Netflix boss Ted Sarandos has been awarded one of many UK’s highest honors, receiving a CBE from King Charles.
The streamer’s co-CEO acquired his award – Commander of the British Empire – from British Ambassador Dame Karen Pierce on the British Embassy in Washington, alongside fellow leisure trade titan Shonda Rhimes, producer of Netflix hit Bridgerton.
Sarandos posted on Instagram his delight at receiving the award, describing the ceremony a ‘lovely ceremony and a day I’ll always remember.”
The UK Embassy also reported the event on social media, saying Sarandos was recognised for extraordinary providers to inventive industries. The Embassy praised his work: “Underneath his management, the platform has labored with greater than 30,000 British solid and crew and presently has greater than 100 productions lively within the UK.”
Rhimes acquired her honorary for providers to UK-US relations. The Embassy stated: “Ms Rhimes has modified the face of TV storytelling, creating extra roles for feminine actors, folks from various cultures, and people with disabilities. In addition to making among the longest standing and record-breaking reveals in historical past, she’s launched the profession of many British actors and continues to make important cultural and financial affect to the UK.”
Particularly, they famous, “Bridgerton was not solely probably the most watched Netflix reveals of all time however was championed for its various casting and trendy twist on regency-era storytelling.
“Alongside its cultural affect, the collection additionally supported important direct and oblique financial funding to the UK.”
Bridgerton, Rhimes adaptation of the Regency-period romance novels by Julia Quinn, debuted on Netflix on Christmas Day 2020, with its spin-off prequel Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story showing in Could 2023. Each reveals have been huge international hits for the platform.
