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How does Netflix commission original content?

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6 February 2017

Episode 278

29 minutes


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Robert Bound heads to Netflix HQ in LA to meet the people behind the behemoth of online streaming.

6 February 2017

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Chapter 1

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Chapter 1

Todd Yellin, product experience at Netflix

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Netflix is known for keeping its numbers close to its chest but we shed a little light on the way it analyses its data to learn what its audience wants to watch.

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Chapter 2

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Cindy Holland, vice-president of original content

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Cindy Holland has been working for Netflix for 15 years. She muses on how the company has changed and how she commissions original content such as ‘House of Cards’, ‘Narcos’ and ‘Orange is the New Black’.

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Chapter 3

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Chapter 3

Lisa Nishimura, head of documentaries

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We find out why documentary is such an important genre of film for Netflix and how Lisa Nishimura commissions Oscar-nominated films.

9 minutes

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