Samantha Blanco

Head of Content Acquistions and Licensing UK and Ireland and content for Israel, Netflix

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In her 7 years at Netflix Sam has closely collaborated with producers and broadcasters across the whole of EMEA to build an extensive slate of co-productions. She has worked across all EMEA markets to bring local language library content to Netflix. In 2022 She became head of UK/IE content acquisitions and all content for Israel. Sam is responsible for Netflix’s inaugural deals with Sky, ITV and Studiocanal bringing titles like Brassic, Line of Duty and the Harry Potter franchise to Netflix UK.

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