Warner Music Group (WMG) has signed what it calls an “unique multi-year first-look deal” with Netflix.
Beneath the artistic partnership, the businesses say the streamer will develop “documentary collection and movies exploring the lives, music and legacies of WMG’s legendary and up to date artists and songwriters.”
WMG is partnering with Unigram, a movie, theatre, and music manufacturing firm run by Amanda Ghost and Gregor Cameron, to function the manufacturing arm for WMG’s long-form programming. Ghost based Unigram in 2015 in partnership with Len Blavatnik‘s Entry Industries, which is almost all proprietor of WMG.
As per a press launch, WMG and Unigram will work to develop every undertaking in collaboration with the artist or their estates.
“The mixture of Warner Music Group’s IP with Netflix’s international attain is an unbelievable alternative to introduce new followers to our artists and songwriters all all over the world.”
Robert Kyncl, Warner Music Group
Commenting on the deal, Robert Kyncl, CEO of Warner Music Group, mentioned: “The mixture of Warner Music Group’s IP with Netflix’s international attain is an unbelievable alternative to introduce new followers to our artists and songwriters all all over the world.”
WMG’s recorded music roster contains legends reminiscent of David Bowie, Cher, Phil Collins, Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, Aretha Franklin, Led Zeppelin, Madonna, and Joni Mitchell, as properly up to date acts reminiscent of Charli xcx, Coldplay, Dua Lipa, Bruno Mars, and Ed Sheeran.
“We’ve seen how music evokes unbelievable fandom on Netflix so we’re excited to companion with Warner Music Group and the best-in-class artists they work witH.”
Adam Del Deo, Netflix
Adam Del Deo, Netflix VP, Documentary Movies & Collection, added: “We’ve seen how music evokes unbelievable fandom on Netflix so we’re excited to companion with Warner Music Group and the best-in-class artists they work with to carry much more indelible music storytelling to our members.”
Bloomberg reported in October 2025 that WMG and Netflix have been near an settlement to create a slate of flicks and documentaries primarily based on the label’s artists and songs.
Whereas Kyncl declined to substantiate studies of the deal in an interview on the Bloomberg Screentime convention on the time, he indicated bulletins within the streaming video house are forthcoming, positioning Warner’s catalog as an untapped useful resource of content material.
“Our firm has an amazing catalog. Prince, Madonna, Fleetwood Mac. It simply goes on and on and on,” he mentioned. “The tales that we now have are unbelievable. And so they haven’t actually been poked. We’re like Marvel for music. That’s the place we’re. And it is going to be unlocked.”
Netflix has escalated its funding in premium music-related content material in current months.
After securing the unique dwell streaming rights to BTS’s comeback live performance, the streamer landed one other blockbuster coup earlier this month with Harry Types’ One Evening in Manchester, which premiered on the platform on March 8.
Final November, the platform launched ONE SHOT with Ed Sheeran, a one-take music particular that adopted the singer-songwriter by way of the streets of New York Metropolis performing his greatest hits.Music Enterprise Worldwide
