How Female Executives Are Leading the International Streaming Business
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Streaming heavyweights have big global aspirations, and they’re relying on a growing cadre of women to realize them.
Female leaders abound at Netflix and Amazon Studios, where international programming initiatives are well underway, and they occupy top roles at Disney, Viacom and HBO Max as the businesses expand globally. In a sign of how important these initiatives are to Netflix, the streamer elevated Bela Bajaria, formerly head of local-language programming, to head of global TV in September as part of a broader corporate realignment. Earlier, in June, it lured Eleonora “Tinny” Andreatta, who shepherded HBO’s cross-national hit “My Brilliant Friend” as head of RAI drama, to oversee Italian originals. At Amazon Studios, Jennifer Salke, a proponent of global franchises, is relying on an all-female regional leadership team to grow the company’s int
Netflix and VRT Commission Diamonds Series From Fauda Team
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Netflix and Belgium’s Flemish community public service broadcaster VRT have commissioned eight-part crime drama “Diamonds.”
Co-created by Yuval Yefet (“Fauda,” “Line in the Sand”) and Rotem Shamir (“Hostages,” “Fauda,” “Line in the Sand”), who also directs, the series with mafia-style undertones, is set within Antwerp’s diamond district and follows the struggles of one of the city’s most influential diamond-dealing families.
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“Diamonds,” to be shot in Dutch, English and Yiddish, will be co-produced by Keshet International and Belgium’s De Mensen. It was commissioned by Netflix alongside VRT’s head of scripted, Wim Janssen, and is supported by Screen Flanders.
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Neighbors speak out to prevent demolition of historic homes in Saratoga Springs
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1of105The owners of the houses at 65 (red) and 69 (white) Phila St., Saratoga Springs, requested permission from the city to demolish the structures, which have long been empty and largely unmaintained. Neighbors and the Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation objected to the request.The houses were built in the 1850s.Leigh Hornbeck/Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
2of105The owners of the houses at 65 (red) and 69 (white) Phila St., Saratoga Springs, requested permission from the city to demolish the structures, which have long been empty and largely unmaintained. Neighbors and the Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation objected to the request.The houses were built in the 1850s.Leigh Hornbeck/Times UnionShow MoreShow Less