Stranger things and Netflix industry

 21 laps

6 million

July 15th 2016

8 episodes for season1/ 42 overall

Duffer brothers


Focuses on popular shows

Stranger Things 

One piece

Wednesday

Happy Gilmore

Glass Onion

Netflix focuses on established shows that hold star power and that are safe money makers


If you subscribe to Netflix premium you get what they describe as the best video quality, resolution of 4k and ultra hd, spatial audio, available on all devices and can have your account on 4 devices and download content on 6.


Production/ distribution

Produced by 21 laps

Original Netflix show so paid by and exclusively distributed by them

ST ranked as most successful digital series in US 

Netflix notoriously cagey about viewer figures


Netflix has just over 300 million customers worldwide all paying a minimum of £5.99

CEO Ted Sarandos has championed 

We don't know Netflix exact budgets but duffer brothers have said S1 had a low budget

 


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