10 TV Stories You Should Know: 10/25/2022

This is how Netflix personalizes content for you.

Here are the stories that should be on your radar for Tuesday, October 25th, 2022:

How Was Netflix’s Journey In The Nordics After Ten Years? (SenalNews)
Netflix was the first global player to commission Nordic originals. It started off with “The Rain”, a Danish series in the spring of 2018, followed by the Swedish original series “Quicksand” (Störst av allt), released in early 2019. Other major titles released since then include “Snabba Cash,” “Bordertown,” “Ragnarök,” and “Borgen - Power & Glory.” By the end of last year, Netflix had nearly seventy Nordic originals in its library. And the titles have also attracted viewers outside the region. According to Netflix, almost two thirds of their members globally have chosen to watch a Nordic original film or series.

But despite heavy investments, Mediavision’s Content Analysis reveals that local competitors have the upper hand when Nordic consumers are to choose the service provider with the best local fiction. Netflix, on the other hand, is considered superior when it comes to foreign fiction.

Fremantle Global Entertainment Boss Rob Clark To Retire (Deadline)
Rob Clark, Fremantle’s veteran Director, Global Entertainment, who helped develop The X Factor, Got Talent and Price is Right franchises globally across two decades, is exiting the company.

This Is How Netflix Personalizes Content For You (Jacaradafm)
She says that the thumbnails are curated based on the theme of the movie and other aspects that properly represent the content.

Another layer of personalization comes when Netflix adapts the thumbnails to reflect what other users with similar interests to you engage with.

Netflix Ends Password-Sharing Fees That Sparked Backlash In Latin America (Rest Of World)
On Tuesday morning, millions of subscribers in Latin America woke up to an email from Netflix, announcing that the streaming giant was immediately suspending its experimental pricing trial in Argentina, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and the Dominican Republic. Abandoning part of its password crackdown strategy after six months, Netflix will be bringing its other ongoing pricing trial, which it first rolled out in Peru, Chile and Costa Rica, to subscribers worldwide in 2023.

‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Sets U.K., Ireland Streaming Date On Paramount+ (Variety)
Asked during the festival whether he had ever considered letting the movie debut on a streamer, Cruise was emphatic. “That’s not going to happen. Ever,” he said, adding: “I make movies for the big screen.” It was clearly the right call, as “Top Gun: Maverick” went on to shatter box office records over Memorial Day weekend when it was released in the U.S, collecting $160.5 million in its first four days of release.

Tokyo: Sally Amaki, Jon Kabira To Host 2023 Crunchyroll Anime Awards In Japan (The Hollywood Reporter)
Anime specialty service Crunchyroll has selected the star hosts for its first-ever live awards show, which will be held early next year in Japan. Renowned voice actress Sally Amaki and veteran entertainer Jon Kabira will co-host the 2023 Crunchyroll Anime Awards, the company said Tuesday at the Tokyo International Film Festival.

Forget Netflix And Disney: A Local Streaming Service Is King In Indonesia (Rest Of World)
Vidio is succeeding where foreign competitors like Netflix and Disney+ have stumbled in Indonesia — by developing an acute sense for what Indonesians want to watch. Despite earlier being considered an underdog , it is now the fastest-growing streaming service in a country of 270 million, and the biggest in terms of active users with about 60 million viewers per month, the company told Rest of World . In the second quarter of this year, it snatched the number one spot for over-the-top (OTT) streaming platforms across all of Southeast Asia, according to consultancy Media Partners Asia, both in new subscriber growth and popularity of original content.

Viaplay Hits 6.4m Subs (Advanced Television)
Now that we have completed the acquisition of Premier Sports in the UK, we are raising our year end international subscriber target from approximately 2.5 million to approximately 2.7 million. Viaplay will be launched in the UK on November 1st. At the same time, we are reducing our year end Nordic target from 4.8 million to 4.6 million. Our group target is therefore unchanged at 7.3 million.

Lawmaker Claims Netflix Korea May Have Been Evading Tax (Korea Herald)
According to an audit report of Netflix Korea released by Rep. Kim Seung-su of the People Power Party, from 2019 to 2021, Netflix Korea gained 1.23 trillion won and transferred 959.1 billion won, or 77.8 percent of the total sales as commission fees to its headquarter in California.