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NBCU, Netflix Expand Sharing Deal

  • NewTeeVee, Friday, September 24, 2010 11:55 AM
Netflix has entered into an expanded license agreement with NBC Universal, which that expands the media company's presence on Netflix Instant to include other NBCU programming from USA Network and Syfy. "NBC Universal Chief Executive Jeff Zucker may think that 99 cents is too cheap to rent a TV episode, but whatever Netflix is offering them appears to work," NewTeeVee says of the deal. More than 75 episodes of Syfy's Battlestar Galactica as well as Destination Truth and Eureka will now be available on the service, as well as the USA series Psych, In Plain Sight and Monk. Aklso renewed is the deal to distribute past seasons of 30 Rock, The Office and Saturday Night Live.

"And big news on the latter show: New SNL episodes will be available on Netflix the day after broadcast for the 2010, 2011 and 2012 seasons," notes NewTeeVee. "With the exception of SNL, this doesn't necessarily conflict with NBC's presence on Hulu and Hulu Plus, which is the only place aside from NBC.com where episodes from the current seasons of shows like 30 Rock and Community are available." This week, Zucker said that NBC would not likely participate in Apple's 99 cent iTunes rental plan, saying that "it would devalue our content."

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