PRESS: Netflix starts ordering series with Russian producers

MOSCOW, Apr 12 (PRIME) -- U.S. streaming giant Netflix has debuted in signing a contract for series by Russian producers with the first deal made with Gazprom-Media studio 1–2–3 Production for an Anna Karenina version, business daily Kommersant reported on Monday.

Market sources told the daily Netflix wants to produce series for Russia and is negotiating four to five projects with the local producers.. The second project will be a dramatic story unfolding in the country in the 1990s.

Till now, Netflix has not ordered local production and purchased the already made series.

The streaming service started offering content in Russian in late 2020 through a partnership with local media holding company National Media Group (NMG), whose unit Entertaining Online Service acts as the platform’s operator in the country, collects payments from subscribers and dubs content.

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