Netflix owns less than 25% of its IP of its content in Europe after expanding its business models over recent years, a senior acquisitions head has revealed.
Speaking today at Content London in the UK, Netflix Director of Acquisitions Strategy Emea Lina Brounéus told delegates how the streamer is seeking to move beyond perceptions it only wants to own the European content it invests in, and instead is open to a range of models.
“If you look at it on a whole, we own less than 25% of the IP rights for our European content,” she said. “That’s a big evolution.”
For comparison, Ampere Analysis last year unveiled data showing originals and exclusives made up more than 50% of the Netflix catalog in the U.S. for the first time. It should be noted Netflix does brand many of its international acquisitions for the States as originals, despite them hailing from other destinations.
Speaking today at Content London in the UK, Netflix Director of Acquisitions Strategy Emea Lina Brounéus told delegates how the streamer is seeking to move beyond perceptions it only wants to own the European content it invests in, and instead is open to a range of models.
“If you look at it on a whole, we own less than 25% of the IP rights for our European content,” she said. “That’s a big evolution.”
For comparison, Ampere Analysis last year unveiled data showing originals and exclusives made up more than 50% of the Netflix catalog in the U.S. for the first time. It should be noted Netflix does brand many of its international acquisitions for the States as originals, despite them hailing from other destinations.
- 11/28/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix has revealed plans to open a new office in Stockholm that will function as a hub for the region.
The office will open in the second half of this year, as detailed in a new blog by Lina Brouneus, the streamer’s Director of Acquisitions & Co-Productions, Emea.
Netflix now has European offices in Amsterdam, Madrid, Berlin, London, Paris and Brussels, while Rome (and Istanbul) is opening later this year. The streamer recently revealed a new Bogota, Colombia, office to boot.
Brouneus said: “Now is the time for us to get even closer to our members, the creators, filmmakers, partners and cultural communities throughout the Nordics – which is why I’m excited to announce that in the second half of this year we’re opening a Nordic office in Stockholm that will function as a hub for the region. To further support the region and to reflect the diversity of talent we work with,...
The office will open in the second half of this year, as detailed in a new blog by Lina Brouneus, the streamer’s Director of Acquisitions & Co-Productions, Emea.
Netflix now has European offices in Amsterdam, Madrid, Berlin, London, Paris and Brussels, while Rome (and Istanbul) is opening later this year. The streamer recently revealed a new Bogota, Colombia, office to boot.
Brouneus said: “Now is the time for us to get even closer to our members, the creators, filmmakers, partners and cultural communities throughout the Nordics – which is why I’m excited to announce that in the second half of this year we’re opening a Nordic office in Stockholm that will function as a hub for the region. To further support the region and to reflect the diversity of talent we work with,...
- 4/29/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Streamer will also run team of employees based in Copenhagen.
Netflix will open a Nordic hub in Stockholm, Sweden, in the second half of this year as it moves ahead with expanding its stable of regional content.
By the end of 2021 nearly 70 original films and shows from Nordic territories are expected to be available on the service.
Since 2012, original series include Quicksand, Love & Anarchy and Snabba Cash from Sweden; Norwegian series Ragnarok and Home For Christmas; series The Rain and new title The Chestnut Man in Denmark; and upcoming Icelandic sci-fi thriller series Katla.
Last year Netflix debuted Cadaver, its first film from the region,...
Netflix will open a Nordic hub in Stockholm, Sweden, in the second half of this year as it moves ahead with expanding its stable of regional content.
By the end of 2021 nearly 70 original films and shows from Nordic territories are expected to be available on the service.
Since 2012, original series include Quicksand, Love & Anarchy and Snabba Cash from Sweden; Norwegian series Ragnarok and Home For Christmas; series The Rain and new title The Chestnut Man in Denmark; and upcoming Icelandic sci-fi thriller series Katla.
Last year Netflix debuted Cadaver, its first film from the region,...
- 4/29/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Netflix continues to bulk up its production operations in Europe, on Thursday announcing it will set up a hub in Sweden in the second half of this year.
The opening of the Scandinavian hub, which will be based in Stockholm, was made Thursday by Lina Brouneus, Netflix’s director of acquisitions and co-productions for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (Emea). The Swedish headquarters will oversee the production of Netflix films and series in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Iceland. The streamer will also maintain a small team at a satellite office in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Netflix has been producing ...
The opening of the Scandinavian hub, which will be based in Stockholm, was made Thursday by Lina Brouneus, Netflix’s director of acquisitions and co-productions for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (Emea). The Swedish headquarters will oversee the production of Netflix films and series in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Iceland. The streamer will also maintain a small team at a satellite office in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Netflix has been producing ...
