Netflix will increase the amount of European shows that it produces by a third next year in a bid to take on traditional broadcasters.

The online streaming service will ramp up the number of European documentaries, series and films from 141 this year to 221 in 2019. More than 150 of these will be original shows.

The firm, which has 130 million subscribers worldwide, has already commissioned four new television series from European countries amid demand in for more local series and regional programming.

The new shows include "Young Wallander," which will be set in Sweden but produced by a British company, and "Criminal," which will be set in France, Germany, Spain and the UK.

Erik Barmack, Netflix’s vice president of international originals, said: "There will come a time when half of the top ten shows globally won’t be in the English language, and shows with a multinational cast - and often in multiple languages - will become the norm."