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Ted Sarandos sees ‘no disruption to Netflix output for next few months’
Netflix content chief Ted Sarandos has said its content pipeline should remain unaffected “over the…
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Disney+ delays French roll-out as Apple & Amazon cut streaming quality
The roll-out of Disney+ has been delayed across France in the wake of the Coronavirus…
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TBI Scripted: How I became a producer on a Netflix drama
Michael Eagle-Hodgson tells TBI Scripted how he became a producer on Alex Piña and Left…
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Netflix subscribers grow in Russia as online video surges
Netflix now has a 4% share of the Russian streaming video market with about 140,000…
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Sony takes ‘Community’ non-exclusive as Netflix, Hulu strike deals
Netflix has signed a non-exclusive global deal with Sony Pictures Television (SPT) to begin streaming…
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India to be ‘third largest SVOD market’ by end of 2020
India will have the third most SVOD subscribers in any country worldwide by the end…
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‘Star Wars’ actor John Boyega partners with Netflix for African content
Netflix has partnered with Star Wars actor John Boyega’s company UpperRoom Productions to develop non-English…
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Netflix brings curtain down on ‘Lost In Space’ but signs up showrunner Zack Estrin
Netflix has signed an overall deal with Lost In Space showrunner Zack Estrin having renewed…
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Netflix rolls out top 10 lists globally
Netflix is rolling out its top 10 lists of its most popular content around the…
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Netflix builds on anime ambitions in Japan
Netflix has stepped up its anime push, partnering with six Japanese creators to develop original…
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Netflix boards Cate Blanchett’s ‘Stateless’
Netflix has boarded Cate Blanchett-starrer Stateless, in a deal announced on the eve of the…
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Netflix orders opioid crisis drama ‘Painkiller’
Netflix has greenlit Painkiller, a new scripted drama about the origins of the opioid crisis,…
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TBI Masterclass prepares to welcome Left Bank Pictures’ CEO Andy Harries
Join us tomorrow for our second TBI Masterclass, this time with Left Bank Pictures’ CEO…
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Kids round up: Netflix boards ‘Thomas and Friends’; Disney+ revives ‘The Mighty Ducks’; Kidoodle.TV signs up for ‘Yu-Gi-Oh!’
Netflix steams off with Thomas and Friends in US Netflix has acquired the streaming rights…
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Kids round-up: Netflix boards ‘Mighty Express’, Mediatoon racks up ‘Fox Badger Family’ sales
Netflix, Spin Master board Mighty Express Netflix and Spin Master Entertainment have boarded Mighty Express,…
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Netflix was pressured to remove nine titles by government, new report reveals
Netflix removed nine titles between 2015-20 as a result of censorship pressures from governments, the…
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Netflix strikes scripted deal with Alexander Woo
Netflix has agreed a scripted series deal with The Terror: Infamy showrunner Alexander Woo. The…
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Netflix to end ‘The Crown’ with Imelda Staunton confirmed as Queen
Netflix is to bring the curtain down on royal drama The Crown after a fifth…
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Netflix unveils Spanish slate with singing show, dramas and docs
Netflix is expanding its originals in Spain with a new musical competition format, a documentary…
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Amazon Prime nears Netflix as it unveils 150 million Prime members
Amazon Prime now has 150 million members worldwide, the company has revealed in its quarterly…
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HBO Max costs AT&T $1.2bn after ‘Friends’ and others taken off US market
Soon-to-launch US streamer HBO Max has cost AT&T’s WarnerMedia over US$1bn in forgone revenue, the…
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Show of the week: Night On Earth
Hostile Planet producer Plimsoll Productions has used a variety of ground-breaking camera techniques for its…
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TBI Weekly: Five key takeaways from NATPE 2020
NATPE has traditionally marked the start of the conference year for many execs across the…
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‘Blown Away’ producer Marblemedia readies three factual series
Toronto-based Marblemedia, the producer of Netflix hit Blown Away, is travelling to Realscreen next week…
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Netflix acquires Chinese animated series ‘Scissor Seven’
Netflix has added to its growing animation offer, acquiring Chinese animated series Scissor Seven. The…
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Animation studio Trioscope launches with Netflix WWII series ‘The Liberator’
Producers L.C. Crowley and Brandon Barr and animator and VFX artist Grzegorz Jonkajtys have launched Trioscope Studios,…
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‘Game Of Thrones’, ‘Stranger Things’, ‘Mandalorian’ win at Global TV Demand Awards
HBO’s Game Of Thrones, Netflix’s Stranger Things and Disney+’s The Mandalorian were among the winners…
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Streamer launches slow Netflix’s growth in US
Netflix added 8.7 million subscribers in the final quarter of 2019, ending the year with…
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How Netflix won back Hispanic and Latinx subscribers
As NATPE delegates arrive in Miami, Fateha Begum, associate director at TBI sibling IHS Markit…
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Netflix’s Sarandos: “who wouldn’t be interested” in deal with Harry and Meghan?
Netflix is interested in doing a deal with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, chief content…