Tag: Netflix

BEVERLY HILLS: Netflix has picked up the exclusive global rights for the original anime film Blame!, based on the popular manga by Tsutomu Nihei.

LOS GATOS: Netflix released Q2 earnings that showed it added 1.7 million subscribers in the quarter, missing its own guidance by a wide margin.

BEVERLY HILLS: Netflix has renewed its family drama Bloodline for a third season, while also greenlighting a Kathy Bates-starring comedy from The Big Bang Theory creator Chuck Lorre.

BEVERLY HILLS: Netflix has acquired U.S. and select international rights for Ricky Gervais’s upcoming film David Brent: Life on the Road, a spin-off of his hit comedy series The Office.

BEVERLY HILLS: Netflix has placed a ten-episode order for the animated comedy Big Mouth, which comes from real-life best friends Nick Kroll (Kroll Show, The League) and Andrew Goldberg (Family Guy), in addition to acquiring the global rights for Charlie McDowell’s The Discovery.

Following its latest study, GfK suggests that commercial-free streaming platforms like Netflix and Amazon may need to consider accepting advertising as an alternative to raising their subscription fees in order to achieve revenue and profit growth.

BEVERLY HILLS: Netflix is planning the first-ever global on-demand competition series, Ultimate Beastmaster, featuring and produced by Sylvester Stallone (Creed, Grudge Match) and producer Dave Broome (The Biggest Loser, Strong).

LONDON: Netflix and U.K. channel E4 have picked up Crazy Face, a new comedy horror series from Misfits creator Howard Overman.

BEVERLY HILLS: Netflix has picked up a Lionsgate-produced comedy series based on the 2014 indie film Dear White People.

Millennials stream more than half of their TV content and are more likely to choose Netflix over live viewing, according to a new report from Horowitz Research. The study, titled State of Cable & Digital Media 2016, found that 18- to 34-year-old TV viewers report spending 54 percent of their viewing time streaming and just 25 percent watching content live.