Netflix CEO: co-workers were affected by Trump travel ban

Netflix employees were personally affected by U.S. President Donald Trump’s attempt to ban people entering from seven Muslim countries, the company’s CEO said Tuesday. Reed Hastings has been a critic of the temporary travel ban, which Trump hopes to revive in a revised form this week, and told The Associated Press on Tuesday that some of his co-workers had gotten caught up in it.

Netflix and Spark agreement

Spark and Netflix, the global internet television network, are announcing an exclusive partnership that gives Spark broadband customers a subscription to Netflix’s Standard plan for one year when they sign up to a 24 month Unlimited Data Spark broadband plan. This is the first time that Netflix has been bundled with broadband in New Zealand.

Actress: a Machoa persecution followed a El Chapoa meeting

Mexican actress Kate del Castillo said Monday that her involvement in actor Sean Penn’s interview with drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has cost her acting jobs and a “macho” Mexican government is persecuting her only because she’s a woman. Del Castillo had to shoot her upcoming Netflix series “Ingobernable” – or “Ungovernable” – in the United States because she fears she’ll be detained if she returns to Mexico.