And that, of course is the real end game: growing more subscribers around the world as the number in the U.S. reaches what some are calling a saturation point.

Because we’d like to be able to get global rights so everybody gets the same great experience. And our originals, are like that, where everybody gets access.

but on licensing deals so that users in Germany, Korea, and Chile all have access to the same content.

those shows that put Netflix on the map, today a show like 3% is the blueprint for moving forward. That series, described as a “Brazilian Hunger Games,” has become a hit in the U.S., according to Netflix, despite being an entirely Brazilian production starring local actors. Part of what helped the series become a success outside of Brazil was that Netflix dubbed it for English-speaking markets. But more importantly, it’s a show with broad enough themes and characters (dystopian future populated by attractive twentysomethings) that helped it cross borders. Other local language productions that are in the works, such as Dark, Netflix’s first German-produced series, and Italy’s Suburra, are similarly intended to “translate globally,”

The spoken representation of significant visual aspects in media and live shows is referred to as audio description. The purpose of AD is to provide information about visual content that is regarded as important for the program’s comprehension

When a film is dubbed in a foreign language, the translation of the original phrase is meticulously matched to the lip movements of the actors

Dubs also often simplify dialogue.

62 languages on Netflix

The most strongly recommended rows go to the top. The most strongly recommended titles start on the left of each row and go right -- unless you have selected Arabic or Hebrew as your language in our systems, in which case these will go right to left.

If the media’s messages have consistency over time, we may come to understand these as facts.

Oscar winners "Parasite,"

record flight cancellations, soaring travel costs, and high inflation led to mixed results.