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Sundance: Netflix To Land Indian Sex Comedy 'Brahman Naman'

Netflix is nearing a deal to add yet another Sundance title to its slate. The company is close to a pact for worldwide streaming rights to “Brahman Naman,” Vari...

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Festivals

Sundance 2016: A Film Festival Pushes Into The Future

It’s very, very difficult to argue that film fests are the way of the future. I spent a lot of time at last year’s Sundance Film Festival standing in lines, chu...

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Why Media Titans Would Be Wise Not to Overlook Netflix

Imagine you run a global media conglomerate. Say you’re Robert A. Iger, the chief executive of Disney, or Brian L. Roberts, of Comcast, or perhaps you’re slight...

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Sustainable Development

Netflix Is Cracking Down On Proxies That Get Around Geographic Restrictions

The company said Thursday morning that, in the coming weeks, customers will no longer be able to use ?proxies or ?unblockers?? to access content that?s not licensed to be s...

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Netflix Set To Tap Bollywood-Mad India In Pursuit Of Global Viewers

Netflix Inc’s global expansion is set to reach movie-mad India, industry executives said, where high-speed Internet connectivity is rapidly spreading among a vast pop...

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Gender

Year In Review: The Biggest Stories About Gender Inequality At Work

Gender inequality in the workplace continued to be a subject of contention this past year. Companies from Netflix to Goldman Sachs sought to make their paid-leave programs ...

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Hollywood

Joy,’ ‘OITNB’ Star Dascha Polanco On Female Empowerment In Hollywood

“I want you to smell me.” It’s not your typical conversation starter, sure, but Dascha Polanco— a star of both the Netflix series Orange Is the New ...

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Gender

20 Female Directed Films On Netflix

Now more than ever do we film fanatics need to acknowledge the marginalization of female directors. In addition to tying hard math to sexism, Maureen Dowd’s extensive...

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Is Netflix’s ‘Beasts of No Nation’ the Future of Movies?

The award season kicks into high gear this weekend courtesy of a slew of prominent releases. Yet amidst Spielberg’s Cold War thriller Bridge of Spies, Guillermo Del T...

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Mipcom: TV World Embraces Content Revolution

CANNES – With the advent of Netflix, Amazon and TV anywhere, the walls protecting an established TV world are falling down. 2015’s 31st Mipcom, which ran Oct. 5...

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