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Erik Barmack
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TBI Weekly: Netflix regime change signals new opportunities for international
Netflix is the latest player to join in on an extensive executive overhaul out of…
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Netflix’s Bajaria to lead non-English series as Barmack exits
Netflix VP of content Bela Bajaria is set to lead its international non-English TV originals…
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European content rules to be finalised by year’s end
European content quota rules for digital streaming services are expected to be finalised by the…
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Netflix’s Sky drama hire points to a major UK strategy shift
Sky drama boss Anne Mensah’s appointment at Netflix has been hailed by the British production…
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Netflix gives Rainbow’s Winx Club the live-action treatment
Netflix is bringing Rainbow Group’s popular Italian animated franchise Winx Club to its members yet…
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Netflix brings in trio of Indian originals
Netflix is set to bring in three more Indian originals, including a drama, horror and…
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Netflix to open Future Strategy Office as Korean sitcom
Netflix is set to launch a new South Korean sitcom with YG Entertainment, a music…
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Netflix sets second Colombian original
Netflix is set to bring its second Colombian original series, Siempre Bruja, to its worldwide…
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Netflix set for new French comedy
Netflix is set to launch its next French original comedy, which will be available exclusively…
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Netflix puts Italian Baby in its corner
Streaming service Netflix has ordered another original series out of Italy – a drama based…
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Netflix to launch Brazilian period drama
Netflix is set to produce its latest Brazilian original series, Coisa Mais Linda, a period…
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Netflix orders second German original
SVOD giant Netflix has commissioned a second original drama from Germany. Dogs of Berlin follows…
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Netflix orders second Spanish original
Netflix has commissioned its second Spanish original series, Elite, which is currently in development. The…
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Netflix makes it Rain as Danish drama nears
Production has begun on streaming service Netflix’s first Scandinavian original, a dystopian drama. The Rain…
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Netflix cuts into Turkey with original
Streaming giant Netflix is getting into the original programming game in Turkey. The Los Gatos-based…
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Netflix adapts fantasy saga The Witcher
Netflix is working on a series adaptation of the fantasy novel and video game saga…
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Netflix creates 400 Euro jobs, new originals
SVOD giant Netflix is on a European charm offensive, creating 400 jobs at a new…
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Netflix dives into Spanish-language comedy
Netflix has ordered a new Spanish-language comedy from Mexican filmmaker Manolo Caro. Described as a…
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Netflix orders Indian crime drama
Global streaming service Netflix has ordered its first original series out of India, an organised…
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Netflix and TF1 strike free TV deal
TF1 will screen the opening episodes of Netflix’s first French original series Marseille two weeks…
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Netflix wires up first Spanish original
Netflix is to work up an original drama from Spain with Madrid’s Bambú Productions. The…
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Netflix orders first anime original
SVOD network Netflix has scored a “groundbreaking deal” to launch an original anime original around…
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Netflix confirms German original
Netflix is following Amazon Prime Instant Video into the German originals market. The US-based streaming…
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Brazilian original drama for Netflix
Netflix has ordered its first Brazilian-created original drama, which will be titled 3%. The series…
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Netflix, Family enrol Degrassi for new class
Days after MTV Canada and TeenNick declared class was over for high school drama Degrassi,…
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Netflix nets exclusive global rights to The Returned remake
Netflix has acquired exclusive global rights to The Returned, the US remake of French drama…
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Netflix greenlights Justin Time spin-off
Streaming service Netflix has greenlit a spin-off of Justin Time, the animated kids series from…
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Netflix, Rainbow line-up new Winx Club
Netflix has commissioned a double-season spin-off to the popular Italian franchise Winx Club. Season one…