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The Cannes premiere of Okja in 2017 was controversial, and led to discussions over the appropriateness of films with simultaneous digital releases being screened at an event showcasing theatrical film; audience members also booed the Netflix production logo at the screening. In April 2018, Netflix pulled out of the Cannes Film Festival, in response to new rules requiring competition films to have been released in French theaters. In March 2018, Sky UK announced an agreement with Netflix to integrate Netflix’s subscription VOD offering into its pay-TV service. In November 2017, Netflix announced it would be making its first original Colombian series, to be executive produced by Ciro Guerra. In November 2017, Netflix signed an exclusive multi-year deal with Orange Is the New Black creator Jenji Kohan. That same month, Minister of Heritage Mélanie Joly announced that Netflix had agreed to make a CA$500 million (US$400 million) investment over the next five years in producing content in Canada.

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The animated musical KPop Demon Hunters (2025) became Netflix’s most popular film of all time later that month. Through this agreement, Netflix will stream all 47 games of the 2026 World Baseball Classic live and on-demand for its users in Japan. In August 2025, Netflix announced an exclusivity deal to stream the World Baseball Classic in Japan starting in 2026.

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“Netflix Originals” are content that is produced, co-produced, or distributed exclusively by Netflix. Netflix freely peers with Internet service providers (ISPs) directly and at common Internet exchange points. In July 2026, The Wall Street Journal reported that Netflix is exploring the introduction of live, linear TV channels and third-party streaming bundles to combat declining viewer engagement and enhance its advertising business.

Analysts believed that Netflix’s purchase of the film helped to make the film instantly profitable for Paramount compared to a more traditional theatrical release, while Netflix benefited from the surprise reveal. In February 2018, Netflix acquired the rights to The Cloverfield Paradox (2018) from Paramount Pictures for $50 million and launched it on February 4, 2018, shortly after airing its first trailer during Super Bowl LII. In October 2017, Netflix introduced the “Skip Intro” feature, which allows customers to skip the intros to shows on its platform through a variety of techniques including manual reviewing, audio tagging, and machine learning. In October 2017, Netflix iterated a goal of having half of its library consist of original content by 2019, announcing a plan to invest $8 billion on original content in 2018. In September 2017, Netflix announced it would offer its low-broadband mobile technology to airlines to provide better in-flight Wi-Fi so passengers could watch movies on Netflix while on planes. In August 2017, Netflix acquired Millarworld, the creator-owned publishing company of comic book writer Mark Millar.

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Later in the month, Netflix also acquired the Texas-based mobile game developer, Boss Fight Entertainment, for an undisclosed sum. Netflix announced plans to acquire Next Games in March 2022 for €65 million as part of Netflix’s expansions into gaming. In May 2026, Netflix announced they would air the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show starting in 2027. Also that month, former baseball player Barry Bonds was announced to be joining Netflix for MLB coverage. In March 2026, it was announced that Elle Duncan was leaving ESPN to become Netflix’s first sports anchor.

• As part of the agreement, Netflix also acquired the international rights to WWE’s main weekly programs (Raw, SmackDown, and NXT) and pay-per-view events outside of the US, and the former WWE Network library of supplemental and archive content.
• In March 2023, Netflix won six Academy Awards including four for All Quiet on the Western Front which was the most awarded Netflix film in its history.
• Customers’ tendency to binge watch many episodes without stopping caused it to release all 13 episodes of the show’s first season at the same time.
• In November 2017, Netflix announced it would be making its first original Colombian series, to be executive produced by Ciro Guerra.

In 2020, Netflix earned 24 Academy Award nominations, marking the first time a streaming service led all studios. The House of Cards episode “Chapter 1” received four nominations for both the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards and 65th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, becoming the first episode of a streaming television series to receive a major Primetime Emmy Award nomination. In August 2023, the company announced Netflix Stories, a collection of interactive narrative games from Netflix series and movies such as Love is Blind, Money Heist, and Virgin River.

In early-August 2019, Netflix negotiated an exclusive multi-year film and television deal with Game of Thrones creators and showrunners David Benioff and D.B. In December 2018, the non gamstop casinos company announced a partnership with ESPN Films on a television documentary chronicling Michael Jordan and the 1997–98 Chicago Bulls season titled The Last Dance. In November 2018, Paramount Pictures signed a multi-picture film deal with Netflix, making Paramount the first major film studio to do so. In August 2018, the company signed a five-year exclusive overall deal with international best-selling author Harlan Coben. In December 2017, Netflix signed Stranger Things director-producer Shawn Levy and his production company 21 Laps Entertainment to what sources say is a four-year deal. Netflix released an estimated 30 original series or films over that year, more than any network or cable channel.

On January 22, 2019, films distributed by Netflix scored 15 nominations for the 91st Academy Awards, including Academy Award for Best Picture for Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma, which was nominated for 10 awards. Netflix holds exclusive streaming rights to the film library of Studio Ghibli (except Grave of the Fireflies) worldwide except in the US and Japan as part of an agreement signed with Ghibli’s international sales holder Wild Bunch in 2020. Formerly, the streaming service also held rights to select television programs distributed by NBCUniversal Television Distribution, Sony Pictures Television and 20th Century Fox Television. In November 2025, Netflix acquired rights to selected Major League Baseball (MLB) events for the 2026, 2027, and 2028 seasons in the United States, including a primetime Opening Night game, the Home Run Derby during the MLB All-Star Game, and the MLB at Field of Dreams game. Inn January 2023, Netflix announced plans to open an engineering hub in its Warsaw office to provide Netflix’s creative partners with software solutions for the production of films and series.

The streaming giant is said to co-produce three feature films with the studio, the first of which would premiere in September 2022. Also on the same day, Netflix announced an Exploding Kittens mobile card game tied to a new animated TV series, which would launch in May. On the same day, Roberto Patino signed a deal with Netflix and established his production banner, Analog Inc., in partnership with the company. On September 21, Netflix announced it would acquire the Roald Dahl Story Company, which manages the rights to Roald Dahl’s stories and characters, for an undisclosed price and would operate it as an independent company. On June 30, Powerhouse Animation Studios (the studio behind Netflix’s Castlevania) announced signing a first-look deal with the streamer to produce more animated series.