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MEXICO CITY: Netflix has acquired The Chosen Ones (Las Elegidas) from Mundial, lining up the film for a global debut on the streaming service.

LOS GATOS: Netflix has slated 2017 for the premiere of a new original series based on the 2001 indie film Wet Hot American Summer.

BALI: Netflix’s Reed Hastings and Ted Sarandos weighed in on the ups and downs of the platform’s international expansion at a session at APOS in Bali today.

LOS GATOS: Netflix wrapped up Q1 with more than 81 million members, adding a record 6.74 million subs in the period, but the company is projecting a weaker second-quarter forecast.

SÃO PAULO: Netflix is prepping a new original series based on recent corruption investigation Operation Car Wash (Lava Jato in Portuguese) that will begin filming this year in Brazil.

BEVERLY HILLS: Netflix is making all episodes of the original anime series Perfect Bones available simultaneously in 190 countries around the world.

A new report from IHS points to a correlation between Netflix's launch in a market and a reduction in consumer spending on buying and renting movies and TV series on disc. Consumers spent $20.9 billion buying and renting movies and TV content in the U.S. in 2006, the report observes. By last year, total spending on this segment was down by 17 percent to $17.3 billion.

Digital TV Research has analyzed the fees that Netflix charges in international markets compared to what pay-TV ARPU is in those countries, finding that the rates appear high in the short term. Looking broadly, Netflix charges $8 per month for one screen, $10 per month for two screens and $12 per month for four screens and HD content in its 130 new territories.

A new report from IHS finds that integrating Netflix into traditional pay-TV services has had a net positive impact on these operators’ performance. Netflix has partnerships in place with 25 pay-TV providers, according to IHS, with many more likely to follow after its expansion into 130 new territories last month.

BEVERLY HILLS: Brahman Naman, a comedy from Indian indie director Q, will be available exclusively for Netflix members around the world later this year.