Suburra


Netflix puts Italian Baby in its corner

Streaming service Netflix has ordered another original series out of Italy – a drama based on a high school scandal. Baby is billed as an eight-part coming-of-age story loosely based on the 2013 ‘baby squillo’ scandal, which saw several adults sent to jail on child prostitution sex offences. The drama will follow a group of […]

Netflix claims $1.75bn Europe spend

Netflix has launched a European charm offensive, claiming a to-date spend of US$1.75 billion in the continent and announcing it is coproducing three more dramas there. The US-based SVOD service has been criticised for under-investing in Europe, and last year the European Commission unveiled plans that would require it and other streaming services to source […]

Berlin: Edge bags film version of Netflix drama

Scandinavia-based Edge Entertainment has acquired the feature film accompaniment to Netflix’s first Italian drama series. The with Indie Sales gives Ignas Scheynius’s Edge pay TV rights to Suburra, which comes from the director and production company behind popular mafia drama Gomorrah, in Finland, and film rights in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Iceland. Prodco Cattleya and […]

Netflix increases prices again

Leading online streaming service Netflix has increased the monthly price of a subscription by a US$1, and will affect subscribers in the US, Canada and Latin America. The new cost of US$.9.99 is the latest price hike the Los Gatos-based digital company has made, coming after an increase in Europe earlier this year and a […]