Movies are becoming more global, which is making them less intimate. If you make a movie for the world, you don't make it for any country. Ted Sarandos countryglobalintimate Change image and share on social
'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' is not a direct-to-video, low-budget sequel: it's a big film. And it'd be fantastic to have the opportunity to see it on the IMAX screens at the same time, and IMAX has made arrangements with us for that to happen. Ted Sarandos arrangementbigbudget share on social
There's not a lot of really great, deep, serialized television, and we can see from the data that that's what people want. Ted Sarandos datumdeepgreat Change image and share on social
If you want to go out and see a movie and sit in a dark room with strangers, it's not an experience you can replicate at home. Ted Sarandos darkexperiencehome Change image and share on social
When we set out our original program from the beginning, obviously our markets were pretty limited, and we were thinking about them mostly as U.S. shows, and they would travel like other U.S. shows have. Ted Sarandos beginlimitmarket share on social
The U.K. has been very progressive about on-demand, and the iPlayer has been a great invention. It has trained a generation of viewers to expect on-demand - unfortunately, it trains them to expect free! Ted Sarandos demandexpectfree share on social
I love, personally, the experience of going to the theater, going to the cinema. Ted Sarandos cinemaexperiencelove Change image and share on social
When we started looking at the bigger television ecosystem, you see that there's not that many serialized TV shows being made for TV. The economics are lousy: They don't sell into syndication well; they're expensive to produce. Ted Sarandos bigeconomicsecosystem share on social
We are anxious and open to all forms of doing business in China. Ted Sarandos anxiousbusinesschina Change image and share on social
The television business is based on managed dissatisfaction. You're watching a great television show you're really wrapped up in? You might get 50 minutes of watching a week and then 18,000 minutes of waiting until the next episode comes along. Ted Sarandos 000basebusiness share on social