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Netflix is leaning into snack-sized content as it seeks to claw viewing time from YouTube

After the classic series became a pandemic-era smash, a glossy new adaptation aims to explore the complexities of frontier life

Netflix will add video programming from some of the world’s highest-profile magazine and digital publishers to its streaming service, the latest effort by the company to expand beyond traditional TV and film while giving subscribers more reasons to stay on the platform between marquee releases

Netflix, Prime Video and Disney+ have separately filed appeals with France’s Conseil d’État (the country’s highest administrative court) seeking to overturn a new content investment law mandating the streamers invest another 20% of national revenue towards French animation, documentaries, and live performances

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Maybe you’ve sped through That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, Chainsmoker CatorDaemons of the Shadow Realmand you’re already foaming at the mouth for a new series to tackle

Netflix isn’t slowing down when it comes to South African originals. Fresh off the success ofThe Polygamist, the streamer has unveiled the first images and teaser forUmthetho, an intense new crime drama premiering globally on August 14

Netflix is getting another dose of medical drama this August. Following some other high-profile pickups from Fox in recent years, Netflix has picked up the streaming rights to the first season of the breakout comedy-drama Best Medicine. All 13 episodes of season 1 will touch down on Netflix US on August 4th, 2026

Is Netflix in trouble? That’s sort of the question underlying Shaw’s post above. He’s quick to note that it’s Netflix, and history has proven time and time again that you can’t count them out because they’re good at figuring out what’s next to keep going. But it seems pretty clear that it’s time to shake…

ByMatty Merritt July 7, 2026 TOPICS:Entertainment /Streaming, Platforms & Subscription Media /Viewership Metrics