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“We intend to defend this lawsuit vigorously,” a Netflix spokesperson told Deadline Friday, just hours after the company was slammed with an injunction seeking complaint over their “brazen” actions. “We do not believe Fox’s use of fixed term employment contracts in this manner are enforceable.  We believe in employee mobility and will fight for the right to hire great colleagues no matter where they work.” … [Read more...] about Netflix Sued By Fox Over Exec Poaching, Vows To “Vigorously” Fight Suit

During her 18 years at Netflix, Holland has led the English-language TV team as VP Original Content. She was instrumental in leading the switch from licensed to original content — working on acclaimed and award-winning shows including House of Cards, Orange Is the New Black, Stranger Things, The Crown, Ozark and Narcos; building doc programming with Making a Murderer, Chef’s Table and many more; and most recently overseeing unscripted programming as well, where the streamer found major success with Love Is Blind. … [Read more...] about Netflix Shakeup: Cindy Holland Exits As Bela Bajaria Is Named Global Head Of TV

Netflix has had a complicated relationship with the Hollywood establishment as it has been providing new revenue streams for network series but also out-muscling the linear players for projects and talent and saturating the market with original content. In the past two years, it has been recruiting executives, mostly up-and-comers, from traditional TV networks and studios.  The company is currently sued by Fox for alleged executive poaching. … [Read more...] about Bela Bajaria Joins Netflix: Former Universal TV President Named VP Content

Born and raised in Phoenix, Sarandos caught on early at video distributor ETD and then made his reputation as an executive at Video City and West Coast Video, onetime rivals of Blockbuster. As the DVD format entered the marketplace in the late-1990s, Sarandos gained the attention of Hastings after a novel revenue-share deal he struck with Hollywood studios earned trade press notice. Hastings assumed Sarandos would move up to Silicon Valley, but Sarandos was living in LA at the time and felt it would be logical for the head of content to be where the creative community was based. … [Read more...] about Netflix Ups Ted Sarandos To Co-CEO; Product Chief Greg Peters Adds COO Title

Last month, Netflix apologized for the poster promoting the film’s September 9 debut in the U.S. (In France, it opened theatrically this week.) The streaming giant reverted to the French artwork, which showed frolicking, fully clothed girls instead of the much more revealing U.S. dance pose. In an interview with Deadline, Doucouré said Co-CEO Ted Sarandos even called her to make amends. … [Read more...] about As ‘Cuties’ Backlash Persists, Netflix Defends Film As “Social Commentary”