- 4/29/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Netflix continues to bulk up its production operations in Europe, on Thursday announcing it will set up a hub in Sweden in the second half of this year.
The opening of the Scandinavian hub, which will be based in Stockholm, was made Thursday by Lina Brouneus, Netflix’s director of acquisitions and co-productions for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (Emea). The Swedish headquarters will oversee the production of Netflix films and series in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Iceland. The streamer will also maintain a small team at a satellite office in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Netflix has been producing ...
The opening of the Scandinavian hub, which will be based in Stockholm, was made Thursday by Lina Brouneus, Netflix’s director of acquisitions and co-productions for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (Emea). The Swedish headquarters will oversee the production of Netflix films and series in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Iceland. The streamer will also maintain a small team at a satellite office in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Netflix has been producing ...
- 4/29/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Netflix is in the works on its first Dutch film — a crime comedy about a man looking to be the greatest hip-hop artist in the Netherlands.
Produced by Fremantle’s Fiction Valley, the untitled film is penned by award-winning “De Libi” writers Shady El-Hamus and Jeroen Scholten van Aschat. El-Hamus, who directed the pair’s previous film, will also direct the Netflix feature.
The crime comedy follows Richie Rich and his hip-hop ambitions, which are threatened when footage of his humiliating robbery by a gang of teenagers goes viral.
Lina Brouneus, director of co-production and acquisitions at Netflix, said: “We can’t wait to work with the extremely talented creators Shady El-Hamus and Jeroen Scholten van Aschat, (who) bring the entertaining story of Richie Rich to life.”
El-Hamus added: “It is a great honor as young filmmakers to have the opportunity to create the first Dutch Netflix film. The collaboration...
Produced by Fremantle’s Fiction Valley, the untitled film is penned by award-winning “De Libi” writers Shady El-Hamus and Jeroen Scholten van Aschat. El-Hamus, who directed the pair’s previous film, will also direct the Netflix feature.
The crime comedy follows Richie Rich and his hip-hop ambitions, which are threatened when footage of his humiliating robbery by a gang of teenagers goes viral.
Lina Brouneus, director of co-production and acquisitions at Netflix, said: “We can’t wait to work with the extremely talented creators Shady El-Hamus and Jeroen Scholten van Aschat, (who) bring the entertaining story of Richie Rich to life.”
El-Hamus added: “It is a great honor as young filmmakers to have the opportunity to create the first Dutch Netflix film. The collaboration...
- 5/22/2020
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
The action-thriller, directed and co-written by Alain Darborg, and toplined by Anastasios Soulis and Nanna Blondell, is being produced by Sf Studios and will be distributed globally by the Us company. Update (4 May 2020): The lead actors in Red Dot have been announced as Anastasios Soulis (David) and Nanna Blondell (Nadja). Alongside them, the other main cast members will be thesps Tomas Bergström, Kalled Mustonen, Johannes Bah Kuhnke, Thomas Hanzon and Anna Azcárate. Benjam Orre, who previously worked with director Alain Darborg on the sets of Alex and The Master Plan, has been confirmed as the DoP. Film i Dalarna has also boarded the project and will collaborate with Sf Studios. At the 30th Stockholm Film Festival, Netflix, through its director of licensing and co-productions for Northern Europe, Lina Brouneus, announced its latest investment in original Nordic content. The first Swedish Netflix film will be the action-thriller Red Dot,...
Netflix and Danish broadcaster Dr are partnering to revive political drama Borgen after it was last on television in 2013.
Sidse Babett Knudsen will reprise her role as Danish politician Birgitte Nyborg in the new series, which is slated to premiere in 2022 on Dr before dropping on Netflix internationally.
Netflix has also secured the rights to the first three seasons of the BAFTA-winning show and is planning to launch them globally later this year.
Borgen will be produced by Sam Productions and will reunite its creative team, including creator Adam Price, who will pen Season 4. Birgitte Hjort Sørensen also returns as Katrine Fønsmark.
The new season follows Nyborg in her role as Foreign Minister, as well as her staff and the media tasked with covering her. Fønsmark was her head of press, but returns to journalism in the new season.
Lina Brouneus, director of co-production and acquisition at Netflix, said: “Ten...
Sidse Babett Knudsen will reprise her role as Danish politician Birgitte Nyborg in the new series, which is slated to premiere in 2022 on Dr before dropping on Netflix internationally.
Netflix has also secured the rights to the first three seasons of the BAFTA-winning show and is planning to launch them globally later this year.
