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Netflix pulls plug on five shows, including fan favourite ‘Shadow And Bone’
Netflix has pulled the plug on five shows, including apparent fan favourite Shadow And Bone….
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Tapping into TV & streaming’s key trends for 2024
As the industry reflects on the trials and tribulations of 2023, Omdia analysts Rob Moyser…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: How Disney+’s move towards AVOD aims to reignite subs growth
Omdia’s Rob Moyser & Matthew Evenson explore the growth of Disney+’s ad-supported subscription tier and…
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Netflix trims scripted team with trio of directors incl Carnival alum Alex Sapot departing
Netflix has trimmed its drama division according to US reports, with three directors among those…
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Netflix hits 15 million ad-supported users & adds DCEU movie selection
Netflix has surpassed 15 million global monthly active users of its ad-supported tier one year…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Will scrapping free plan in Kenya pay off for Netflix?
Netflix revealed plans to end its free mobile-only plan in Kenya, which gave users access…
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Netflix eyes NBA docuseries with LeBron James, Peyton Manning & Obama prodcos attached
Netflix is looking to up the ante on its sports programming, this time with an…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Tracking US studio streamer spending in 2023
Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), NBCUniversal (NBCU) and Paramount all made the decision to fight…
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SkyShowtime lands former Netflix exec to lead content across Iberia
Comcast and Paramount’s European streamer SkyShowtime has landed a former Netflix exec to become its…
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Netflix eyes more ‘Suits’ deals as EMEA subs soar & spending drops $4bn amid strikes
Netflix will explore licensing more programming following the success of Suits and is raising prices,…
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Netflix moves into live sport with ‘The Netflix Cup’ golf tournament
Netflix is moving into live sports with The Netflix Cup, a celebrity golfing event featuring…
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Sister hires former Netflix exec as president of strategy & business affairs
This Is Going To Hurt producer Sister has hired former Netflix exec Efrain Miron to…
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Scripted round-up: Netflix saves ‘Star Trek Prodigy’; Iceland’s Siminn moves into ‘The Darkness’; Jeff Norton’s Waterside strikes Marcela Citterio
Netflix saves Star Trek Prodigy Netflix has beamed up Star Trek: Prodigy, four months after…
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A+E Factual Studios hires Netflix alum Jhamal Robinson to head production
A+E Factual Studios has appointed Netflix and Discovery alum Jhamal Robinson to the newly created…
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Netflix renews ‘Castlevania: Nocturne’, cancels ‘Vikings: Valhalla’
Netflix has renewed adult animation Castlevania: Nocturne for a second season and cancelled historical drama…
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Disney Branded TV hires Netflix & Nickelodeon alum Jenna Boyd to head scripted development
Disney Branded Television has hired former Nickelodeon and Netflix exec Jenna Boyd as SVP of…
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Netflix ups Amy Reinhard to lead advertising as price rise reports emerge
Netflix could be about to hike the price of its ad-free offerings, while there are…
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News round-up: Roku renews ‘Sushi Master’; Netflix extends ‘Alice In Borderland’; Hayu lands in New Zealand
Roku renews ‘Sushi Master’ Roku has renewed culinary competition series Morimoto’s Sushi Master for a…
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Netflix expands Italian slate with ‘Adorazione’ & ‘Fabbricante Di Lacrime’ adaptations
Netflix has unveiled four new Italian originals, including a young adult series loosely based on…
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Netflix, Disney+, HBO & Paramount+ to drive $20bn hybrid AVOD-SVOD revenue by 2029
Netflix, Disney+, HBO and Paramount+ will together create hybrid AVOD-SVOD revenues of $20bn by 2029,…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: How Viu & Netflix are riding South-East Asia’s rapid ad revenue rise
The growing availability of high-speed internet and the rising popularity of smartphones and other digital…
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Netflix & Disney+ take UK revenues to record $4.9bn, but Pact warns of 2023 downturn
Streaming commissions from Netflix, Disney+ and Apple TV+ helped push TV production revenues in the…
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SkyShowtime hires Netflix alum Kai Finke as content chief with Jon Farrar exiting
SkyShowtime has named Netflix alum Kai Finke as its chief content officer, with Jon Farrar…
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Netflix makes “most significant expansion” into Africa with new slate & content partnerships
Netflix has announced a slate of new African programming at MIP Africa, including a new…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Behind Netflix’s sub-Saharan Africa growth
With MIP Africa kicking off today, Omdia’s research analyst Samuel Nkwam explores how Netflix is…
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German SVOD subscribers to overtake UK by end of 2023, research reveals
Germany will have more SVOD subscriptions than the UK by the end of this year,…
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Netflix alum Nina Wolarsky joins Mediawan & Brad Pitt’s Plan B as president of TV
Mediawan and Brad Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment has landed former Netflix exec Nina Wolarsky as…
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TBI Weekly: From UK slowdown to global reset at the Edinburgh TV Festival
The 2023 edition of the Edinburgh TV Festival is wrapping up after four schedule-busting days…
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Netflix preps interactive game ahead of ‘Love Is Blind’ S5
Netflix is rolling out an interactive game based on its dating series, Love Is Blind….
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Netflix adds to Australian originals with dramas & OneFour rap group documentary
Netflix has commissioned four new Australian originals, including two drama series, a scripted movie and…