The excitement at the Netflix headquarters in Los Angeles was palpable from both sides of the room.
All for the bargain price of $5 billion and a 10-year commitment.
[Look] at the things that they do and the freedom that they have within that.
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Its a game changer for us.
And while many things will change, others will stay the same, confirms Khan.
Were not changing the rating of our programming.
Thats definitely not happening, he said.
Its family-friendly, multi-generational, advertiser-friendly programming.
Its going to stay that way.
I would look for more global flair, especially as the relationship continues to develop.
Countries outside of the United States are as important to us as the United States is.
So we have certain targeted countries that are priorities for Netflix.
Theyre priorities for us.
Youre going to see more of that.
I think thats the way youll see a bit of a difference.
The latter was marred by complaints of technical issues like excessive buffering and the loss of the signal completely.
Bajaria discussed the matter and what theyre doing to improve.
Whenever we do live events, we want it to go smoothly for every single one of our members.
Thats really importantalso, to put it in perspective, it was 65 million concurrent streams, right?
It was a very successful night.
A lot of people [watched], the scale was very big, which is great.
Theres a lot of interest in it, she said.
Adding, We expected a big number, for sure.
It was a big number.
But we learn from those things.
The ratings have the potential to go even higher for say aWrestleManiaspecial with Netflix making it more accessible globally.
I hope that plays out because its one the fans deserve once and for all.
I just saw Jelly Roll the other day and hes still raving about wrestling.
We are about to do a new movie with our very own John Cena.
So well have those conversations with them in 2025 and well see what shakes up, said Khan.