Borgen will be produced by Sam Productions and will reunite its creative team, including creator Adam Price, who will pen Season 4. Birgitte Hjort Sørensen also returns as Katrine Fønsmark.
The new season follows Nyborg in her role as Foreign Minister, as well as her staff and the media tasked with covering her. Fønsmark was her head of press, but returns to journalism in the new season.
Lina Brouneus, director of co-production and acquisition at Netflix, said: “Ten...
- 4/29/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Hit political drama “Borgen” is not only gearing up for a fourth outing, but all seasons are coming to Netflix.
Following a deal between the streaming giant and Danish public broadcaster Dr, all three seasons of the show, which originally aired from 2010-2013, will land on Netflix later this year, followed by a new fourth season of the hit drama in 2022.
While terms of the co-production deal have not been disclosed, it is likely Netflix is contributing to some of the costs for the fourth season, and getting involved in the creative direction.
Dr revealed Wednesday that a new season will debut on the broadcaster, followed by a global premiere on Netflix. The show — which follows a centrist politician’s journey to become the first female Prime Minister of Denmark — reunites creator Adam Price as well as lead actresses Sidse Babett Knudsen as Birgitte Nyborg and Birgitte Hjort Sørensen as Katrine Fønsmark.
Following a deal between the streaming giant and Danish public broadcaster Dr, all three seasons of the show, which originally aired from 2010-2013, will land on Netflix later this year, followed by a new fourth season of the hit drama in 2022.
While terms of the co-production deal have not been disclosed, it is likely Netflix is contributing to some of the costs for the fourth season, and getting involved in the creative direction.
Dr revealed Wednesday that a new season will debut on the broadcaster, followed by a global premiere on Netflix. The show — which follows a centrist politician’s journey to become the first female Prime Minister of Denmark — reunites creator Adam Price as well as lead actresses Sidse Babett Knudsen as Birgitte Nyborg and Birgitte Hjort Sørensen as Katrine Fønsmark.
- 4/29/2020
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix has placed an order for “Vinterviken 2021,” a contemporary adaptation of the acclaimed 1993 Mats Wohl novel, “Vinterviken,” the U.S. streaming giant announced Thursday.
In a coup for Endemol Shine’s Emea scripted division, “Vinterviken 2021” will be produced by Filmlance International, part of the Endemol Shine Group and producer of the original “The Bridge” (“Bron”/”Broen”), a milestone in Nordic Noir, as well as “Caliphate,” which earlier this year broke audience records on Swedish public broadcaster Svt’s VOD catch-up service Svt Play.
The original novel inspired a high-profile movie of the same title. The inclusion of the year in the new movie’s title looks like a declaration of intentions. A high school romantic drama, “Vinterviken 2021” plumbs social inequalities and prejudice which have only grown in the 25 years since the novel, doing so through a teen love story between Elisabeth and John-John where the audience discover, along with its...
In a coup for Endemol Shine’s Emea scripted division, “Vinterviken 2021” will be produced by Filmlance International, part of the Endemol Shine Group and producer of the original “The Bridge” (“Bron”/”Broen”), a milestone in Nordic Noir, as well as “Caliphate,” which earlier this year broke audience records on Swedish public broadcaster Svt’s VOD catch-up service Svt Play.
The original novel inspired a high-profile movie of the same title. The inclusion of the year in the new movie’s title looks like a declaration of intentions. A high school romantic drama, “Vinterviken 2021” plumbs social inequalities and prejudice which have only grown in the 25 years since the novel, doing so through a teen love story between Elisabeth and John-John where the audience discover, along with its...
- 4/23/2020
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Streaming giant contributes €1m to launch the fund.
Netflix and the Netherlands Film Fund have launched a new film and TV production fund to help workers who have been hit hardest by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Streaming giant Netflix, which has its Emea headquarters in Amsterdam, will make €1m ($1.08m) available in the Netherlands to launch the fund.
Production of films and TV series in the country have come to a standstill due to ongoing lockdown measures to curb the spread of the virus.
The fund, which will be administered by producers of the affected productions, will be allocated to the most vulnerable freelancers,...
Netflix and the Netherlands Film Fund have launched a new film and TV production fund to help workers who have been hit hardest by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Streaming giant Netflix, which has its Emea headquarters in Amsterdam, will make €1m ($1.08m) available in the Netherlands to launch the fund.
Production of films and TV series in the country have come to a standstill due to ongoing lockdown measures to curb the spread of the virus.
The fund, which will be administered by producers of the affected productions, will be allocated to the most vulnerable freelancers,...
