Netflix CEO Reed Hastings is defending the company's experiment letting users watch videos at 1.5X speed: “We do care about creators and the creative intentions, but we also care about consumers'
Dealbook Conference on Wednesday, weighed in on his company’s relationship with theaters, and the decision to pull an episode of Hashan Minhaj’s show in Saudi Arabia, among other topics.in Saudi Arabia that was critical of the country’s crown prince.
“We’re not in the truth to power business, we’re in the entertainment business,” Hastings said, defending the decision. “We can accomplish a lot more by being entertainment and influencing a global conversation conversation about how people live than trying to be another news channel,” Hastings added. “If they can came to us and said you cant have gay content, we wouldn't do that. We would not comply with that.”
He also addressed the recent concern from film and TV creators over the company’s experiment allowing users to watch videos at 1.5X speed.“We do care about creators and the creative intentions, but we also care about consumers,” he said, noting that VCRs and DVRs have had that capability, and that there was similar outrage when Netflix allowed users to stream movies on their phones.
“If theaters want to carry Netflix films once they are on Netflix, because people want the group experience, that’s great,” he added.
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