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Chief Content Officer & VP of Content, Netflix

Netflix is a Silicon Valley company that depends on Hollywood for its content; Ted Sarandos is the guy in the middle, and has handled content acquisition for Netflix since 2000. Now he’s heading up the company’s efforts to create its own programming, by brokering deals to produce original series like House of Cards and a new season of Arrested Development. Before Netflix, Sarandos was an executive at video distributor ETD and Video City/West Coast Video.

Posts With Ted Sarandos

AllThingsD Week in Review: Patent Wars Redux and Netflix Thinks “Big”

in General on November 3, 2013 at 3:00 am PT

The Top 10 stories that powered AllThingsD this week, in one convenient post.
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Netflix Flirts With a New Idea: “Big” Movies at Your House, the Same Day They’re in Theaters

in Media on October 28, 2013 at 1:38 pm PT

A great idea, which also seems improbable. But if they can pull it off …

Power Listicle: Disruptive Bezos Displaces Apple Execs as No. 1 on VF Annual Ranking

in Media on October 4, 2013 at 9:04 am PT

Who’s the bomb? (For this year, at least.)

To Do Tonight: Watch the New “Arrested Development.” All of It.

in Media on May 25, 2013 at 2:00 pm PT

For those of us in nearby timezones, now might be a good time to take a nap. It’s going to be a long, binge-y night.

Netflix Still Says “House of Cards” Did Great, but Still Won’t Talk Ratings

in Media on May 23, 2013 at 11:25 am PT

It would be pretty amazing if the company said its first original show did as well as “The Walking Dead.” But Netflix says it didn’t say that.

Time 100 List Is Packed With Techies — From Musk to Systrom to Sandberg and More

in Media on April 18, 2013 at 10:38 am PT

Who doesn’t love a listicle?

Big Data, Soft Sell: Netflix Pitches a Hands-Off Approach to Hollywood

in Dive Into Media on March 1, 2013 at 10:48 am PT

Sure, Netflix knows a lot about you and what you like to watch. But that doesn’t mean it knows how to make stuff you want to watch.

Day Two at D: Dive Into Media 2013, in Pictures and Tweets

in Dive Into Media on February 13, 2013 at 3:30 am PT

Storified: The best tweets and pictures from the second day of D: Dive Into Media.

How Should You Watch Netflix’s Original Programming? However You Want.

in Dive Into Media on February 12, 2013 at 3:53 pm PT

To binge or not to binge? That is the question.

Netflix Says “House of Cards” Is Its Most-Watched Program

in Dive Into Media on February 12, 2013 at 2:39 pm PT

Did Netflix get more for its millions by creating the show than it would have by spending that money elsewhere? The answer to that, Sarandos said, is yes.

“Arrested Development” Comes to Dive Into Media: Make Room for Will Arnett, Mitch Hurwitz and Brian Grazer

in Dive Into Media, February 5, 2013 at 12:04 pm PT

Waiting Is Dead

How Do You Market a TV Show Without a TV Network? Ask Netflix.

in Media, January 25, 2013 at 3:43 pm PT

Game On! Xbox Bosses Mehdi, Tellem Come to Dive Into Media.

in Dive Into Media, January 4, 2013 at 5:41 am PT

Meet the Man Who Wants to Blow Up the TV Business: Dish Network’s Charlie Ergen Comes to Dive Into Media

in Dive Into Media, December 18, 2012 at 8:44 am PT

Old Media, New Tricks: The New Republic’s Chris Hughes and USA Today’s Larry Kramer Join Dive Into Media

in News, December 12, 2012 at 5:00 am PT

Netflix Content Boss Ted Sarandos Comes to D: Dive Into Media, With a Mystery Guest in Tow

in News, December 6, 2012 at 7:09 am PT

The Bull (Or at Least Less Bearish) Case for Netflix

in Media, September 16, 2011 at 7:01 am PT

Netflix Content Boss Says Price Hike Isn’t a Price Hike, But Is a “Radical Change”

in Media, September 15, 2011 at 12:08 pm PT

Netflix Bets Big On "House Of Cards" But Swears It’s Not a Strategy Shift: Q&A With Content Boss Ted Sarandos

in Media, March 18, 2011 at 10:02 am PT

Netflix Adds More Disney/ABC Shows–But Not the Ones You Missed Last Night

in Media, December 8, 2010 at 9:08 am PT

The Netflix and Warner Bros. Pact: Subscribers Wait for New Movies, Get More on the Web

in Media, January 6, 2010 at 3:29 pm PT

Kara Visits Sundance: The "Webolution!" Panel

in News, January 21, 2008 at 10:50 am PT

Sundance Bound

in News, January 18, 2008 at 12:02 am PT