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On the heels of the announcement that Netflix would stream the SAG Awards beginning in 2024, co-CEO Ted Sarandos spoke more about the streamer’s approach to live programming during Thursday’s Q4 earnings call. He called it a “crawl, walk, run scenario, where we are really looking at our content that…

Ted Sarandos addressed Netflix’s limited theatrical release of Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery during the streamer’s Q4 earnings call on Thursday, echoing executive chairman Reed Hastings‘ previous remarks that releasing the film in theaters was meant more as a promotional tactic for the streamer.…

Newly minted Netflix Co-CEO Greg Peters and Ted Sarandos, who has held that title since 2020, say no major strategic shifts are in the immediate offing after Reed Hastings passed them the leadership baton. “We don’t have a bank of changes that we’ve been holding for this moment,” Peters said during…

Netflix has issued estimates for the 2023 compensation of its top executives, with Co-CEOs Reed Hastings and Ted Sarandos set to take home $34.65 million and $40 million, respectively. The forecast by the board of directors’ compensation committee, disclosed today in an SEC filing, is in line with 20…

Capping a 15-year process to reach the screen, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio arrives on Netflix on Friday after a limited theatrical run. The writer/producer/director appeared with co-director Mark Gustafson, Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos and others in the cast and crew Tuesday night at the film’s New…

Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos affirmed recent comments from the company that they are not — despite strong indications from insiders as recently as last month — intending to bid on sports rights. “We’ve not seen a profit path” from “renting big-league sports,” the exec shrugged during a keynote session…

Netflix co-CEO and chief content officer Ted Sarandos tossed cold water on hopes that the streamer’s recent deal with major cinema chains for Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery could be the start of something bigger. "We are in the business of entertaining our members with Netflix movies on Netflix…

Netflix said Tuesday that its closely watched paid membership number is becoming "just one component" of total revenue growth, so starting in the fourth quarter it will stop offering forward-looking subscriber forecasts. Shares of Netflix – and other streamers – are highly sensitive to subscriber adds, or…

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has unveiled the winner of the $20,000 Israeli Series Development Award from the Sam Spiegel Series Lab following a week in which it has deepened ties with the nation. At a ceremony last night to mark the end of the Scripted Israel event in LA, which has been attended by Netflix top brass and senior…

After a decade-plus of having the streaming field virtually to itself, Netflix now faces historic levels of competition. Disney and other media and tech rivals have narrowed the gap, making for a rocky 2022 marked by subscriber and stock price declines. Yet Netflix has one thing its competitors will never have, and…

Netflix plans to launch its advertising tier in early 2023, but not all of the shows that are currently streaming on the service will make the cut. Co-CEO and Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos admitted that the cheaper tier, which will be rolled out with Microsoft as its technology and sales partner, will not have…

Coming off a better quarter than anticipated, Netflix founder Reed Hastings today was showing some swagger again and a lot of gratitude to the first part of Stranger Things‘ latest season. "Streaming is working everywhere, everyone's pouring in," the co-CEO said Tuesday following the company's second quarter results…