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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Catherine Shoard

Netflix chief Ted Sarandos says cinemagoing is ‘outmoded’ and the streamer is ‘saving Hollywood’

Ted Sarandos at the 2025 TIME100 summit .
‘What is the consumer trying to tell us?’ Ted Sarandos at the 2025 TIME100 summit. Photograph: Jemal Countess/Getty Images for TIME

Ted Sarandos, the co-CEO of Netflix, has defended his company’s reputation, saying the streamer is “saving Hollywood” by securing an audience for content which would otherwise disappear.

Speaking at the TIME100 summit in New York on Wednesday, Sarandos said Netflix was providing a much-needed service to those people – for instance in rural areas – who are keen to see films, but without the means of going to a cinema.

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