Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Netflix is begging for teen eyeballs with two new movies from YouTube stars

According to The New York Times, Netflix is licensing two recent feature films made by popular YouTube personalities. By obtaining the rights to comedy duo Smosh's Smosh: The Movie and Jenn McAllister and Lauren Luthringshausen's mistaken identity adventure Bad Night, Netflix is trying to capture young people who've never thought of cable — or even TV in general — as a primary source of entertainment. "We want shows or movies that a particular demographic is going to love," said Erik Barmack, Netflix's vice president for global independent content. "It's not a one-size-fits-all thing."

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