Netflix Does Carriage Deal With TF1 in France
Netflix will provide TF1 channels, including live broadcasts, on its Netflix service in France in the “first-of-its-kind partnership.” Source: Netflix Does Carriage Deal With TF1 in France
Don’t Expect Netflix to Save U.S. Broadcast Networks
The blockbuster TF1 deal will surely be a template for other markets, but with U.S. networks optimized for the old pay-TV model, the economics make it challenging here. Source: Netflix Adding Broadcast Networks in US Unlikely Soon
Canal+ Brings Netflix to Francophone Africa in Landmark Pact
The French pay-TV player inked a first-of-its-kind deal with the streaming giant to bring Netflix content to 24 French-speaking countries across Sub-Saharan Africa. Source: Canal+ Brings Netflix to Francophone Africa in Landmark Pact
Netflix Board to Meet After Director Jay Hoag Fails to Get Votes
Jay Hoag has served on Netflix’s board since 1999 and is its lead independent director, but the board will need to decide whether he remains after he failed to secure a majority of shareholder votes at this year’s annual meeting. … Continued
Sarandos didn’t kill cinema—here’s how Netflix saved Hollywood from Wall Street’s debt trap
Over the past three years, Netflix has turned the unglamorous work of subtitling and dubbing into a growth engine big studios never built — and that quiet infrastructure might be the best evidence Sarandos has that the industry’s future is … Continued
Is going to the cinema an “outmoded” idea? That’s what the Netflix CEO thinks – and I think he might have a point
Have we fallen out of love with going to the cinema? Is it, as one Netflix chief recently said, an “outmoded idea”?Ted Sarandos, co-chief executive director of Netflix, made the comments at the Time100 Summit, saying: “We deliver the programme … Continued