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Netflix has countered accusations that it disproportionately cancels more shows than other networks and platforms by revealing data around the percentage of shows that it renews. The streamer's Global Head of TV Bela Bajaria revealed that it has a program renewal rate of around 67% – something that she said was in…

EXCLUSIVE: Bela Bajaria, Netflix’s newly-crowned head of global TV, has underlined the streamer’s commitment to British content in some of her first remarks after being elevated to her new role last month. Bajaria oversees Netflix’s vast slate of original series from across the world and, after setting her top team on…

A month and a half after being elevated to Head of Global TV at Netflix, Bela Bajaria has reorganized the streamer’s U.S. TV operation with an increased focus on tentpole shows and getting the most from mega overall deals. The realignment also enhances the portfolios of some executives on her international bench. The…

Netflix has seen a number of top content execs including Cindy Holland, Channing Dungey and Jane Wiseman leave over the past few weeks – a move addressed by co-CEO Ted Sarandos on the streamer's third quarter financial results call Tuesday. Sarandos, who moved up to the co-CEO role, having previously been chief…

It’s an end of an era at Netflix as Cindy Holland, who led the streamer’s foray into original programming and helped turn the DVD-by-mail company into an original series powerhouse, will be leaving. A month and a half after longtime Netflix Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos was named co-CEO, he is shaking up the…

A professional organizing consultant and best-selling author, Marie Kondo has always abided by a specific vision of the world, and how life might best be lived. Becoming a household name and global influencer with the publication of her 2011 book, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up—which sold more than 8 million…

A little over two years after Bela Bajaria joined Netflix as VP Content, she is taking on a new role at the streaming giant. She will lead international non-English TV originals — scripted, unscripted, comedy — in all international markets where Netflix is available, excluding Asia but including India where Bajaria’s…

When DVD-by-mail company Netflix reinvented itself as a video-on-demand service, broadcast studios quickly embraced it. They used the streaming platform as an alternative to the off-network syndication market for the growing-in-popularity serialized drama series and quirky single-camera comedies that were of little…

At the L.A. Screenings in May, one of the most recognizable new series titles, the CW’s Dynasty reboot, was not shown to international buyers who had flown in from around the world to survey the new product coming out of the Hollywood TV studios. That is because the series already had been earmarked for Netflix, which…

Women in Film, the non-profit organization dedicated to promoting equal opportunities for women, has just elected new members to its Board of Directors as Cathy Schulman enters her third term as Board President. The newly elected are: Netflix’s Bela Bajaria, DreamWorks Animation’s Terry Curtin, Transparent…

In a potentially game-changing hire, Bela Bajaria, who sold three series to Netflix as head of Universal TV, The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Master of None and the upcoming Gypsy, is joining the Internet TV network as VP, Content. This marks the highest-level executive from the traditional Hollywood TV industry to go…

Bela Bajaria is departing Universal Television, which she has run for almost five years, most recently as president. I hear NBC’s head of drama Pearlena Igbokwe is in talks to replace her. Bajaria, a well-liked creative executive, was among NBC chairman Bob Greenblatt's first major executive hires, joining Universal…