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Peter Rice inherits Netflix’s global hit problem

The Ankler’s Manori Ravindran reports that Netflix content chief Peter Rice now oversees local production in 50 of the 190 countries Netflix operates in, with Enders Analysis finding 40 percent of viewers aren’t primarily English speakers.

Why it matters. International producers gain leverage to push back on Netflix’s local-content rules if executives conclude the playbook itself is capping global breakouts.

Signal from The Ankler · Manori Ravindran · read the original.

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