- 4/17/2020
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
Netflix and The Netherlands Film Fund have joined forces to set up a new relief fund to help the Dutch film and TV industry’s workers who have been the most impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.
Netflix will make 1 million euro available in the Netherlands to launch the fund which will be administered by producers of the series or films whose production has stopped due to the pandemic and will go to freelancers, filmmakers, cast and crew members.
“As a Fund, our goal is to continue the productivity of the Dutch film world and to ensure that the entire chain is maintained in such a way that beautiful Dutch productions can be seen this autumn and later,” said Bero Beyer, the head of Film Fund.” Beyer said Netflix’ support will complete relief measures unveiled by the government for the broader cultural industry.
Lina Brouneus, the head of the co-Production and acquisition at Netflix,...
Netflix will make 1 million euro available in the Netherlands to launch the fund which will be administered by producers of the series or films whose production has stopped due to the pandemic and will go to freelancers, filmmakers, cast and crew members.
“As a Fund, our goal is to continue the productivity of the Dutch film world and to ensure that the entire chain is maintained in such a way that beautiful Dutch productions can be seen this autumn and later,” said Bero Beyer, the head of Film Fund.” Beyer said Netflix’ support will complete relief measures unveiled by the government for the broader cultural industry.
Lina Brouneus, the head of the co-Production and acquisition at Netflix,...
- 4/17/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Streaming giant contributes €1m to launch the fund.
Netflix and the Netherlands Film Fund have launched a new film and TV production fund to help workers who have been hit hardest by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Streaming giant Netflix, which has its Emea headquarters in Amsterdam, will make €1m ($1.08m) available in the Netherlands to launch the fund.
Production of films and TV series in the country have come to a standstill due to ongoing lockdown measures to curb the spread of the virus.
The fund, which will be administered by producers of the affected productions, will be allocated to the most vulnerable freelancers,...
Netflix and the Netherlands Film Fund have launched a new film and TV production fund to help workers who have been hit hardest by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Streaming giant Netflix, which has its Emea headquarters in Amsterdam, will make €1m ($1.08m) available in the Netherlands to launch the fund.
Production of films and TV series in the country have come to a standstill due to ongoing lockdown measures to curb the spread of the virus.
The fund, which will be administered by producers of the affected productions, will be allocated to the most vulnerable freelancers,...
- 4/17/2020
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
Netflix unveils new Nordic deals at Stockholm’s Industry Days.
Peruvian director Melina Leon’s debut feature Song Without A Name won the bronze horse for best film at the 30th Stockholm International Film Festival. The film, about baby trafficking in 1980s Peru, also won for best cinematography by Inti Briones.
The jury said Song Without A Name (which premiered at Cannes Directors’ Fortnight) is “a visual and challenging portrayal of society characterized by both a low and impactful intensity. A quiet and untamable anger can be sensed below the surface. In this film we meet a director with a sharp,...
Peruvian director Melina Leon’s debut feature Song Without A Name won the bronze horse for best film at the 30th Stockholm International Film Festival. The film, about baby trafficking in 1980s Peru, also won for best cinematography by Inti Briones.
The jury said Song Without A Name (which premiered at Cannes Directors’ Fortnight) is “a visual and challenging portrayal of society characterized by both a low and impactful intensity. A quiet and untamable anger can be sensed below the surface. In this film we meet a director with a sharp,...
- 11/18/2019
- by 1100142¦Wendy Mitchell¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
Netflix is ramping up activity in Scandinavia with the commission of two local film projects, Swedish feature Red Dot and Norwegian pic Cadaver.
The news was announced today at the Stockholm Film Festival.
Red Dot is an action thriller produced by Nordic major Sf Studios. It focuses on two characters, a couple in their late twenties who are struggling with their marriage. When the woman becomes pregnant they make an attempt to rekindle their relationship by travelling to north Sweden for a hiking trip. After a quarrel with two local hunters however, their romantic trip slowly turns into a nightmare.
Alain Darborg is directing and also wrote the script with Per Dickson.
Cadaver is a horror movie produced by Oslo-based Motion Blur Films. Set in the aftermath of a nuclear disaster, it follows a family who are invited to a local hotel to attend an interactive theater play with a free meal included.
The news was announced today at the Stockholm Film Festival.
Red Dot is an action thriller produced by Nordic major Sf Studios. It focuses on two characters, a couple in their late twenties who are struggling with their marriage. When the woman becomes pregnant they make an attempt to rekindle their relationship by travelling to north Sweden for a hiking trip. After a quarrel with two local hunters however, their romantic trip slowly turns into a nightmare.
