Netflix is launching two new series from Europe
|Lisbon, Portugal (CNN Business)Netflix is launching two new series from Europe as it seeks to capitalize on its growing international audience.
Speaking to CNN Business at the Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal, Chief Product Officer Greg Peters said the original series are part of a larger investment in content for its global audience of 137 million subscribers, most of whom are outside the United States.
The shows are from Spain and Norway and will enter production next year. In the Spanish series called “Alma,” a young woman loses her memory in a bus crash and has to unlock a mystery. The series from Norway, called “Ragnarok,” centers around Norse mythology and a god who is reincarnated as a 17-year old boy.