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Netflix To Debut Mobster TV Drama 'Lilyhammer'

  • GigaOm, Monday, October 3, 2011 4 PM
As part of its investment in original programming, Netflix will premiere "Lilyhammer," a Norwegian-produced show starring Steven Van Zandt as a mobster who moves to Norway as part of the Witness Protection Program.

The show includes English and Norwegian dialogue.

This latest news definitely fits the thesis that Netflix has begun to stream more TV shows than movies:"'50 percent and sometimes 60 percent of viewing is TV episodes now,' said Netflix's chief content officer Ted Sarandos, during a joint keynote at the Mipcom conference in Cannes with Miramax CEO Mike Lang," according to Paid Content.

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