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Netflix Reports Strong U.S. Interest in Spanish-Language Shows

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

Phoenix666 writes:

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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 18 2015, @07:58AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 18 2015, @07:58AM (#210713)

    Seriously, you started listing mindbending Spanish-language films and you didn't mention El Topo [wikipedia.org]?

  • (Score: 1) by cloud.pt on Wednesday July 22 2015, @03:02PM

    by cloud.pt (5516) on Wednesday July 22 2015, @03:02PM (#212341)

    Oh but I did mention it :D, just didn't want to start with hardcore surrealism, since it clearly isn't for anyone. I mean, not everyone appreciates (Jodorowski's no.1 fan) Marylin Manson style and music for a reason.

    My mind crave for awe in movies doesn't have to come from surrealism alone. I personally find that when a movie is set closer to real life drama, the effect on my cognitive sense is more meaningful. Jodorowski's stuff is mostly a display of his own philosophical thesis through colorful and vibrant vistas, and not through a logical, true to life narrative and setting.