Disney has announced that it will stop providing new movies to Netflix in 2019, in favor of its own streaming service:
Disney has decided it wants to create its own internet services built around its ESPN and Disney entertainment brands. As a result, Disney said it would stop making its newly released movies available to stream on Netflix beginning in 2019. That means Netflix Inc. has roughly 18 months to figure out how to replace fresh Disney and Pixar movies, which are popular draws for its subscribers. A Netflix executive has said Disney programs are responsible for something like 30 percent of Netflix viewing in the U.S. (Disney movies are available on Netflix only in the U.S. and Canada.)
[...] This Walt Disney Co. announcement may also explain why Netflix on Monday announced the first acquisition in its 20-year history, for a company that specializes in creating superhero characters. Netflix also has an arrangement with Disney's Marvel brand under which Marvel makes series exclusively for Netflix based on Marvel characters. That relationship is responsible for buzzy Netflix shows including "Daredevil" and "Luke Cage."
Also at Reuters, CNBC, and Walt Disney.
Previously: Netflix Acquires Comic Book Publisher Millarworld
(Score: 2) by EvilSS on Thursday August 10 2017, @07:31PM (4 children)
Then happy day! You can do this right now! Most shows are available to purchase season by season on Amazon, Apple, Google, Vudu, etc...
(Score: 2) by Pino P on Friday August 11 2017, @01:58PM (3 children)
Season-by-season doesn't help when co-workers are slinging spoilers around the water cooler on the business day after first airing. Nor does any provider that I'm aware of offer season-by-season purchases of Spartakus and the Sun Beneath the Sea (the English language dub of the animated series Les mondes engloutis) to U.S. residents.
(Score: 2) by EvilSS on Friday August 11 2017, @02:55PM (2 children)
(Score: 2) by Pino P on Friday August 11 2017, @03:28PM (1 child)
"Usually"? Matthew Inman of The Oatmeal illustrated his difficulty with availability of current season episodes for purchase getting delayed until the end of the season [theoatmeal.com].
(Score: 2) by EvilSS on Friday August 11 2017, @06:16PM
However many, many shows do air the next day. For example, I've purchased current seasons of Doctor Who, Dark Matter, Wynonna Earp, Bates Motel, Preacher, and Killjoys this year alone and all were released by the next morning after each episode aired.