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  • Netflix hires Indian origin TV exec Bela Bajaria as content VP

    Netflix hires Indian origin TV exec Bela Bajaria as content VP

    MUMBAI: Even as Netflix has been strengthening its Asia team by hiring locals with Asian and international experience, it has also been bolstering the talent at its HQ.  Last week, the leading global video streaming site, announced that it had roped in former Universal Television (NBCUniversal’s TV unit) president Bela Bajaria as vice-president of content. She is slated to join Netflix from 1 November, replacing Sean Carey, who is leaving the company.

    The London-born-but-raised-in-east-Africa-and-settled-in-Los-Angeles Bajaria is of Indian origin, At Universal Television, Bajaria supervised creative programming for the studio and producing such hit series as Master of None and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt for Netflix; Brooklyn Nine-Nine for FOX; The Mindy Project for FOX and Hulu; Superstore for NBC and Bates Motel for A&E, among several others. She developed Gypsy, starring Naomi Watts, for Netflix which will premiere in 2017 as well as Pure Genius for CBS and The Good Place for NBC, which are on the network’s 2016 fall schedules.

    Bajaria has in the past been ranked amongst the top  TV executives in the US when she headed Universal Television.  She left the production outfit  when she had a run-in with executives at NBC Studios for not buying enough content from her company, even though Fox and CBS were.

    At Netflix, Bajaria has been mandated with leading the team focused on TV and film licensing from major U. studios, as well co-production relationships with major US networks. She will also oversee a new team developing original unscripted programs for Netflix.

    Netflix CEO Reed Hastings and chief content officer Ted Sarandos have said time and time again that the company wants to keep showcase the best in class engaging content for its subscribers and a budget of $5 billion has been kept aside for this year to acquire and create content.

    “Bela is a great creative television executive with broad experience and deep industry relationships,” said Sarandos. “Having worked closely with her on Master of None and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, we know we have found the perfect executive to lead this new effort.”

    “I am looking forward to joining Netflix, an innovative company that supports creative vision and fosters risk-taking. Having worked closely with Ted, Cindy and the team, I know they are great creative partners and care deeply about the experience of talent, their partners and their members,” said Bela Bajaria. “They are a dynamic group and I’m looking forward to continue building new partnerships at Netflix with amazing talent and studio and network colleagues.”

  • Netflix hires Indian origin TV exec Bela Bajaria as content VP

    Netflix hires Indian origin TV exec Bela Bajaria as content VP

    MUMBAI: Even as Netflix has been strengthening its Asia team by hiring locals with Asian and international experience, it has also been bolstering the talent at its HQ.  Last week, the leading global video streaming site, announced that it had roped in former Universal Television (NBCUniversal’s TV unit) president Bela Bajaria as vice-president of content. She is slated to join Netflix from 1 November, replacing Sean Carey, who is leaving the company.

    The London-born-but-raised-in-east-Africa-and-settled-in-Los-Angeles Bajaria is of Indian origin, At Universal Television, Bajaria supervised creative programming for the studio and producing such hit series as Master of None and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt for Netflix; Brooklyn Nine-Nine for FOX; The Mindy Project for FOX and Hulu; Superstore for NBC and Bates Motel for A&E, among several others. She developed Gypsy, starring Naomi Watts, for Netflix which will premiere in 2017 as well as Pure Genius for CBS and The Good Place for NBC, which are on the network’s 2016 fall schedules.

    Bajaria has in the past been ranked amongst the top  TV executives in the US when she headed Universal Television.  She left the production outfit  when she had a run-in with executives at NBC Studios for not buying enough content from her company, even though Fox and CBS were.

    At Netflix, Bajaria has been mandated with leading the team focused on TV and film licensing from major U. studios, as well co-production relationships with major US networks. She will also oversee a new team developing original unscripted programs for Netflix.

    Netflix CEO Reed Hastings and chief content officer Ted Sarandos have said time and time again that the company wants to keep showcase the best in class engaging content for its subscribers and a budget of $5 billion has been kept aside for this year to acquire and create content.

    “Bela is a great creative television executive with broad experience and deep industry relationships,” said Sarandos. “Having worked closely with her on Master of None and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, we know we have found the perfect executive to lead this new effort.”

