Netflix's $20 billion budget grew 11% while viewing grew 2%

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNetflix has let go of film chief Dan Lin a week before Peter Rice starts as chief content officer, and the Los Angeles Times reports about a thousand layoffs the week before.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorOctavia Lindqvist-Shaw represents interests on both sides. Who is your client tonight?

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   Octavia Lindqvist-ShawOn behalf of my client, the departing executive, I can say he is thrilled.

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   Octavia Lindqvist-ShawAnd on behalf of my client, the incoming leadership, I can say we are thrilled too. I crack a pistachio when I'm thrilled.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTwo clients. One's moving into the office, and the other's carrying his box out of it.

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   Octavia Lindqvist-ShawBoth can be true. On behalf of my client, the studio, the budget rose eleven percent to twenty billion dollars.

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   Octavia Lindqvist-ShawOn behalf of my client, the audience, hours watched rose two percent. They are very close.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNine percentage points apart. And Lin was hired to make fewer, better, bigger movies.

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   Octavia Lindqvist-ShawAnd he is leaving with Narnia on his slate, which reportedly costs two hundred eighty million dollars. Bigger, as instructed.

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    Octavia Lindqvist-ShawOn behalf of my client, the Narnia people, that is a compliment.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo he did what he was told, and he's out.

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    Octavia Lindqvist-ShawPeter Rice will oversee the film team until a new head is named.

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    Octavia Lindqvist-ShawI can't say who, but I can say my phone has been very warm.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorWho do you represent in the gap between eleven percent and two?

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    Octavia Lindqvist-ShawWhoever you're interviewing next, Hank.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThat's Rex, and he'll want a lobbyist for the bench.