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Netflix unveils new Pinoy shows
Business World Philippines
|February 17, 2026
NETFLIX unveiled its new all-local shows for 2026 — which marks a decade since the streaming service entered the Philippines — in a press conference on Feb. 9.
Five of these titles are theirs exclusively, while two of the titles introduced come from their partnerships with major TV networks. “Since 2022, we partnered with ABS-CBN and GMA to bring some of their biggest shows to our service,” Vitto Lazatin, Netflix’s Content Lead for the Philippines and Director of Content Licensing for Southeast Asia, Australia, and New Zealand, said in a speech during the press conference at the Grand Hyatt Manila in BGC.
This story is from the February 17, 2026 edition of Business World Philippines.
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