    “I am looking forward to joining Netflix, an innovative company that supports creative vision and fosters risk-taking. Having worked closely with Ted, Cindy and the team, I know they are great creative partners and care deeply about the experience of talent, their partners and their members,” said Bela Bajaria. “They are a dynamic group and I’m looking forward to continue building new partnerships at Netflix with amazing talent and studio and network colleagues.”

  • Netflix’s binge scale reveals TV series to devour and savor upon

    Netflix’s binge scale reveals TV series to devour and savor upon

    MUMBAI: Netflix members around the world are making their own rules when it comes to watching TV. Instead of one episode per week, Netflix members choose to binge watch their way through a series. Though binge watching is clearly the new normal, not all series are enjoyed the same way. Netflix has unveiled The Binge Scale, revealing which shows they devour and which they savor.

    Netflix examined global viewing of more than 100 serialized TV series across more than 190 countries and found when members are focused on finishing a series, they watch a little over two hours a day to complete a season. When organizing series in relation to this benchmark, interesting patterns emerge, ranging from high energy narratives that are devoured to thought-provoking dramas that are savored.

    Series like Sense8, Orphan Black and The 100 grab you, assault your senses, and as The Binge Scale shows, make it hard to pull away. The classic elements of horror and thrillers go straight for the gut, pushing the placement of series like The Walking Dead, American Horror Storyand The Fall towards the devour end of the scale. Likewise, comedies with a dramatic bent, like Orange is the New Black, Nurse Jackie andGrace and Frankie, seem to tickle our fancy and make it easy to say ‘just one more.’

    It’s no surprise that complex narratives, like that of House of Cards and Bloodline, are indulged at an unhurried pace. Nor that viewers take care to appreciate the details of dramas set in bygone eras, like Peaky Blinders and Mad Men. Maybe less obvious are irreverent comedies like BoJack Horseman, Love and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. But the societal commentary that powers their densely layered comedy paired with characters that are as flawed as they are entertaining allow them to be savored.

    “As The Binge Scale indicates, the viewing experience of a series can range from the emotional to the thought-provoking,” said Netflix VP of original content Cindy Holland. “Netflix helps you to find a series to binge no matter your mood or occasion, and the freedom to watch that series at your own pace – whether that’s to appreciate the drama of Bloodline or power through Orange is the New Black.”

    The Netflix Binge Scale based on global viewing data by the platform 

    SAVOR

    Irreverent Comedies

    Political Dramas

    Superhero Dramas

    Crime Dramas

    Historical Dramas

    ·         Arrested Development

    ·         BoJack Horseman

    ·         Club de Cuervos

    ·         F is for Family

    ·         Love

    ·         Summer Heights High

    ·         Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

    ·         Wet Hot American Summer

    ·         House of Cards

    ·         Homeland

    ·         Occupied

    ·         The Good Wife

    ·         The West Wing

    ·         Marvel’s Daredevil

    ·         Gotham

    ·         Marvel’s Jessica Jones

    ·         The Flash

    ·         Better Call Saul

    ·         Bloodline

    ·         Fargo

    ·         The Blacklist

    ·         The Bridge

    ·         Twin Peaks

    ·         Mad Men

    ·         Narcos

    ·         Peaky Blinder

    ·         The Americans

    DEVOUR

    Dramatic Comedies

    Sci-Fi

    Action & Adventure

    Horror

    Thrillers

    ·         Orange is the New Black

    ·         Flaked

    ·         Grace & Frankie

    ·         Weeds

    ·         Sense8

    ·         Between

    ·         Under the Dome

    ·         The 100

    ·         Ascension

    ·         Heroes

    ·         Orphan Black

    ·         The 100

    ·         The 4400

    ·         Marco Polo

    ·         Arrow

    ·         24

    ·         La Reina del Sur

    ·         Marco Polo

    ·         Outlander

    ·         Prison Break

    ·         The Last Kingdom

    ·         Turn

    ·         Vikings

    ·         Scream

    ·         Penny Dreadful

    ·         American Horror Story

    ·         Hemlock Grove

    ·         The Walking Dead

    ·         Z Nation

    ·         Dexter

    ·         Bates Motel

    ·         Breaking Bad

    ·         The Fall

    ·         Sons of Anarchy

    ·         The Fall

    ·         The Following

    ·         The Killing

     

  • Netflix’s binge scale reveals TV series to devour and savor upon

    Netflix’s binge scale reveals TV series to devour and savor upon

    MUMBAI: Netflix members around the world are making their own rules when it comes to watching TV. Instead of one episode per week, Netflix members choose to binge watch their way through a series. Though binge watching is clearly the new normal, not all series are enjoyed the same way. Netflix has unveiled The Binge Scale, revealing which shows they devour and which they savor.

