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Netflix release slate for 2022 set to outpace 2021
Mumbai: Streaming giant Netflix is slated to release 398 shows in 2022 which is with more original TV content expected to air on the platform, according to a study by Ampere Analysis.
“In 2021, Netflix released 395 original TV shows globally including 259 commissioned and released in the same year. Including only shows scheduled for release, those already in the can, and shows that will complete production, 2022 Netflix is set to break this record,” said Ampere Analysis research director Richard Cooper.
Netflix has already released 55 TV shows by the second week of February and has announced additional 56 premiere dates this year. The company has announced another 97 titles separately that are scheduled to release sometime in 2022 but with no hard release dates confirmed as of yet.
“However, it’s from within Netflix’s extensive commissioned ‘in-production’ slate that the remainder of 2022’s titles can be found,” said Cooper. “The streamer has a further 88 TV shows that have already finished production and are premiere ready, effectively just waiting to drop on to the platform. Netflix has a further 102 shows that are still currently either at the script or shooting stages but which we expect to finish production in 2022 in time to air this year.”
All these shows are already commissioned and in Netflix’s production pipeline. This 2021 beating total excludes any 2022 shows yet to be commissioned, produced, and aired this year.
“Were the streamer’s 2022 commissions for same year release only to match the number in 2021, the final year tally of Netflix original releases could easily cap 650 new titles, a 65 per cent uptick on the previous year,” observed Cooper.
Gaming
MTG gaming chief Benninghoff joins NODWIN board as esports firm primes for IPO
The Gurugram-based esports firm is pursuing a public listing, has returned to profitability and is growing revenues by 42 per cent
GURUGRAM: NODWIN Gaming is moving fast. The Gurugram-based gaming and esports company has launched a pre-IPO fundraising round, appointed UBS as lead adviser for both the round and a subsequent public listing, and landed a heavyweight board director, all in one go.
The new board member is Arnd Benninghoff, executive vice president of gaming at Stockholm-listed Modern Times Group (MTG), who has overseen the group’s strategic investments and portfolio growth since 2014. He is no stranger to building things: Benninghoff has founded and built fifteen companies, served as chief digital officer at ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG, managing director of SevenVentures, and chief executive of Holtzbrinck eLAB. He began his career as a journalist at Deutsche Presse Agentur and various TV networks, holds a Diplom-Kaufmann in business and administration from the University of Münster, and previously sat on the board of Edgeware AB.
The numbers back the ambition
NODWIN is not pitching a story without substance. The company has returned to EBITDA profitability and posted a 42 per cent year-on-year revenue surge, reaching $58.5m in the first nine months of FY2026. The pre-IPO round will combine a primary issuance to fund global expansion through organic growth and acquisitions, alongside a secondary sale to give existing shareholders some liquidity.
Akshat Rathee, co-founder and managing director of NODWIN Gaming, said Benninghoff understands “the entire lifecycle of the gaming and media ecosystem, from the boots-on-the-ground reality of building startups to the strategic complexity of managing multi-billion dollar global portfolios.”
Benninghoff, for his part, said the company “sits at the intersection of sports, entertainment, and technology, making it one of the most exciting players in the global gaming landscape today.”
A portfolio built for the global south
Founded in 2014 by Rathee and Gautam Virk, NODWIN has quietly assembled one of the more compelling esports portfolios outside the Western hemisphere. Its properties include DreamHack India and Comic Con India, and it recently acquired StarLadder, the Ukraine-based tournament organiser behind premier events in CS:GO and Dota 2. The company also serves as a long-term strategic marketing partner for the Evolution Championship Series (EVO), the world’s most prominent fighting game tournament, helping push it into new geographies.
Its geographic focus spans South Asia, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Africa. Backers include Nazara Technologies, KRAFTON, Sony Group Corporation, JetSynthesys, and the founders’ investment vehicle Good Game Investments.
What comes next
With UBS running the books, a board freshly reinforced with European media and gaming expertise, and revenue heading in the right direction, NODWIN is laying the groundwork deliberately. The esports industry has burned investors before with big promises and thin margins. NODWIN’s return to profitability, combined with a real portfolio of owned intellectual properties across gaming, music and youth culture, gives it a more credible runway than most. The IPO clock is now ticking.
