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TBI Tech & Analysis: Digging into Netflix & Amazon’s int’l strategies
Tim Westcott, Omdia’s senior principal analyst, digital content and channels, delves into the differing…
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Netflix confirms ‘Squid Game’ return
Netflix has given the official greenlight to a second season of Squid Game, the Korean…
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Netflix enters the ‘Dragon Age’ with animated adaptation of video game franchise
Netflix has teamed up with video game studio Bioware for Dragon Age: Absolution, a new…
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Netflix adds eight new European animation projects
Netflix has unveiled a slate of new animated series and films from European producers, ahead…
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Apple TV+ takes Colin Farrell’s ‘Sugar’ drama to series
Apple TV+ has ordered its ‘genre-bending’ detective show Sugar to series, with Colin Farrell set…
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Netflix developing animated ‘Ghostbusters’ series
Netflix is developing a new animated series based on the Ghostbusters comedy-horror franchise, with the…
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Viaplay joins Netflix & TV2 Play in halting Danish drama productions
Nordic streamer Viaplay is to halt development and production of Danish scripted content, following similar…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Why SVOD giants have embraced non-US content
Tim Westcott, Omdia’s senior principal analyst, digital content and channels, explores why Netflix and Amazon…
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TBI Weekly: Why all eyes are on SVOD’s embrace of wildlife TV
Natural history has been evolving at pace over recent years, driven by surging demand from streamers….
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Netflix’s Sarandos stands by Chapelle & Gervais over trans jokes
Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos has restated his defence of comedian Dave Chapelle, as well as…
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Netflix & Channel 4 link for ‘Five Star Chef’
Global streamer Netflix and UK broadcaster Channel 4 have teamed to jointly commission Five Star…
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Netflix & Amazon to adapt Sony games ‘Horizon’ & ‘God Of War’
Netflix and Amazon Prime Video have partnered with Sony for TV shows based on the studios’ video…
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HBO Max strikes first-look deal with Omar Sy, star of Netflix’s ‘Lupin’
HBO Max has snagged a first-look TV deal with Lupin star Omar Sy. The French…
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Exclusive: Netflix UK & C4 scripted chiefs tipped for BBC head of drama role
Netflix’s UK chief Anne Mensah and Channel 4’s Caroline Hollick are among leading contenders to…
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Netflix & Canal+ back Franco-African women’s animation mentorships
Global streamer Netflix and France’s Canal+ are among a host of companies and organisations to…
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TBI In Conversation: How India reinvented US anti-hero ‘Ray Donovan’
Locomotive Global’s Sunder Aaron tells TBI’s Mark Layton what lies behind India’s scripted formats boom…
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UK subscribers embrace SVOD in face of cost-of-living crisis
Overall SVOD subscription numbers are increasing in the UK, despite the country’s current cost-of-living crisis,…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Unpacking Netflix’s most-watched shows in Q1 2022
Netflix suffered a battering from investors after its first quarter 2022 results, but how did…
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Netflix, YouTube & Hulu power US streaming to new record high in April
Netflix, YouTube and Hulu helped power streaming in the US to another record high for…
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Netflix extends See-Saw’s ‘Heartstopper’ with double season order
Netflix has ordered a further two seasons of its adaptation of Alice Oseman’s graphic book…
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TBI Weekly: What ‘Batwoman’ & ‘Yellowstone’ tell us ahead of LA Screenings
Next week’s LA Screenings promise to provide some answers to some big questions – namely,…
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Netflix lays off 150 staff as cost-cutting measures continue
Netflix has laid off around 150 members of staff, most of them based in the…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: What the Nordics tell us about streaming’s future
The Nordics have always tended to be at the forefront of global streaming trends, neatly…
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Netflix eyeing ad-support adoption for end of year
Netflix has reportedly told staff that its plans to add advertising to the platform could…
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Switzerland prepares for ‘Lex Netflix’ streaming tax referendum
Citizens in Switzerland are set to vote on the proposed ‘Lex Netflix’ law this weekend,…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: How online video can stand out amid a “tyranny of choice”
Netflix’s personalized homepage may drive viewership, but more and more people are looking beyond online…
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Netflix shares “long-term” Italian commitment; unveils slate as Rome office opens
Netflix has unveiled a new slate of Italian productions across scripted, unscripted and film, after…
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Lionsgate CEO on Netflix windowing strategy, Starz & embracing agencies
Netflix will “pivot” its business by reviewing its rights models and windowing – as well…
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TBI Weekly: What lies beyond the SVOD horizon?
Netflix’s plummeting share price has underlined the fragility of an SVOD-only model and already fed…
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Netflix faces shareholder lawsuit after subscriber slump
Netflix has been handed a lawsuit from shareholders in California over its recent subscriber decrease….