    Netflix examined global viewing of more than 100 serialized TV series across more than 190 countries and found when members are focused on finishing a series, they watch a little over two hours a day to complete a season. When organizing series in relation to this benchmark, interesting patterns emerge, ranging from high energy narratives that are devoured to thought-provoking dramas that are savored.

    Series like Sense8, Orphan Black and The 100 grab you, assault your senses, and as The Binge Scale shows, make it hard to pull away. The classic elements of horror and thrillers go straight for the gut, pushing the placement of series like The Walking Dead, American Horror Storyand The Fall towards the devour end of the scale. Likewise, comedies with a dramatic bent, like Orange is the New Black, Nurse Jackie andGrace and Frankie, seem to tickle our fancy and make it easy to say ‘just one more.’

    It’s no surprise that complex narratives, like that of House of Cards and Bloodline, are indulged at an unhurried pace. Nor that viewers take care to appreciate the details of dramas set in bygone eras, like Peaky Blinders and Mad Men. Maybe less obvious are irreverent comedies like BoJack Horseman, Love and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. But the societal commentary that powers their densely layered comedy paired with characters that are as flawed as they are entertaining allow them to be savored.

    “As The Binge Scale indicates, the viewing experience of a series can range from the emotional to the thought-provoking,” said Netflix VP of original content Cindy Holland. “Netflix helps you to find a series to binge no matter your mood or occasion, and the freedom to watch that series at your own pace – whether that’s to appreciate the drama of Bloodline or power through Orange is the New Black.”

    The Netflix Binge Scale based on global viewing data by the platform 

    SAVOR

    Irreverent Comedies

    Political Dramas

    Superhero Dramas

    Crime Dramas

    Historical Dramas

    ·         Arrested Development

    ·         BoJack Horseman

    ·         Club de Cuervos

    ·         F is for Family

    ·         Love

    ·         Summer Heights High

    ·         Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

    ·         Wet Hot American Summer

    ·         House of Cards

    ·         Homeland

    ·         Occupied

    ·         The Good Wife

    ·         The West Wing

    ·         Marvel’s Daredevil

    ·         Gotham

    ·         Marvel’s Jessica Jones

    ·         The Flash

    ·         Better Call Saul

    ·         Bloodline

    ·         Fargo

    ·         The Blacklist

    ·         The Bridge

    ·         Twin Peaks

    ·         Mad Men

    ·         Narcos

    ·         Peaky Blinder

    ·         The Americans

    DEVOUR

    Dramatic Comedies

    Sci-Fi

    Action & Adventure

    Horror

    Thrillers

    ·         Orange is the New Black

    ·         Flaked

    ·         Grace & Frankie

    ·         Weeds

    ·         Sense8

    ·         Between

    ·         Under the Dome

    ·         The 100

    ·         Ascension

    ·         Heroes

    ·         Orphan Black

    ·         The 100

    ·         The 4400

    ·         Marco Polo

    ·         Arrow

    ·         24

    ·         La Reina del Sur

    ·         Marco Polo

    ·         Outlander

    ·         Prison Break

    ·         The Last Kingdom

    ·         Turn

    ·         Vikings

    ·         Scream

    ·         Penny Dreadful

    ·         American Horror Story

    ·         Hemlock Grove

    ·         The Walking Dead

    ·         Z Nation

    ·         Dexter

    ·         Bates Motel

    ·         Breaking Bad

    ·         The Fall

    ·         Sons of Anarchy

    ·         The Fall

    ·         The Following

    ·         The Killing

     

  • Netflix inks first TV deal in Spain with Vodafone

    Netflix inks first TV deal in Spain with Vodafone

    MUMBAI: Vodafone Spain has inked an agreement that will bring Netflix onto a Spanish TV platform for the first time.

