Netflix have said they will only commission a local show if they know it will have global appeal and they do not use geography at all in their analysis or recommendations.
http://www.wired.com/2016/03/netflix...conquer-world/ Sky's bigger commissions also seem to be increasingly designed to find an audience in all their European territories.
Amazon's Streaming Partners Programme meanwhile is trying to convince every local streaming service to use its service rather than building their own so they can benefit from a massive existing customer base, billing systems, streaming infrastructure and recommendation engines. I'm increasingly thinking they are going to be the bigger challenge to cable and satellite TV. This is a good piece on what they're doing:
http://www.videonuze.com/article/ama...gram-this-year