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Netflix won the streaming battle, but the war for your attention isn’t over.

'The Interview': Ted Sarandos’s Plan to Get You to Binge Even More

From the New York Times, this is the interview. I'm Lulu Garcia Navarro.

If you're like me, you probably spent some large portion of this week sitting on your

Ramcoms are my thing and my latest obsession is this Turkish series it's called Thank You Next. Once I watch

a few international romcoms you can bet that Netflix is going to feed me more of

them. Maybe you've had this experience with sports documentaries or

thrillers. But as I'm vegging out on the couch, I'm not really thinking much about the people

shaping my habit. That's why I wanted to talk to Ted Surandos. Surandos has been at

Netflix for 24 years, nearly as long as founder Reed Hastings. He's now the co-cee CEO

of the company, along with Greg Greg Peters and is in charge of their

creative output. He oversaw Netflix's early expansion into streaming and

pioneered the Binge Watch. Under, the company developed one of the most powerful algorithms out there,

He was also the guy who greenlit Netflix's first original productions like House of Cards,

making Netflix into a studio not just a platform.

And he's led the company as it's ventured into reality TV, prestige film, and live entertainment,

including a just announced deal to broadcast some of the NFL's Christmas Day games.

There have been less rosy moments at the company in recent years

including a few rounds of layoffs, but through it all, Surandos keeps giving

audiences more of what we want. Whether that's good for us or not is another question and that's a big part of what we talked about. Here's my

conversation with Ted Surandos. As I've been reading about you,

you have an unusual background for a Hollywood or tech CEO.

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0:00.0	From the New York Times, this is the interview. I'm Lulu Garcia Navarro.
0:08.0	If you're like me, you probably spent some large portion of this week sitting on your
0:16.0	sofa watching Netflix.
0:18.8	Ramcoms are my thing and my latest obsession is this Turkish series it's called Thank You Next. Once I watch
0:25.6	a few international romcoms you can bet that Netflix is going to feed me more of
0:31.0	them. Maybe you've had this experience with sports documentaries or
0:34.7	thrillers. But as I'm vegging out on the couch, I'm not really thinking much about the people
0:40.1	shaping my habit. That's why I wanted to talk to Ted Surandos. Surandos has been at
0:46.1	Netflix for 24 years, nearly as long as founder Reed Hastings. He's now the co-cee CEO
0:51.9	of the company, along with Greg Greg Peters and is in charge of their
0:55.4	creative output. He oversaw Netflix's early expansion into streaming and
1:00.3	pioneered the Binge Watch. Under, the company developed one of the most powerful algorithms out there,
1:07.0	the one keeping me glued to my sofa.
1:10.0	He was also the guy who greenlit Netflix's first original productions like House of Cards,
1:15.0	making Netflix into a studio not just a platform.
1:19.0	And he's led the company as it's ventured into reality TV, prestige film, and live entertainment,
1:25.6	including a just announced deal to broadcast some of the NFL's Christmas Day games.
1:31.3	There have been less rosy moments at the company in recent years
1:34.4	including a few rounds of layoffs, but through it all, Surandos keeps giving
1:39.3	audiences more of what we want. Whether that's good for us or not is another question and that's a big part of what we talked about. Here's my
1:48.8	conversation with Ted Surandos. As I've been reading about you,
1:57.0	you have an unusual background for a Hollywood or tech CEO.
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'The Interview': Ted Sarandos’s Plan to Get You to Binge Even More

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