Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Discovery Renews Licensing Deal With Netflix For Two Years
Looks like the joint venture channels — OWN with Oprah Winfrey, and The Hub with Hasbro — aren’t included. Los Gatos, Calif. and Silver Spring, Md. — Netflix, Inc. and Discovery Communications today announced a two-year non-exclusive licensing agreement that allows Netflix members to instantly watch prior-season series and specials, including an expanded selection of additional seasons of popular series from Discovery, TLC and Animal Planet, as well as Investigation Discovery, Science and Military Channel. Among the highlights are Discovery Channels Man vs. Wild, TLCs Say Yes to the Dress, and Animal Planets River Monsters and other titles from Discoverys rich program library. “Netflix is pleased to announce the renewal and expansion of our relationship with Discovery, said Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos. With television shows playing a never more important role for Netflix, Discovery is one our finest suppliers of top quality programming. We look forward to bringing our members the wide range of the additional episodes and series covered in this deal. Discovery Communications has always been platform agnostic and committed to satisfying curiosity on all consumer distribution platforms supportedby a strong economic model, said Rebecca Glashow, senior vice president, Digital Distribution, Discovery Communications. We are pleased to renew this agreement with Netflix, which provides us with programming flexibility and lets loyal and potential fans catch up and discover content. It is a terrific complement to our multi-channel video services and creates addition always to earn value for our 25-year programming library. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Watch Online Free
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