Thanks to 90sbaby for the heads up.
UPDATE, 6:40 p.m: Starz has also pulled out of the Television Critics Association winter press tour, Variety has learned. The network declined to comment and TCA did not immediately respond to our inquiry.
Netflix has bowed out of the upcoming Television Critics Association press tour in January, TCA announced on Friday.
Sources say Netflix execs made to the decision to skip the winter session this time out but has not ruled out future participation.
Netflix was previously scheduled to present its slate on Jan. 5, the first day of press tour. There’s no word yet if TCA will fill the day with other programming or if the tour will start a day later on Jan. 6.
Questions have also been raised about the tone of the social media commentary that floods during the two- to three-week-long tour as well as the escalating cost of staging panels and parties. Meanwhile, networks are looking for alternative ways to promote their programming via social media in a more controlled environment, rather than focusing their efforts on the herd-like atmosphere of the TCA ballroom.
Netflix has bowed out of the upcoming Television Critics Association press tour in January, TCA announced on Friday.
Sources say Netflix execs made to the decision to skip the winter session this time out but has not ruled out future participation.
Netflix was previously scheduled to present its slate on Jan. 5, the first day of press tour. There’s no word yet if TCA will fill the day with other programming or if the tour will start a day later on Jan. 6.
Questions have also been raised about the tone of the social media commentary that floods during the two- to three-week-long tour as well as the escalating cost of staging panels and parties. Meanwhile, networks are looking for alternative ways to promote their programming via social media in a more controlled environment, rather than focusing their efforts on the herd-like atmosphere of the TCA ballroom.
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