Netflix’s use of data, culled from its audiences, then crunched through algorithms to construct a picture of what will and won’t fly, is no secret. I press Sarandos for examples where Netflix has thrown money at something and, in spite of all that data, still got it wrong: “[The horror series] Hemlock Grove is an example that just… didn’t connect with the audience that we thought it would.”
Source and more: The Telegraph
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