Beloved novel Watership Down will continue its adventure as today BBC One and Netflix announce the classic tale will be reinterpreted into a four-part animated mini-series set to air in 2017. The series will premiere on BBC One in the UK; and worldwide, outside of the UK, on Netflix. Set in the idyllic rural landscape…
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Perfect Bones to Premiere on Netflix
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Netflix has announced a deal that sees the upcoming original Anime series Perfect Bones to premiere only on Netflix. This marks the first ever original Anime title to debut all episodes simultaneously in 190 countries around the world. “We are incredibly excited to work with Production I.G, who have worked on hit series such as…
Beat Bugs coming in August 2016
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Netflix, Grace: A Storytelling Company (Grace), Thunderbird and Beyond Screen Production have announced that the highly anticipated children’s series BEAT BUGS will come to Netflix in August 2106. Beat Bugs features original characters and a world created by Josh Wakely, who will direct, write and produce the series, following a deal with Sony/ATV Music Publishing…
Netflix Still on the Rise
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The number of Australian homes with a Netflix subscription rose again in September to 968,000 (10.5%), up another 113,000 from 855,000 in August, the latest subscription video on demand data from Roy Morgan Research. “Netflix service adoption in households continues to grow at a rate in the double digits month to month. These latest September…
Netflix growth slowing
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855,000 Australian homes (9.3%) now have Netflix—that’s over 2.2 million people 14+ with access to the US streaming giant, the August video on-demand household subscription data from Roy Morgan Research shows. “These latest incoming subscription numbers, with a simple assessment at the change in growth rates since April, suggests Netflix is on track to reach…
Angelina Jolie to Direct adaption of First they Killed My Father
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Angelina Jolie Pitt will direct an adaptation of First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers, a harrowing and poignant memoir from Cambodian author and human rights activist Loung Ung about surviving the deadly Khmer Rouge regime. This is set to be a Netflix Original Film from a script Jolie co-adapted with Ung.…
Netflix Market Leader
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Data from Roy Morgan Research shows that within two months of its local launch, over a million Australians across 400,000 households had signed up to Netflix, the latest Streaming Video On Demand (SVOD). Tim Martin, General Manager – Media, Roy Morgan Research explained that Netflix launched in Australia on March 24, although some estimates say…