchie & Bear Grylls projects to UK slate

Netflix has commissioned a slew of new UK originals, across scripted and unscripted, including an adaptation of the Marian Keyes novel Grown Ups and new projects from Guy Ritchie, Steven Knight and Bear Grylls. The orders come just a day after Netflix revealed its slate of new German shows in the works, with the streamer […]

Netflix expands German originals slate with factual focus

Netflix has a unveiled a slew of new German originals, partnering with companies including Banijay and Constantin Entertainment across documentaries, drama and reality shows. Fight For Paradise: Who Can You Trust is a new reality show from Banijay Productions Germany that follows strangers as they maneuver their way into a luxury paradise and out of […]

Exclusive: Netflix ad tier driving growth as viewers watch more than ‘Basic’ users

Netflix’s launch of an ad-supported tier in late 2022 and crackdown on account sharing has driven growth and “future resilience” in the UK & US over the past year, following a decline in subscribers, according to a new report by research powerhouse Omdia. After a sustained period of growth in subscriptions triggered by the pandemic, […]

Netflix & WGGB agree UK writers fees, shifting away from rights in perpetuity

Netflix has struck its first deal with The Writers Guild of Great Britain (WGGB) in a move that will see its members shifting away from granting rights in perpetuity. The agreement between the global streamer, the WGGB and agent union the Personal Managers’ Association (PMA) means writers of singles and one-offs will receive a minimum […]

Netflix lands Mike Tyson & Jake Paul boxing fight rights

Netflix is moving deeper into live sports by striking a deal to stream a boxing match between Mike Tyson and YouTube star Jake Paul. The fight, which will be live streamed globally by Netflix, takes place Saturday, 20 July 20 at the home of the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys. “Mike Tyson is one of the biggest […]

Netflix ups Nuha El Tayeb to oversee Arabic content slate

Netflix has promoted long-serving exec Nuha El Tayeb to oversee all Arabic content for the streamer, following the exit of Ahmed Sharkawi. Joining Netflix in 2018, El Tayeb was promoted to her current role as content director for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and Turkey in December 2019. El Tayeb spent two years […]

Netflix expands Nigerian originals slate

Netflix has unveiled two new Nigerian originals series and a film as part of a slate of projects from women filmmakers in the country and other parts of Africa, as it celebrates International Women’s Day. On the series side, Mo Abudu is exec producing Baby Farm for Netflix, which tells the story of Adanna, a […]

Netflix orders pair of Dick Wolf true crime shows & extends Viaplay’s ‘Pørni’

Netflix has partnered with Law & Order franchise creator Dick Wolf on a pair of true crime docuseries beginning with Homicide: New York, which will debut later this month. Produced by Wolf Entertainment and Alfred Street Industries, the five-part series will shed light on five of New York’s most notorious murder cases by following the […]

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