Vuguru’s Larry Tanz Heads to Netflix

LOS ANGELES: Netflix has hired Larry Tanz, the CEO of Vuguru, as VP of content acquisition for Europe.

Tanz has been leading Vuguru, a digital studio founded by Michael Eisner, for five years. He first joined as president and was moved up to CEO.

At Netflix, Tanz will be working to build up the content libraries for Netflix's European operations, which have been expanding recently. Earlier this year, Netflix rolled out in several major European markets, including France and Germany.

“Larry has done an incredible job turning Vuguru into a leading independent studio with titles in distribution worldwide,” said Eisner. “We know Netflix will benefit greatly from Larry’s leadership and expert knowledge of the space and wish him our very best.”