Netflix has announced a feature documentary, directed by Lucy Blakstad, chronicling the rise of businessman Carlos Ghosn, his internal rivalries, the tensions he sparked within Nissan-Renault and his dramatic arrest. In a press statement, Netflix said the French production “is a global investigative film with a team of talented journalists spanning France, Japan and the […]
Netflix CFO Spencer Neumann has told a conference “never say never” in response to being asked about whether the streaming platform would ever host adverts. “It’s not something in our plan right now,” Neumann added, speaking at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference. Some analysts have been urging Netflix to introduce a lower-tier […]
In its second week of release, Vikings: Valhalla climbed its way to the top of the Netflix English TV list with 113.38 million hours viewed, making it the most viewed title in the week commencing February 28th. Shonda Rhimes’ Inventing Anna wasn’t too far behind with 77.59 million hours viewed. Three weeks into its release, […]
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has unveiled ten emerging talents from across the Indian film, games and television industries that will participate in the ‘BAFTA Breakthrough India’ initiative supported by Netflix. The ten names were selected by an eminent jury consisting of industry experts including AR Rahman, Apurva Asrani, Anupam Kher, […]
With the average Brit spending 3 hours and 37 minutes online every day, and an average of 1 hour 21 minutes a day watching online services such as Netflix, research by comparethemarket reveals UK households spend nearly £300 (€360.56) every year on online subscriptions. One in 12 people spend more on subscriptions each month than […]
Virtual production and LED hire specialist, iMAG, was approached about Sky Glass’s launch event via freelance production director and multi award winning creative agency INCA’s technical director for the project, Mark Connolly. With the key challenge of deploying a solution that would match Sky Glass’s advanced technology and Sky’s aspirations for the product, this global […]
OTT TV episode and movie revenues for 19 Latin American countries will double to $14 billion (€12.9bn) in 2027, according to the Latin America OTT TV and Video Forecasts report from analyst firm Digital TV Research. This growth comes despite the poor economic situations in most countries. SVoD will contribute $9.7 billion by 2027. From […]
Netflix and TikTok have halted their services in Russia. Netflix, which has already suspended all production and acquisition activity in the country, said in a statement: “Given the circumstances on the ground, we have decided to suspend our service in Russia”. Netflix is believed to have around 1 million subscribers in Russia. Netflix was joined […]
Netflix has announced Trivia Quest – a daily, interactive trivia series, based on etermax’s Trivia Crack, the multi-platform trivia franchise. Starting April 1st, Netflix will launch one new episode every day throughout the month (30 total). Adapting Trivia Crack’s game play, each episode features 24 questions (12 standard and 12 hard) across categories including science, […]
Netflix and Hollywood star Lindsay Lohan will continue to work together through a new partnership where Lohan will star in two new movies for the streaming service. Lohan will also star in the upcoming Netflix holiday romcom, Falling for Christmas, which will premiere later this year. In the film, Lohan plays a newly engaged, spoiled hotel […]