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posted by janrinok on Friday July 17 2015, @04:59PM   Printer-friendly

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?


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  • (Score: 2, Troll) by albert on Friday July 17 2015, @11:56PM

    by albert (276) on Friday July 17 2015, @11:56PM (#210655)

    What's the real reason you don't like Spanish?

    Anything that encourages Spanish (such as learning it) is contributing to the end of English-speaking culture in the USA. Lots of people within that culture very rightly dislike that. It's giving up their mother tongue, accepting an invasion, and transitioning to a culture that has been less productive.

    If you want something economically useful, the big winner is German. It's not commonly known in the USA, it's not hopelessly difficult, and it helps you interact with valuable economic activity. Nobody is going to hire a non-native Spanish speaker for Spanish skills, but non-native German skills are worthwhile.

    BTW, for those crazy enough to spend years learning something super-difficult, see what the army and CIA are looking for. It's probably Simplified Chinese, Arabic, Farsi, and Pashtun.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 18 2015, @01:50AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 18 2015, @01:50AM (#210673)

    SoylentNews and its right-wing maniacs.

  • (Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Saturday July 18 2015, @03:58PM

    by Phoenix666 (552) on Saturday July 18 2015, @03:58PM (#210802) Journal

    Anything that encourages Spanish (such as learning it) is contributing to the end of English-speaking culture in the USA. Lots of people within that culture very rightly dislike that. It's giving up their mother tongue, accepting an invasion, and transitioning to a culture that has been less productive.

    There is no chance Spanish will displace English in America. English is the international language. That Americans speak it natively is a real advantage. Judging from the number of English Language Learning classes and programs for Spanish speakers in America, the evidence indicates they come here because they really want to learn English, not force Americans to speak Spanish.

    Productivity is a separate issue. It is not clear cut. A great deal of work is done by Spanish speaking immigrants in America. If you buy strawberries at the supermarket, chances are very high they were picked by immigrants from Latin America. If you eat meals at restaurants in medium- to large American cities, the chances are quite good they were cooked by Latinos (no matter what cuisine it was). If you buy any kind of goods at any kind of store, the chances are quite good they were delivered in trucks driven by Latinos. If you live in a building newer than 20 years old, the chances are good it was built by Latino laborers. Latinos work their butts off in the United States to ensure you enjoy a high standard of living. They exemplify the very work ethic that Americans say they laud. And the Latinos who have come to America are totally down with the American project. They want to be part of it. They've signed on. Why wouldn't America want that? I mean, those people definitely are not coming to the United States for its generous welfare state (hahahahaha sorry, the idea of anyone coming to the United States for welfare instead of any given country in Europe with a real welfare state is so beyond ludicrous).

    Minus coarse, crass racism it's hard to understand what the problem is. It seems to me white trailer trash cooking meth are a greater engine of crime than Latino immigrants. Can/should we dump those people on Mexico? Or should we tow their trailers and cluster them in an uninhabited corner of Missouri to draw all tornadoes away from every other part of tornado alley?

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