Netflix 'too slow off the mark' in Bake Off bidding war
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/oct/25/netflix-bake-off-ted-sarandos-bbc
Summary: Netflix were too slow for to buy the Bake Off programme as they thought the show wouldn't leve BBC. Netflix's chief; Ted Sarandos said that previous series of Bake Off have proved very popular on its US service, as have other BBC shows including Top Gear.Netflix has also shown an appetite for buying UK shows, picking up the likes of BBC shows Happy Valley and Peaky Blinders, as well as Charlie Brooker’s Channel 4 show Black Mirror.
[] Netflix’s content chief Ted Sarandos, who commands a £4.9bn annual budget with commissions including House of Cards, Stranger Things and Orange is the New Black.
Opinion: In my opinion, I'm glad that Netflix were too slow to bid on getting Bake off, this is because Netflix is an American streaming service, it wouldn't be the same if Bake off was on Netflix because Bake Off has a very strong association with the British culture and if a american streaming service bought it, bake off would loose that and it can disappoint a vast majority of the audience. In addition, it is better that bake off streams on television instead because many of the people do watch bake off live for when it is schedule instead of catch up and if Netflix had bought it, the effect of bake off wouldn't be the same.
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