Netflix Chief Denies Report of Frosty Reception at Cannes

Deadline: Even though Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos isn’t coming to the Cannes Film Festival this year, his disruptive approach to the movie business makes him as relevant as last year, when he delivered a speech to the industry. Sarandos has never been shy about pointing out the failings of old-guard ways of independent film distribution that might make for a frosty reaction from the most tradition-bound festival there is, but he took umbrage to a report this week which claimed that while upstart film company Amazon Studios has been warmly embraced on the Croisette, Netflix has been frozen out.