Around the World With Netflix’s Head of TV

The Town with Matthew Belloni

The Ringer

Society & Culture

4.3 • 847 Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Matt is joined by Rachel Syme to talk about her latest ‘New Yorker’ profile on Bela Bejaria, the global head of television at Netflix. Rachel talks about her months spent with Bela traveling to Netflix offices all over the world. She talks about Netflix’s evolved identity as a tastemaker, how quantity seems to be prioritized over quality, their strategy to globalize content, and more. Host: Matt Belloni Guest: Rachel Syme Producer: Craig Horlbeck Theme Song: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Missa Kwonger and I'm Ryan Hunt and we co-host Stadio a football podcast on the Ring of Podcast Network.
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0:14.9	You know what that is?
0:22.6	An ice cold beer. What's different?
0:24.6	It's Budweiser.
0:27.6	Food longer for a refreshing, smooth taste.
0:34.6	Like no other.
0:35.6	Cheers to that. Budweiser, like no other. Cheers to that.
0:39.5	Budweiser, like no other.
0:41.7	Please drink responsibly.
0:42.9	For the facts, visit drinkaware.com.uker.
0:47.4	It is Friday, January 13th.
0:50.7	Netflix has had such a profound impact,
0:53.0	not only on how we watch television, but what we watch on television.
0:56.9	In the process, the company's gone through a ton of change itself since it first started transitioning from DVDs by mail to streaming video more than a decade ago.
1:05.4	I've covered Netflix since those early days, and I remember when they sent me media screeners on DVD for Lillehammer,
1:11.3	their first original series, because they just assumed none of us had Netflix yet. Then Netflix
1:15.9	went through its HBO phase where it was trying to buy whatever A-list projects it could and
1:20.3	spend whatever it had to to compete with the cable networks for the very best shows, stuff that
1:24.5	would win Emmys and get the industry excited about Netflix.
1:32.0	It had an executive, Cindy Holland, who was known for her taste in building relationships,
1:35.7	shows like Orange is the New Black, The Crown, Stranger Things, Queen's Gambit.
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