Ted Sarandos Says Netflix Has ‘No Appetite to Make Fewer Films’

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Ted Sarandos Says Netflix Has ‘No Appetite to Make Fewer Films’

Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos says “there’s no appetite to make fewer films” at the streamer under the new film chief Dan Lin, disputing a recent New York Times article that said Netflix would move forward valuing quality over quantity and audience engagement over auteurs. Sarandos on Thursday’s Netflix Q1 earnings call responded to a piece this week in the New York Times that said “the aim is to make Netflix’s movies better, cheaper and less fre…