Netflix wants a local partner that has licences for content on all devices, including mobile phones, computers and set-top boxes. China’s State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television has given internet TV licences to seven companies, including Wasu. Chief Content Office Ted Sarandos told an investor conference 13 May that Netflix intends to "try to figure out China and how to get there." The company doesn’t intend to go to China without a partner, he said.
Netflix would need to sort out content censorship regulations with Chinese authorities. Starting this April, new episodes of foreign programs can’t be shown in China until after the shows’ seasons have ended, according to a government notice. Episodes need to be handed in to censors for approval, and content deemed violent, sexual or offensive to the ruling Communist Party can be cut, according to notices.