Alain Darborg is directing and also wrote the script with Per Dickson.
Cadaver is a horror movie produced by Oslo-based Motion Blur Films. Set in the aftermath of a nuclear disaster, it follows a family who are invited to a local hotel to attend an interactive theater play with a free meal included.
- 11/14/2019
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix is moving into original movies in the Nordic region for the first time. Action thriller “Red Dot” out of Sweden, and “Cadaver” from Norway were announced as Netflix Films at the Stockholm Film Festival on Thursday. The streaming giant also announced that it had scooped the global rights to Danish feature film “Shadows in My Eyes.”
The news comes hot on the heels of Netflix partnering with local players on its first Dutch movie, “The Battle of the Scheldt,” as the Svod giant goes deeper into original film in Europe.
“We are very happy to be taking this exciting step in offering our members in the Nordics more local content, as well as bring more great content from the Nordic region to our global members,” said Lina Brouneus, director of licensing and co-productions for Netflix in Northern Europe.
Sf Studios-produced “Red Dot” is an action thriller following David and Nadja,...
The news comes hot on the heels of Netflix partnering with local players on its first Dutch movie, “The Battle of the Scheldt,” as the Svod giant goes deeper into original film in Europe.
“We are very happy to be taking this exciting step in offering our members in the Nordics more local content, as well as bring more great content from the Nordic region to our global members,” said Lina Brouneus, director of licensing and co-productions for Netflix in Northern Europe.
Sf Studios-produced “Red Dot” is an action thriller following David and Nadja,...
- 11/14/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
The 20th Nordic Film Market in Göteborg, unspooling Jan. 31-Feb 3, will showcase 16 works in progress including Hlynur Pálmason’s “A White, White Day”, Grímur Hákonarson’s “The County”, Mikael Håfström’s “The Perfect Patient” and Jesper Ganslandt’s “438 Days.”
Iceland is well represented this year with top directors and festival darlings Pálmason (“Winter Brothers”), Hákonarson (“Rams”) as well as “Volcano”’s Rúnar Rúnarsson, who will pitch their latest projects at Göteborg’s Biopalatset where last year Benedikt Erlingsson first introduced “Woman at War.”
“I simply had to select the three films by Pálmason, Hákonarson and Rúnarsson as they are on the top list of many festival programmers and buyers and their films are very different from one other, displaying the wide breath of talents from Iceland,” said Nordic Film Market’s head of industry Cia Edström.
“A White, White Day” stars Ingvar E. Sigurðsson (“Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald”) as an off-duty police chief,...
Iceland is well represented this year with top directors and festival darlings Pálmason (“Winter Brothers”), Hákonarson (“Rams”) as well as “Volcano”’s Rúnar Rúnarsson, who will pitch their latest projects at Göteborg’s Biopalatset where last year Benedikt Erlingsson first introduced “Woman at War.”
“I simply had to select the three films by Pálmason, Hákonarson and Rúnarsson as they are on the top list of many festival programmers and buyers and their films are very different from one other, displaying the wide breath of talents from Iceland,” said Nordic Film Market’s head of industry Cia Edström.
“A White, White Day” stars Ingvar E. Sigurðsson (“Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald”) as an off-duty police chief,...
- 1/17/2019
- by Annika Pham
- Variety Film + TV
The rise of the streamers is being felt on the business side of TV, in the markets where buyers and sellers congregate to trade programming. MipTV in April and Mipcom in October have traditionally been about distributing content territory-by-territory, but the world of TV, and its rights, has changed. That is increasingly evident in Cannes, where the theme this year is “the big shift.”
Laurine Garaude, director of Mipcom organizer Reed Midem’s television division acknowledges the impact of Ott and notes the Cannes markets have reflected that. “It’s been many years since Netflix first came to the show,” she says. All the digital platforms will be in town this year. “They are all present, in different ways,” Garaude says.
Speakers at Mipcom include Gong Yu, founder of Chinese streamer iQiyi, and Jennifer Batty, chief content officer at Southeast Asian Svod service Hooq. Matthew Henick will be talking Facebook Watch.
Laurine Garaude, director of Mipcom organizer Reed Midem’s television division acknowledges the impact of Ott and notes the Cannes markets have reflected that. “It’s been many years since Netflix first came to the show,” she says. All the digital platforms will be in town this year. “They are all present, in different ways,” Garaude says.
Speakers at Mipcom include Gong Yu, founder of Chinese streamer iQiyi, and Jennifer Batty, chief content officer at Southeast Asian Svod service Hooq. Matthew Henick will be talking Facebook Watch.
- 10/10/2018
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
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