Netflix obtained the distribution rights to a very popular and successful comedy series. What is the new addition to the platform?
With a million-dollar contract between Netflix and Warner Bros Discovery, the first popular streaming platform achieved the distribution rights to broadcast a iconic HBO serieswhich won 7 Emmy Awards in best comedy series, casting, best direction, best lead and supporting actress.
Was nominated 50 times for the Emmy Awards in different categories, and obtained seven victories that included Best Comedy Series, Best Casting in a Comedy Series (2), Best Directing for a Comedy Series, Best Lead Actress (Sarah Jessica Parker) and Best Supporting Actress (Cynthia Nixon). I pass her through the Golden Globes It was also successful, with eight trophies collected in the period the series aired on television.
This is the American series Sex and the City (Sex in the City). The million-dollar agreement between both companies was successfully closed and the series can now be seen, starting April 1 of this year, by Netflix users in Latin America, the United States and some European countries.
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Why Netflix was able to release Sex and the City
The entry of HBO content to Netflix already has precedents. It is part of a mutually beneficial strategy, like the titles of Insecure, Blood Brothers, The Pacific, Six Feet Under, Ballers and True Blood.
The entertainment company led by Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters is the company with the largest market share in the streaming and on-demand viewing industry. It is stated that Netflix reached 260 million subscribers towards the end of 2023, with an increase of 13 million users in the last quarter of that year.
What Sex and the City is about
Created by Darren Star, as a loose adaptation of Candace Bushnell’s literary anthology, Sex and the City transcended television history. It spread through six seasons broadcast from 1998 to 2004.
Disruptive, daring and pioneering in the nineties by representing female independence and sexuality, the series stood out for addressing themes of friendship and autonomy. With the anecdotes of her characters, she opened the debate on what it meant to be a woman and the social expectations that are associated with women.
Sarah Jessica Parker gave life to Carrie Bradshaw, an American columnist who finds inspiration for her texts in the love experiences of her friends or in interactions with her own suitors. The quartet was completed by lawyer Miranda Hobbs (Nixon), romantic art dealer Charlotte York (Davis) and public relations specialist Samantha Jones (Cattrall).
Not the entire franchise has been included in the licensing agreement signed by Warner and Netflix. For now, the films in the Sex and the City universe and the spin-off series And Just Like That will still be exclusively distributed in streaming by Max.
Sex and the City cast
- Sarah Jessica Parker
- Kristin Davis
- Cynthia Nixon
- Kim Cattrall
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