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Netflix
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Exclusive: BBC Studios reveals impact of Discovery deal on catch-up rights
BBC Studios has revealed it will still be able to offer first window catch-up rights…
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Netflix set for Neil Gaiman’s ‘Sandman’ adaptation
Netflix is poised to hand a commission to a big budget TV adaptation of Neil…
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TBI Weekly: Netflix’s rare transparency serves “global inspiration” to producers
Netflix’s unprecedented transparency in detailing its documentary strategy at this week’s Sunny Side of the…
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Pop TV revives axed Netflix show ‘One Day at a Time’
US cabler Pop TV has reversed the trend of streamers reviving network shows by coming…
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Netflix’s Hastings to keynote at RTS
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings is to deliver a keynote address at this year’s Royal Television…
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France’s joint SVOD Salto heads to regulator after months-long delay
After months of delay, French subscription video-on-demand joint venture Salto is finally in the hands…
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Netflix film exec joins Disney+
Disney has poached Netflix’s director of original film Matt Brodlie to aid in the growth…
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Netflix to lose ‘The Office’ to NBCU
NBCUniversal (NBCU)’s forthcoming streaming service will become home to the US version of The Office…
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Cracking down on co-productions
Alastair Fothergill, producer of Netflix’s Our Planet, has warned that SVOD players “will not consider…
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Inside Netflix’s original documentary strategy
Netflix exec Diego Buñuel has called for “insane” contemporary stories that can “punch through the…
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Netflix orders Swedish crime series ‘Snabba Cash’, renews ‘The Rain’ for final season
Netflix is stocking up on more Scandi dramas. The streamer has ordered Snabba Cash, a…
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‘Murder Mystery’ breaks viewing record, says Netflix
Netflix has revealed viewing figures for Murder Mystery, starring Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston, saying…
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Netflix orders more ‘Queer Eye’, cancels ‘Chambers’
Netflix has renewed Queer Eye for two more seasons, but cancelled supernatural drama Chambers, starring…
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Netflix boards ‘Age of Samurai’ drama doc
Netflix and Blue Ant Media-run Smithsonian Canada have commissioned Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan,…
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Round-up: Lena Dunham to direct HBO’s ‘Industry’; A+E UK snaps up ‘Photos’
Lena Dunham to direct HBO’s Industry Lena Dunham is to direct and executive produce international…
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Exclusive: ‘Blue Planet II’ exec joins Honeyborne as Netflix grows UK footprint
Blue Planet II production exec Katie Hall has departed the BBC’s Natural History Unit to…
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Netflix sets up Sydney office
Netflix has set up a local outpost in Australia, with a small Sydney office slowly…
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Netflix poaches Fox exec for theatrical distribution
Netflix has hired a 20th Century Fox distribution exec as director of theatrical distribution. Spencer…
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Netflix poaches Fox exec for theatrical distribution
Netflix has hired a 20th Century Fox distribution exec as director of theatrical distribution. Spencer…
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More US studios say they will reconsider shooting in Georgia
NBCUniversal, WarnerMedia, Sony, Viacom and AMC have joined Disney and Netflix in saying they will…
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Bob Iger: Disney is watching Georgia fall-out “very closely”
Disney has joined Netflix in expressing reservations about shooting in Georgia over the state’s controversial…
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Netflix hires Monika Shergill to run Indian originals
Netflix India has appointed Monika Shergill as head of original programming in the country. Shergill…
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Netflix threatens to pull productions from Georgia
Netflix has become the first major Hollywood studio to weigh in on Georgia’s abortion law,…
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BAFTA, Netflix partner to take talent scheme global
Netflix has boarded BAFTA’s flagship new talent scheme Breakthrough Brits, replacing Burberry as the initiative’s…
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Netflix steps up Arabic production
Netflix has greenlit its third original Middle Eastern series, Paranormal. Paranormal is based on the…
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Netflix exec overseeing India to depart
Another Netflix exec overseeing Indian content is to depart the streaming giant. The Los Angeles-based…
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Netflix eyes studio space at UK’s Pinewood Studios
Netflix is looking to lease at least a third of the UK’s Pinewood Studios as…
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Exclusive: Sky Drama exec joins Anne Mensah at Netflix
Sky Drama’s head of development Lindsay Salt has joined Anne Mensah’s scripted team at Netflix,…
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Sales round-up: Cineflix Rights, Orange Smarty, Beano Studios
Cineflix Rights scores French deal for Marcella The London-based distributor has sold series one of…
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Netflix buys second major drama from Youku
Netflix has picked up Youku series I Hear You. The streaming giant has acquired the…