The TV and film streaming service Netflix has announced Spencer Neumann as its new chief financial officer (CFO).

He succeeds David Wells in the role, who has held the job since 2010.

Neumann was most recently the CFO of Activision Blizzard, and also held roles at the Walt Disney Company.

Activision Blizzard announced on Monday that they were firing Mr Neumann.

In a regulatory filing made to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), it said that the move was "unrelated to the company's financial reporting or disclosure controls and procedures".

He also served as the CFO and executive vice president of global guest experience of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts.

Reed Hastings, Netflix's chief executive officer, said: "Spencer is a stellar entertainment executive and we're thrilled that he will help us provide amazing stories to people all over the world.

"I also want to again say thank you to David Wells, on behalf of the company and our shareholders, for his invaluable contributions at Netflix over the past 14 years."

The news comes at the same time as the company removed access to an episode of one of its shows in Saudi Arabia, amid legal pressure from the Saudi government.

In the second episode of his current affairs comedy show 'Patriot Act', host Hasan Minhaj discusses the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Netflix describes the episode as "exposing grim truths about Saudi Arabia and the charismatic crown prince known as MBS [Mohammed bin Salman]".

It sees the comedian sharply criticising the crown prince for a range of "autocratic" actions, and calls for US officials to re-evaluate its relationship with the Saudis.

But the streaming giant says it received a complaint from Saudi regulators over the episode.

Netflix has 130 million paid memberships in over 190 countries.