Netflix claims to have 300 million viewers worldwide

Earlier this year, Netflix smashed through the 100 million customer mark, as people around the world subscribe to the VOD service. The streaming giant’s actual audience, though, may be as much as three times that.

Speaking to BusinessInsider about Stranger … Read More

Black: Netflix snaps up South Korean series for simultaneous streaming

Netflix has snapped up the rights to Black, a South Korean series.

The fantasy thriller is written by Choi Ran and directed by Kim Hong-sun, with a cast that includes Song Seung-heon, Go Ara, Lee El and Kim Dong-jun.

Produced … Read More

Mudbound: New trailer for Netflix’s Oscar contender

“Violence is part and parcel of country life,” says Carey Mulligan in the new trailer for Mudbound.

Netflix’s latest original film, snapped up at Sundance this year, follows two families who work the same land in the Mississippi Delta but … Read More

Stranger Things after show to launch with Season 2

Stranger Things is getting its own after show, Netflix has revealed.

These days, you’re not a show if you don’t have your own after show – a programme about the programme that dissects the episode that has just broadcast. The … Read More

Netflix raises $1.6bn extra funding for new content

Netflix is raising an additional $1.6 billion funding, as the streaming giant continues to step up its original content production.

The VOD service is selling almost $2 billion worth of notes to “qualified institutional buyers”. The proceeds from that wave … Read More

New clip from Stranger Things 2 asks all the questions

How do you release a clip from a mystery show’s second season without spoiling the mystery? Simple: Show a character denying all knowledge of everything. It’s an inspired choice of clip for Stranger Things 2, which finally arrives this Friday … Read More

Nielsen expands TV ratings to include Netflix, but are they accurate?

Nielsen this week announced that it is expanding its TV ratings to include Netflix.

The firm has long been the go-to analyst for viewing figures across the small screen, but as the world of entertainment and video has changed, so … Read More

Sean Penn’s lawyers warn Netflix over El Chapo series

Sean Penn’s lawyers have warned that Netflix’s new El Chapo documentary could put the actor in danger, by implying that he was involved in the capture of one of the world’s most wanted men.

The Mexican druglord, whose real name … Read More

Netflix preys on French crime thriller The Mantis

Netflix has nabbed the rights to French crime thriller The Mantis (La Mante).

The series, which is made by Septembre Productions, stars Carole Bouquet. Best known for playing “Bond girl” Melina Havelock in For Your Eyes Only, she also won … Read More

How Iron Fist is connected to Luke Cage Season 2

Earlier this month, Netflix released a new photo of Luke Cage Season 2, featuring not only Mike Colter’s hero, but also Finn Jones’ Iron Fist.

If that might have seemed like a weird pairing before The Defenders saw the … Read More