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Netflix Co-CEO Says They’re Not in China Because ‘Not a Single Episode’ Cleared the Censorship Board
Ted Sarandos said 'not a single episode' cleared China's censorship board as the streamer attempted to expand into the region.
In a conversation with Semafor as part of the World Economy Summit in Washington on Wednesday, April 23, Sarandos said he spent years working to get a foothold in China at a time when everyone in Hollywood felt that that was the only way to truly be successful or to reach a billion dollars at the box office. Netflix has built their own facility in New Jersey quite recently, but Sarandos made the comparison that if a company were building a billion dollar factory that manufactures cars, someone would probably be there for a photo opp. As a reminder, before President Trump announced (and then rescinded) his massive tariffs on much of the world, he had appointed Mel Gibson, Sylvester Stallone, and Jon Voight to be his “eyes and ears” as “special ambassadors” to Hollywood and prevent it from losing business to foreign countries.
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