Netflix has recently added Spanish-language shows on its service in the US. And the company says American subscribers are loving it.
"We've licensed a lot of programming from Latin America into the US, and are getting incredible viewing," Netflix Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos said in a call with shareholders today. "Shows that are successful for us in Mexico are now drawing huge numbers for us in the US."
Netflix has been able to reach a new demographic of users in the US, Sarandos says, by offering shows that originate in Latin America—and can assess what kinds of other content these users might find interesting. "We're getting hundreds of thousands of hours a day on single shows," Sarandos adds.
I started watching a Mexican program to keep up with my kids who are in dual-language kindergarten at school. Regrettably the plot advances at the snail's pace of all soap operas. Can any Soylentils recommend Spanish language shows on Netflix for our crowd?
(Score: 1) by jdavidb on Friday July 17 2015, @05:31PM
I never watched it much, but my first high school Spanish teacher tried to get us all hooked on El Chapulin Colorado. Might be good for some laughs? Back in that class I could barely follow the show but maybe at this point my Spanish has improved enough I should give it a whirl. [wikipedia.org]
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(Score: 2) by krishnoid on Friday July 17 2015, @08:01PM
Back in that class I could barely follow the show
Attempting to 'follow' that show, while admirable, seems kind of beside the point when you're watching a dude dressed in a red leotard and yellow shorts, wearing antennae.