Sony’s experience offering The Interview simultaneously online and in theaters following last year’s hacking imbroglio whetted Netflix appetite for doing the same with other films, execs said today in a conference call with Wall Street analysts. The fictitious comedy about an assassination attempt on North Korean leader Kim Jong-un generated $45 million, primarily from video on demand, Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos says.
Netflix: ‘the Interview’ Showed Movies Can Coexist Online And In Theaters
David Lieberman, Deadline.com
Wed, 04/15/2015 - 4:21pm
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