{"id":174359,"date":"2025-06-11T01:06:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T01:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/174359\/"},"modified":"2025-06-11T01:06:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T01:06:16","slug":"netflix-will-invest-1-billion-for-original-productions-in-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/174359\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix Will Invest $1 Billion For Original Productions In Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1749603976_715_960x0.jpg\" alt=\"Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez\u200b - Ted Sarandos\" data-height=\"625\" data-width=\"1000\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"color-body light-text\" role=\"button\">Spain&#8217;s Prime Minister Pedro S\u00e1nchez\u200b with Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos in Madrid during the &#8230; More streaming company&#8217;s 10th anniversary celebration.<\/p>\n<p>Netflix<\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail-first:mt-1.5\">Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos\u200b announced the streaming giant will invest more than one billion euros in Spain (about \u200bUS$1.14 billion)\u200b between 2025 and 2028\u200b, reinforcing its long-term commitment \u200bto original productions\u200b and helping support more than 20,000 jobs\u200b across the country\u200b.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail-first:mt-1.5\">Sarandos\u200b revealed the company&#8217;s plans at a special event celebrating Netflix\u200b&#8217;\u200bs 10th anniversary in \u200bS\u200bpain, held at \u200bits 22,000-square-meter production hub in Tres Cantos, Madrid\u200b. Spain&#8217;s Prime Minister Pedro S\u00e1nchez\u200b and other government officials attended the ceremony.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail-first:mt-1.5\">&#8220;With this investment, we will be able to contribute even more to the Spanish economy. Create more Spanish jobs. Tell more great stories made in Spain\u200b. Support the next generation of creative talent here in Spain,&#8221; said Sarandos\u200b, noting that Netflix has filmed in over 200 cities and towns across\u200b the country, bringing \u200bto the screen \u200b&#8221;all the different sides of Spain.\u200b&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail-first:mt-1.5\">The investment builds on Netflix&#8217;s decade-long presence in Spain, during which the company has produced more than 1,000 Spanish titles since 2017. Spanish \u200bfilms and series ha\u200bve proven highly successful for Netflix, generating over \u200bfive billion viewing hours on the platform last year alone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"color-body light-text\" role=\"button\">&#8220;Money Heist&#8221; (La Casa de Papel) was Netflix&#8217;s first most-watched non-English language series. <\/p>\n<p>Netflix<\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail-first:mt-1.5\">Major Spanish productions include global hits\u200b, such as its first original series Cable Girls and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/veronicavillafane\/2021\/05\/24\/netflix-reveals-date-for-final-season-of-hit-series-la-casa-de-papel-money-heist\/\" data-ga-track=\"InternalLink:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/veronicavillafane\/2021\/05\/24\/netflix-reveals-date-for-final-season-of-hit-series-la-casa-de-papel-money-heist\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Money Heist (La Casa de Pap\u200bel)\u200b\" rel=\"noopener\">Money Heist (La Casa de Pap\u200bel)\u200b<\/a> &#8211; the streamer&#8217;s first most-watched non-English-language series.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail-first:mt-1.5\">&#8220;Dali masks, red jumpsuits, Bella Ciao \u200b- all of them have become instantly recognisable parts of the global culture\u200b,&#8221; stated Sarandos, while showcasing some of Netflix&#8217;s top Spanish originals, which also include Elite,\u200b its \u200blongest-running international series ever, and\u200b the Oscar-nominated film <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/veronicavillafane\/2024\/01\/20\/society-of-the-snow-leads-netflixs-global-top-10\/\" data-ga-track=\"InternalLink:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/veronicavillafane\/2024\/01\/20\/society-of-the-snow-leads-netflixs-global-top-10\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Society of the Snow\" rel=\"noopener\">Society of the Snow<\/a>, \u200babout the tragic \u200b1\u200b972 plane crash in the Andes\u200b, which won 12 Goya awards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail-first:mt-1.5\">\u200bAnother Spanish production, A Widow&#8217;s Game\u200b (La viuda negra)\u200b, based on real events, has been No. 1 on Netflix&#8217;s Global Top 10 non-English films for the past two weeks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail-first:mt-1.5\">The company also produced a 10-year anniversary sizzle reel of its productions:<\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail-first:mt-1.5\">Netflix&#8217;s \u200binvestment \u200bin Spain follows \u200ba <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/veronicavillafane\/2025\/02\/20\/ted-sarandos-unveils-netflixs-1-billion-investment-on-mexico-productions\/\" data-ga-track=\"InternalLink:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/veronicavillafane\/2025\/02\/20\/ted-sarandos-unveils-netflixs-1-billion-investment-on-mexico-productions\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"similar billion-dollar commitment to Mexico\" rel=\"noopener\">similar billion-dollar commitment to Mexico<\/a> announced earlier this year, reflecting the company&#8217;s broader strategy to develop authentic regional content that appeals to both local and international audiences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Spain&#8217;s Prime Minister Pedro S\u00e1nchez\u200b with Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos in Madrid during the &#8230; More streaming company&#8217;s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":174360,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5312],"tags":[2000,299,104],"class_list":{"0":"post-174359","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-spain","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-spain"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114662053228887340","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174359\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}