     

    Using the Netflix app, Vodafone TV homes will be able to watch a broad variety of series, films documentaries and kids titles through their set–top box. Netflix will be available through Vodafone TV when Netflix launches in Spain in October.

     

    The Netflix offering will include exclusive original series such as Narcos, Marvel’’s Daredevil,Sense8, Bloodline, Grace and Frankie, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and Marco Polo and critically acclaimed documentaries Virunga, Mission Blue and docuseries Chef’s Table as well as various stand–up comedy specials. Additionally, younger viewers will find a wide selection of programming for kids.

     

    Viewers will continuously be offered new titles and can look forward to the first Netflix original feature films, with announced titles including Beasts of No Nation, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon The Green Legend, Jadotville and The Ridiculous 6. Netflix is fully localized, offering a choice of subtitles and dubbing.

     

    Netflix will be available on Vodafone TV through an app on the decoder. Viewers will also be able to find titles using the search engine or recommendations section of the Vodafone service, two of the features customers use most. Vodafone customers will be able to enjoy Netflix in high quality thanks to a collaboration between the companies on Vodafone’s ultra high–speed fixed and mobile broadband networks.

     

    Vodafone TV customers will be able to enjoy the Netflix service without having to update their set–top–boxes. Netflix will also be available on smartphones and tablets, the Netflix app for those devices will be available in the app stores.

  • Netflix to launch in Italy in October 2015

    Netflix to launch in Italy in October 2015

    MUMBAI: After targeting to launch in Spain this October, Netflix Inc is also looking at arriving in Italy in October 2015.

     

    This autumn, Internet users in Italy will be able to subscribe to Netflix and instantly watch a broad selection of TV series and movies in high-definition or even Ultra HD 4K on nearly any Internet-connected screen.

     

    At launch, the Netflix offering will include such original series as Marvel’s Daredevil, Sense8, Bloodline, Grace and Frankie, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and Marco Polo and critically acclaimed documentaries Virunga, Mission Blue and docuseries Chef’s Table as well as various stand-up comedy specials. Additionally, younger viewers will find a wide selection of programming for kids. Netflix is fully localized, offering Italian subtitles and dubbing.

     

    Viewers will continuously be offered new titles. Among the shows scheduled for launch later this year are Netflix Original series Narcos and Club de Cuervos as well as Marvel’s Jessica Jones, the second of four Marvel series that will be available exclusively on Netflix, leading up to the mini-series event The Defenders, which reunites characters from the previous four.

     

    Netflix members can also look forward to the first Netflix Original feature films, with announced titles including Beasts of No Nation, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon The Green Legend, Jadotville and The Ridiculous 6.

  • Netflix targets October 2015 for Spain launch

    Netflix targets October 2015 for Spain launch

    MUMBAI: Internet TV network Netflix will launch in Spain this October. 

     

    Internet users in Spain will be able to subscribe to Netflix and instantly watch a broad selection of TV series and movies in high-definition or even Ultra HD 4K on nearly any Internet-connected screen. 

     

    At launch, the Netflix offering will include such original series as Marvel’s Daredevil, Sense8, Bloodline, Grace and Frankie, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and Marco Polo as well as documentaries like Virunga, Mission Blue and docuseries Chef’s Table along with various stand-up comedy specials.

     

    Additionally, younger viewers will find a wide selection of programming for kids. Netflix is fully localized, offering subtitles and dubbing. 

     

    Viewers will continuously be offered new titles. Among the shows scheduled for launch later this year are Netflix Original series Narcos, telling the story of the drug trade and Pablo Escobar’s cartel, and Club de Cuervos, a comedy around a family feud after the owner of a professional soccer team dies, as well as Marvel’s Jessica Jones, the second of four Marvel series that will be available exclusively on Netflix, leading up to the mini-series event The Defenders, which reunites characters from the previous four. 

     

    Netflix members can also look forward to the first Netflix Original feature films, with announced titles including Beasts of No Nation, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon The Green Legend, Jadotville and The Ridiculous 6. 

     

    Netflix will be available at launch on smart TVs, tablets and smartphones, computers and a range of Internet-capable game consoles and set-top boxes.